Hi, welcome 👋
I'm Joost MF Liebregts — a designer, maker and facilitator driven by
the belief that real, lasting change happens when people come together
to create it.
the belief that real, lasting change happens when people come together
to create it.
I work at the intersection of design, technology and social innovation —
facilitating bottom-up processes, coaching future designers, and lately,
exploring how AI can strengthen human cooperation.
facilitating bottom-up processes, coaching future designers, and lately,
exploring how AI can strengthen human cooperation.
🔍 More about my journey
I trained as an Industrial Designer at TU Eindhoven — learning to
see systems, ask better questions, and design with people rather
than for them.
see systems, ask better questions, and design with people rather
than for them.
That foundation led me to facilitation and coaching. I started
helping design students find their voice, discovering that my real
interest wasn't in designing products, but in designing the
conditions where people grow. I facilitated bottom-up processes
for municipalities, helped political organizations align across
borders, and kept asking: how do we create spaces where people
feel safe enough to truly collaborate?
helping design students find their voice, discovering that my real
interest wasn't in designing products, but in designing the
conditions where people grow. I facilitated bottom-up processes
for municipalities, helped political organizations align across
borders, and kept asking: how do we create spaces where people
feel safe enough to truly collaborate?
Then, in 2023, I was walking through a forest in Drenthe, deep in reflection with an AI. It asked me: "What would you say to your younger self?"
I stood there with tears in my eyes.
I stood there with tears in my eyes.
That moment connected everything. If technology can help us
understand ourselves like this — what could it mean for the
collaborative spaces I'd been designing all along?
understand ourselves like this — what could it mean for the
collaborative spaces I'd been designing all along?
Now I explore that question in practice: AI as a partner in
human cooperation. Capturing nuanced
conversations, surfacing patterns, helping groups recognize
themselves in collective decisions. Still the same mission —
fostering connected, growth-minded environments. Just with a
new tool that I didn't see coming.
human cooperation. Capturing nuanced
conversations, surfacing patterns, helping groups recognize
themselves in collective decisions. Still the same mission —
fostering connected, growth-minded environments. Just with a
new tool that I didn't see coming.
