A day in the life of a product design intern

What does my day look like as a product design intern at Kartent?

Interning at Kartent is definitely a memorable experience! In the weeks that I am interning I have learned a lot. But what does a day as an intern actually look like? I will explain that in this blog!

I usually start the day with a meeting with the other product designers to quickly get an idea of ​​what everyone is working on. That way we can brainstorm together if someone gets stuck or needs help.

In general, I always have a number of larger design assignments running alongside smaller jobs such as adjustments to old products. The larger design assignments are often requests from a client or company or the design of new products for the webshop.

In the morning I usually work on cutting drawings that we make in Autocad and Vcarve, and of course as a product designer you always keep on sketching a lot with pencil and paper!

After lunch with my great colleagues there is usually time to cut something myself. Because almost all our products are kits it is important that I always check carefully whether what I have come up with is possible and fits the Kartent brand.

Often you can test the product right away and we look together at points of improvement or when something can be done more efficiently in the cutting drawings. There are a lot of factors involved in order to arrive at the best product.

What I find really cool is that we cut the products ourselves with a CNC machine in the warehouse. This also makes the design process very effective because you can see exactly where in the process from design to packaging the complications arise. But even then it is not over because I put the product on the website myself and make an instruction when this is necessary.

The week is also often filled with various fun meetings where you can brainstorm with the entire KarTent team about all kinds of things!