Portrait of Werner van Huffelen

Zero to
shipped.

10+ years of 01 products
for startups and Fortune 500s.

02 · Vision

Make it real.

Put it in
someone’s hands.

Watch
what happens.

03 · About

Getting sh*t done since 2015

I ask a lot of questions. Your users, your constraints, the reasons nobody wrote down. Not to poke holes, your context usually holds the better answer. Sometimes that ends in a no. Far more often it ends in, what if we do this instead. From there I design straight into the code, so there's no handover and no big reveal. And I build with AI because it's faster.

Currently designing the tools GALVANY runs on

Based
Berlin
Originally from
The Netherlands
Role
Lead Product Designer
Shipping since
2015
Companies built
7
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04 · Clients

Companies I worked for.

05 · Work

Selected work.

GALVANY OS and the GALVANY Sales Portal on two laptops, facing each other

Nº 01 · Case study

GALVANY OS & Sales Portal

One flow from lead to installed heat pump, across two products.

Four iPhones showing Affinidi identity apps

Nº 03 · Case study

Affinidi

A design system for Affinidi's identity apps.

heycar car search on a MacBook

Nº 05 · Case study

heycar

heycar makes buying a second-hand car simple, fair and transparent.

The Bandcamp player's Collection and Discovery panels

Nº 02 · Side quest

Bandcamp

Music player for Bandcamp.

GoodWorker job marketplace on desktop, tablet and phone

Nº 04 · Case study

GoodWorker

GoodWorker set out to give millions of people in India control of their livelihoods.

06 · Services

Services.

  1. This is my home turf: taking a vague idea and turning it into something real. Research, flows, UI, design system, the lot.

    I design end to end and stick around for the messy part where it gets built.

    • User research
    • UX/UI design
    • Design systems
    • Branding
    • User testing
    • Responsive design
  2. Strategy is deciding what to build and, more importantly, what not to. I start with the problem and keep things grounded in what users need and what the business can actually pull off.

    All of it fits on one page. Promise.

    • Problem definition
    • Ideation
    • Brainstorming
    • Prioritisation
    • Data analysis
  3. I'd rather test a rough prototype this week than debate a perfect one for a month. I build it, put it in front of real people, watch it break, fix it, and go again until it works.

    These days AI makes that loop absurdly fast, and I use it shamelessly.

    • Rapid prototyping
    • User testing
    • MVPs
    • AI in the loop
    • Iteration
  4. I've built and led design teams, and I still open Figma every day. I give designers real ownership, clear feedback, and cover when they need it.

    Good people do great work when you stop micromanaging them.

    • Coaching
    • Mentoring
    • Process definition
    • Hiring
    • Team building

07 · Companies

Companies I helped build.

I've been in the founding room of multiple startups. Some hits, some very educational misses.

  1. 2026 Climate Tech

    Galvany

    Sells heat pumps

    60Mvaluation

  2. 2025 Climate Tech

    ClimatePartner

    Measure, reduce & offset carbon footprints

    50Mvaluation

  3. 2020 Data Security

    Affinidi

    Digital identity, security & verification

    100M+valuation

  4. 2020 HR Tech

    GoodWorker

    Job marketplace for blue-collar workers

    sold in 2025

  5. 2018 Health Tech

    LabTwin

    A voice-powered digital lab assistant

    150M+valuation

  6. 2017 Mobility

    heycar

    Second-hand car marketplace

    900M+valuation

  7. 2016 Mobility

    Croove

    Peer-2-peer car sharing platform

    20Mexit in 2018 by Turo