Summary
Carst Van Der Molen is a senior frontend developer and multidisciplinary digital designer with nine years of focused experience and a long history running his own studio for cultural clients. He combines strong conceptual and typographic sensibilities with hands-on UI development, information architecture, and branding—skills honed through roles as UX lead at ShopWorks and interactive design lead at Cascade. Since 2023 he leads front-end at Gloedcommunicatie while also shaping product design at Restraum, bridging agency, product and freelance workflows. A member of the Association of Dutch Designers (BNO) with a background that includes philosophy and multimedia engineering, he brings a thoughtful, user-centered approach and an uncommon blend of artistic direction and technical implementation.
9 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Philosophy, BA, Philosophy at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)
Sprachkurs C1, Deutsch, Sprachkurs C1, Deutsch at Goethe-Institut
B Eng, Aerospace Engineering, B Eng, Aerospace Engineering at Hogeschool Haarlem
MultiMedia Engineer, Level 1, MultiMedia Engineer, Level 1 at College of Multimedia
Dutch, English, German, French