In 2020 Yani Vandenbranden graduated as an industrial product designer at Howest University. After her studies she complemented her knowledge by studying furniture design (VOMO) and the postgraduate Masterclass Industrial Design Engineering, change and innovation management.

Working as a designer and researcher she focuses on product design and circular strategies. Combining these fields, she considers herself a contextual designer. design never exists in isolation—true change emerges when we understand how objects, spaces, interactions and processes interconnect. In her project studio she researches and works on systemic challenges, while those insights and philosophical thoughts seep trough as inspiration in the her design studio objects.