Sprout by Design

History

Sprout by Design was founded by Ilona de Jongh: an intrepid, socially conscious Industrial Design Engineer from Curacao (Dutch Caribbean), with a Masters from Delft University of Technology. At the early age of 22, she was working on regulating the speed of an embryo transfer pump for more accuracy in IVF. She was also re-engineering the inside of a vehicle with a new safety belt system for severely handicapped who are unable to use their hands to buckle up. Both designs now hold patents. Ilona creates products, services, systems and educational programs. All are with an eye towards social, environmental, and economic impact. In addition to creating products that care for people who were ill and suffering she began to think about healthcare prevention - what could she create, design, teach to help prevent illness? Since she has been using gardening as her medium for education and early health care prevention. Since, she designs and builds greenhouses, green walls, hydroponic systems

Specialties

A 2-woman NYC based boutique Design Firm offering 2 unique services: 1. Product Design for Inventors & entrepreneurial spirits Let me turn your napkin sketch into a product people will love to buy. I create 3D SolidWorks models, renderings, patent drawings & functional prototypes to show investors, manufacturers & costumers. I've designed everything from IVF pumps & new rowing technologies to iPhone cases & lamps. Three of my designs hold patents. Another was a finalist for INDEX: Design Award. 2. Design of Garden & Greenhouse Based Learning Programs Schools retain me to build school gardens, greenhouses, -roofs & -walls. I design educational programs that use nature as a hands-on, fun way to teach students the principles of the NYS Learning Standards & Core curriculum. Our holistic approach to health & education also covers proper etiquette that begins with lessons in the garden but extends far beyond it. Three of our classes were asked to the white house to garden with the Obamas