About

I'm Martijn van der Does — an Executive Design Director and founder with 18+ years of expertise across technology, data, and design.

I'm now building Parallel Partners, an agentic venture-build firm I founded to rebuild small and mid-sized businesses into AI-first operations. Instead of layering AI onto existing processes, we restructure companies around autonomous agents — taking equity or revenue-share rather than fees. Based on conviction. Built for outcomes.

I specialize in creating transformative brand experiences that bridge creativity and strategy. My work spans from innovative digital products to comprehensive brand systems, always with a focus on meaningful impact and measurable results.

My design philosophy is grounded in a data-led creative approach. Design decisions should come from real-world context, not intuition alone. Signals like market trends, cultural relevance, behavioral patterns, and other data points shape everything I create. That's how you build brand experiences that don't just look different, they are different. They stand out.