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Maciej Sachse
The person behind the practice.
I'm passionate about innovation and a builder in any form — whether the medium is code, a prototype, a kinetic installation, or a team around a problem. Once I can see the path to a goal, I'm the kind of person who walks it all the way, and there is usually a half-finished side project running in the background to keep things interesting.
Born and raised in Gdańsk, I've spent most of my adult life moving between Warsaw and Delft — collecting the habits of both cities along the way. Polish stubbornness about finishing what I start, Dutch patience for letting a design argue with itself before I commit. Scouting came early, which is probably where the outdoor streak and the "just try it" instinct come from.
I start most days by planning over coffee — not a long, slow morning, but a short moment to set the frame so the rest feels built rather than scheduled. Evenings are usually for reading, or quietly assembling the next thing I haven't told anyone about yet. Away from the desk, I'm drawn to hitchhiking and long trips — Africa especially has a pull on me.
Background
- —Raised in Gdańsk, by the Baltic — sailing, windsurfing, and long northern winters shaped the taste for projects that run outdoors.
- —Engineering studies at Warsaw University of Technology; Master's at TU Delft.
- —Early scouting years — where I learned to lead small teams, fix what breaks in the field, and trust improvisation over the perfect plan.
- —Built things before I knew the word for it — Legos first, then log-house sketches, later kinetic prototypes, and now a cabin that is finally becoming real.
Beyond work
- —Ski instructor — most winters, somewhere in the Alps or Tatras
- —Tennis — the slow, patient kind
- —Windsurfing — anywhere the wind is honest
- —Long trail walks and weekend mountains
- —Books on entrepreneurship and systems thinking
- —Weekend builds — furniture, small tools, the cabin
- —Coffee that takes its time
What I care about
- —Clarity in the path to a goal — the rest follows.
- —Start before it's ready; iterate in public.
- —A working prototype beats a perfect plan.
- —Build the thing you wish existed.
- —Outdoors, outdoors, outdoors — the best ideas rarely arrive at a desk.
Based in
Delft, Netherlands