After his studies Productdesign Jan launched his first leather accessory collection with Michaël Verheyden and started teaching Design. In 2007 he organized a new department Industrial Design at Kunstschool Genk.In 2014 he received a Henry van de Velde Label for Linea, an outdoorset, created for the label kuppers&wuytens. In 2016 he also started Monx coffee with Wilfried Thuwis. Jan was selected for Toegepast 7.