Hey,
Hey, I’m Kilian — with a K, as in kaput.
— Welcome to my blog !!
I’ve been into technical stuff for as long as I can remember. I tend to see the world as a big pile of gears somehow working together. Everything has its own logic, its own way of moving energy around, and I’ve always enjoyed figuring out how all those parts end up spinning in sync.
Things get even more interesting when technology meets emotion. That’s why live entertainment has always fascinated me — especially lighting. Lighting has this underrated superpower: shaping space, setting the mood, and turning sound into something you can almost see. It’s been part of my life forever, and honestly, it’s probably part of my personality at this point.
I’m very much a hands-on problem solver. If something breaks, my first instinct isn’t to throw it away — it’s to open it. A broken object is basically an open invitation to understand how it was designed, what went wrong, and whether it deserves a second life. When a repair works, it feels great. When it doesn’t, at least I learned something (and gained spare parts).
After taking apart more appliances than I probably should have, I started wanting to build my own stuff. That’s where things really took off. Wood, metal, wires, code — each material has its own rules, and mixing them is an endless source of ideas. I spend a lot of time 3D modeling, CNC cutting, welding, assembling, and turning everyday ideas into real objects. Making things is just how my brain works.
That path eventually took me abroad, mostly to Scandinavia, where I studied and graduated with a Master’s degree in industrial robotics. Studying there broadened my interest for systems, automation, and how humans and machines can work together without getting in each other’s way.
Fat Cat Engineering is what happens when you spend too much time coding behind a keyboard — so get outside and break stuff like a proper engineer.
