# An Industrial Designer Turned Laravel Dev: The Artisan of the Day Is Morten Harders.

DevFeed: [An Industrial Designer Turned Laravel Dev: The Artisan of the Day Is Morten Harders.](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/an-industrial-designer-turned-laravel-dev-the-artisan-of-the-day-is-morten-harders-3578.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://laravel.com/blog/an-industrial-designer-turned-laravel-dev-the-artisan-of-the-day-is-morten-harders>)

Author: Ana Tavares

Published: 2025-09-05T16:19:21Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Laravel Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/laravel-blog.md>)

Topics: [Laravel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/laravel.md>), [backend-development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend-development.md>), [Developer experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-experience.md>), [data-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-architecture.md>), [phpstorm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/phpstorm.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ide.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>)

Tags: [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [backend-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend-development.md>), [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [developer-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-experience.md>), [laravel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/laravel.md>), [phpstorm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/phpstorm.md>), [tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tooling.md>)

## AI overview

Morten Harders describes his transition from industrial design to professional Laravel development after turning a long-standing coding hobby into a career. He discusses building bespoke applications for different industries, Laravel's role in his work, the Laravel community, and tools such as PhpStorm and Laravel Idea.

## Source excerpt

From industrial designer to Laravel developer, Morten Harders shares how a 20-year hobby, encouragement at home, and community shaped his career.