Martin van der Linden is the founder and principal of van der Architects a design and consulting firm based in Tokyo that focuses on corporate interior design using a unique methodology called WorkVitamins. WorkVitamins is a methodology created by Martin to help his clients leverage the work environment to motivate the staff and improve productivity. Clients include Ernst & Young, Bosch Rexroth, Nokia and Agnes b.

Martin has taught and practiced architecture and design in Japan since the early 1990s. He is chief executive of van der Architects, a design and project management firm he set up in 2000, and an adjunct professor of architecture at Tokyo University of Science. His clients include Fortune 500 companies such as Ernst & Young, ING Group, Societe Generale and WPP Group.

Martin has designed and planned at several leading offices including Hiroshi Hara + Atelier, where he worked on JR Kyoto Station and Osaka's Umeda Sky Building, Cesar Pelli & Associates and Kyoiku Shisetsu Kenkyujo. He lectured at the universities of Musashino Art, Waseda and the United Nations, and also spent time at the Bureau for Architecture and Urban Design in London.

His professional affiliations include membership of the Architects Institute of Japan as well as board memberships of the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce in Japan and the American Institute of Architects Japan. A Dutch national, Martin has an MSc in Engineering Product Design from London's Southbank University and a BSc in Interior and Industrial Design from the Academy of Fine Art Maastricht. He also was a visiting student on the Fuji-Hara Laboratory master's course at Tokyo University.