Sustainability and food waste reduction in the kitchen

Fribo is a product-system that aims at reducing the food waste in the households. The design is a consequence of an iterative process that had started from researching the main causes for food waste in private kitchens, proceeded with the user involvement and ended with a technological solution. The graduation process that led to the creation...

JUMP: A toolbox for designing Socially Tangible Media

Socially Tangible Media (STM) is a term describing an emerging category of products that aim to link social data to the materiality of objects and spaces. Digital networks are increasingly used to connect on a social level, while a growing number of objects are becoming part of such networks. The aim of this graduation project is to provide...

Introducing a social-emotional journey in the world of theme parks "An attempt to solve the revisit problem"

Research shows that current new attractions only have an effect for approximately two years on the visitor numbers of a park . In this project a new type of attraction was created, namely social-emotional journeys. Social-emotional journeys aim to be more sustainable and retain revisit attractiveness. The project tried to push the boundaries of...

Design of a form language for trash bins for the city of Amsterdam

The municipality of Amsterdam wants to improve the image of the city and its streets. Currently the streets are filled with many different objects that make the streets look crowded and inconsistent. Most of these objects are street furniture. The trash bin is a typical example of a street furniture object, that appears in many different forms...

Improving the User's Product Selection Experience by Designing a New Tool

People from diverse professions and industries use professional lighting products. However, the descriptions of the professional lighting products are focusing on the technical information of each product which needs a certain level of the lighting design knowledge and experience to understand. Therefore, there are some people who cannot fully...

Design of an unobtrusive customized luminaire for the fashion retail

Lighting is one of the most important inventions ever. It makes us see in the dark! These days it is also a key value add in spaces like retail. The right lighting in the right situation makes us buy more. Light nowadays is much more than the source itself. It is about the luminaires, the integration in architecture, matching level with shopping...

WeTrade: A service that enables and stimulates interaction on the global market

The design of a service that enables and stimulates local BOP businesses to interact on the global market. Why Businesses in informal settlements run almost 24 hours a day producing just enough to earn a living. Time is money. Goods and raw materials, manufactured by these businesses, are exported worldwide. Local Businesses seem fully...

Designing an educational aid for the visually impaired

In the Netherlands there are approximately 10.000 visually impaired people younger than 24. This can make following classes in school quite challenging. They have trouble reading the blackboard, reading books and handouts and missing non-verbal communication of their teacher with the class. Missing out on a lot of information and always paying...

Urban Wind Turbine Design For Scheveningen

This report describes the graduation project of Hengfeng Chi, a master student of Inte- grated Product Design at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering TU Delft. The project is to design an urban wind turbine with appreciated appearance in the context of coastal area in Scheveningen, in collaboration with Actiflow BV. The project consists...

Adaptive Task Lighting for the Flexible Office

Currently there is no market for adaptable personal luminaires in the office environment. The investments would be too high and this while there are no evident benefits. However in the future, with the rise of LEDs and increased knowledge on the effects of lighting on humans, this all may change. LEDs will become more affordable and consume less...

Love for cars - develop an open 2-seater sports car concept for Heynsdyk Sports Cars for 2012, How can you design for a love experience?

LOVE FOR CARS “Most kids like to play with cars, but for some it becomes an obsession. This type of person, and there are millions of us, have an unusual pre-occupation with cars. And sometimes it’s not at all rational. Indeed we are talking about people of all ages, and all walks of life, who are certifiably car-crazy. Why are people so car...

Bicycle Ergonomics: Handlebars to stimulate the correct bicycle posture and minimize the risk of overuse injuries

Riding a bicycle is common for many people. Bicycle ergonomics on the other hand are less common for most of use, while it is very important for the overall experience of the bicycle. The knowledge of these ergonomics ends with frame size and saddle height. Santos, a Dutch bicycle manufacturer, strives for high quality bicycles and therefore...

The design of social-cultural integration: A case study to design integration between street culture and the burger culture in the areas of Houtwijk and Nieuw-Waldeck, The Hague, The Netherlands

Integration is still a hot topic in Dutch politics. Declining neighborhoods suffer from poverty, neglected social housing and an over-representation of inhabitants with a non-Dutch cultural background. These severe circumstances have had a strong influence on the youngsters that have been raised in these areas. The Ghetto culture has made his...

FootNote: Making the most of your music practice

Listening and playing along with music can stimulate and guide students during their practice routine. Through listening and playing along with an audio track music students are encouraged to practice slowly, in the right beat, at the right pitch, with interesting dynamics and might even be seduced to practice in a more structured manner....

Changing the behavior of the inhabitants of the Dutch island Goeree-Overflakkee towards a more sustainable lifestyle

That less unsustainability is not equal to more sustainability is something that is not being recognized in many current strategies said to be dealing with the twin crisis of climate change and/ or resource scarcity. If sustainability is defined as a community taking care of it’s own needs and flourishing in ways important to it, that means that...

Preferred Security Experience: Designing a security area with a human perspective for Schiphol Airport

Schiphol Group is owner and operator of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and driven by the ambition to become Europe’s Preferred Airport. The airport industry has become a fiercely competitive market due to prizefighters. As Schiphol is quite an expensive airport for airlines and passengers, it has to distinguish herself by quality and service. In...

Designing an awareness display: Support awareness and promote peace of mind for the family carer of an independently living senior

This report presents an awareness display for supporting family carers of independently living seniors. The focus was on providing awareness and promoting peace of mind. It was developed as part of a graduation project. In a literature research, family care, context awareness systems and state of the art were studied. User research was conducted...