Loop, a vision on consumption: Stimulating sustainable consumption behavior through design

The stimulation of sustainable consumption behavior through design. “How can we develop a service-design that frames sustainable consumption as a personally valued asset, rather than a collective one?” Central to this research through design project was the exploration of new ways of sustainable consumption.This reasearch through design project...

SamenDoen: A Menzis-initiated platform that helps young seniors of the age 55-65 years old to stay or become more socially active

SamenDoen is a platform designed for young seniors to expand their social network through joining in local activities with others. The platform facilitates organising activities in six different categories. When registered to SamenDoen a user can sign up and join activities in their area. The activities will be organised by both Menzis and by...

Laatiepleinzijn: Design for Liveability

This master thesis is the final documentation of the graduation project “Laatiepleinzijn: Design for liveability” assigned by the Laatiepleinzijn initiative and the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology. It describes the design of a product-service system that enables inhabitants to improve local liveability....

Social implication design (SID): A design method to exploit the unique value of the artefact to counteract social problems

The role of design in changing people’s behaviour and causing social implications has been referred to as an inherent aspect of design. In taking responsibility for this influence of design, emphasis is often placed on the prevention of undesired consequences rather than the realization of desired ones. Little research exists on how to exploit...

Social Design: How products and services can help us act in ways that benefit society

I am sitting in the train and opposite to me a couple is reading the newspaper. Every once in a while one of them looks up, checking me and the other passengers out. We are now passing through a tunnel and I can see myself reflected in the window. I see my hair could use a brushing after the rush I was in when catching the train. I refrain from...

"A service design to stimulate elderly to become more socially active"

This thesis describes the graduation process of the graduation project ‘Lonely Elderly’ executed for the master Design for Interaction at the Delft University of Technology. The goal of this graduation assignment is to design a service which stimulates elderly in becoming more socially active. These elderly are in the age of 65 to 80 and are...

Design to decrease social vulnerability

In this report the results are presented of the graduation project to decrease social vulnerability with a design solution. The project was executed for the design agency BOOG in collaboration with Stichting DOEN. The graduation project is the final part of the master Design for Interaction at Delft University of Technology. Social vulnerability...

Product Design for Social Impact

This master thesis shows a design project in which the Design for Social Impact method is applied, and evaluated, in Afrikaanderwijk, a socio-economically weak area of Rotterdam, for housing corporation Vestia. Afrikaanderwijk is a part of Rotterdam that has been subject to numerous urban renewal plans in the last couple of decades. A...

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...

Designing for selfregulation of a neighborhood

The Afrikaanderwijk is a neighborhood in Rotterdam, and can be described as a neighborhood with a weak social organization. Social ties between the inhabitants are frail due to lack of communication and the variety of ethnicity has made segregation evident. The absence of social cohesion among neighbors also disrupts their willingness to...