NextRound Tulip: intelligent boxing at home

This report contains a full description of my graduation project for my Master degree in Design for Interaction (Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology). I did this project in collaboration with the start-up company Sports-f(x), the creators of the NextRound boxing system.<br/><br/>The NextRound boxing system currently...

The Use of Data Science for Sports Analysis Purposes

This thesis is dedicated to the application of data science to sports data. The research for this thesis is part of a bigger project on injury prevention and sport performance called Citius Altius Sanius (CAS). Two data sets from two different projects within CAS are analysed, with two different goals; one focusses on sports injury prevention in...

Envisioning athletics design: The new take-off board

Athletics is the sport that arguably requires the highest number of sundry, dedicated products in the world - a complete competition requires at least 55 different pieces of equipment. These products have to uphold the highest standards, sometimes literally; however, every single product has its shortcomings that reflect back on the quality,...

The Health Factory

The Health Factory is a health complex with sports facilities, healthy food options and a medical center that focusses on serving workers in the neighborhood. More than a third of all U.S. residents are obese, and this number has been increasing over the past three decades. Americans eat unhealthy and do not get enough exercise. Although there...

Wearable feedback on sports performance

This report describes the process of designing the Globus, a smart shirt that measures that back posture will working out by measuring the stretch in the shirt and uses vibration to give feedback to the user when they have an incorrect posture. A questionnaire has been carried out for this project which showed that fitness is the most practiced...

Improving the effectivity of force translation from hand to push rim in sports wheelchairs: A redesign of the interface between push rim, hand and racket

Trough developments the wheelchair has become lighter and has less rolling resistance. Athletes can be trained better because there is more knowledge about muscle use. The only thing that has hardly changed is the push rim. It provides that the user can propel the wheelchair. Wheelchair athletes could not propel their wheelchair effectively...

VOLANS FISA: Design of a multipurpose rowing boat for beginners

Volans Rowing wants an entry-level rowing boat for beginners that could complete the company portfolio. Thus, FISA and Volans are set as the main stakeholders and established the goal of design a multipurpose rowing boat, , for all type of users, men and women, from 14 years old till adults, which a retail price of € 1000. The project starts...

SouEsporte- Creating opportunities for semi professional athletes in Brazil to grow their career together with fans and commercial parties

Creating opportunities for semi-professional athletes in Brazil The aim of the old SouEsporte platform was to bring Brazilian athletes and companies together. Due to a drop in page visits, an unclear value proposition and a lack of interaction between companies and athletes MJV Technology and Innovation, a Brazil based company, decided to pivot...

Vantage Practice

In baansporten is de laatste jaren een ontwikkeling gaande om tijdregistratie te digitaliseren door het gebruik van transponders en detectielussen in de baan. Daardoor zijn nieuwe mogelijkheden ontstaan om ook naast het wedstrijdmoment de sportprestaties in te zien. Gedurende dit project is gewerkt aan een applicatie die op een overzichtelijke...

Helix, a new outdoor sports toy

Helix is a new outdoor sports toy designed to get children moving again. Digital devices such as tablets and phones have a lot of attraction on kids, but during the summer they still like to play games like badminton and beachball. Badminton and beachball each have their drawbacks however. While badminton is easy to learn and play, if there is a...

Design of rain gear for race cyclists

The goal of this graduation project was to enhance the cycling experience for competitive race cyclists through the design of a rain garment. This was done by exploring the race cyclist’s context and experiences and translating this into a garment that fits the users experience.

Centre for Topsports and Education in Amsterdam west

The transformation of an former tramremise into an centre for topsport and education in Amsterdam west.

KiteSim: Designing a new interactive kite simulator

This report is written as a graduation thesis for the Master’s degree in Design for Interaction, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at the Delft University of Technology. It describes the process of researching, prototyping and evaluating a new interactive kite simulator, developed within a consortium of design firm Frank & Frens; the TU...

Bike polo gear: The evolution of a new sport

For hard court Bike Polo, a new team sport to the world since 1999, complete new gear sets were developed with the potential to revolutionise this sport into a mainstream sport. Major connection problems in the striking device were solved. A new head design eases striking and driving the ball. Safety items in the sport were addressed with the...

Education, Recreation and Sports Transversely Through Transvaal

The district of Transvaal in The Hague city is suffering a lack of sports and play facilities. In order to do something about this I designed a building for sports and play. This building gives new meaning to a poorly facilitated area of Transvaal. The building design together with the design of the public realm establish a connection with the...