La Corrente: How can design support faith of Catholic LGBT+ members in Italy?

This project aims to design an opportunity for helping Catholic LGBT+ members to merge their faith with their sexuality harmoniously. To tackle this complex issue, a detailed research phase was necessary. The desk research analyzed the current situation of Catholic LGBT+ members in Italy. In particular, the research focused on the current...

Defining Ally’s Interactions: A Deep Learning framework to create a personalised interaction between users and a medical pod

Ally, is an intelligent, voice activated medical device concept that users talk to on a routine basis to log details regarding their health and well-being. The goal of this thesis is to create a personalised interaction between users and Ally. The user group is segregated into three generations; Baby Boomers, Generation X and Millennials. A...

Time for change: Designing a tool to inform and involve employees during organisational change

This report describes the research towards and the design of a tool for informing and involving employees during organisational change. More than half of the change programs that are started are not completed successfully. One of the most influential factors to this low success rate is the resistance of employees. Informing and involving them in...

Satiating and Conscious Snacks: Facilitating Healthy eating experiences by manipulating food textures

This report is the graduation thesis for the Master of Design for Interaction, Faculty of Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology. The report presents a set of guidelines showing the relationships between food textures and conscious and satiating snacking experiences. As a designer, food textures can be considered as tools to shape...