Empower people's perception of air and ability to improve indoor air quality

Air pollution is a widely accepted problem in today’s world. Nine out of ten people does not breathe healthy air due to rapid urbanization and human activities that cause increased severe air pollution. Over the years people have had a tendency to comfort themselves with everything they need inside. However, they may not be aware that the amount...

Designing a data enabled product to support daily cooking practices: Graduation project focused on designing a data enabled product using internet of things to support cooking enthusiasts in their daily cooking practices

Graduation project focused on designing a data enabled product using internet of things to support cooking enthusiasts in their daily cooking practices for ATAG. By using practice theory bij Kuijer the graduate student researched the kitchen context and did user interviews to uncover design opportunities for data enabled products in the kitchen...

Mindful Bites: Design for Conscious Cat Feeding Experience to Prevent Cat Obesity

Food has a unique value in human society. As humans, we do not only fulfill our nutritional needs by food, but we also use it as a medium to reinforce our relationships. Providing food symbolizes caring loved ones, making them happy and fulfilled. When it comes to animal companionship, we as humans tend to reflect our existing caring practices...

Changing practices: the potential of alternative forms of practice to reduce the environmental impact of clothing consumption in the Netherlands

A practice theory approach for studying clothing consumption in the Netherlands consisting of a practice analysis, and two case studies of alternative forms of practice. Aim of the research was to assess the potential of these alternative forms of practice to change the organization of consumer behaviour and subsequently reduce environmental...

METRO POLIS

METRO POLIS refers to the reciprocal relation between the urban environment and the metro system in Tokyo, Japan. In November 2016, its largest fish market was planned to relocate, leaving behind a vast territory in one of the central wards. As a strategy to connect this post-industrial territory to the everyday of the Tokyoites, a metro station...

IDE Energy Challenge

In 2013 Delft signed the E-deal, an Energy-deal in which is stated that the city Delft needs to be energy neutral in 2050. TU Delft is one of the organisations that joined the challenge as well. This was the starting point of this graduation project. This master thesis presents the design process of the IDE Energy Challenge Network, a network...

Design of a 'personal thermal comfort' solution for novel, energy saving, heating practices in European households

In this graduation project, a 'personal thermal comfort' solution for novel, energy saving, heating practices was designed. The framework in which this design research is done is practice theory. Practice theory views practices as construct built up from skill, material (stuff) and image. Based on a practice prototype of envisioned heating...

Reducing Food Waste in the Household Through Behaviour Change

“Reducing food waste in the household through behaviour change“ is a thesis project for the Design for Interaction Master Programme at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at the Delft University of Technology. The project was carried out at the Interactive Institute in Stockholm. In Sweden 25% of purchased food is thrown away. If people...

Sustainability, Behavior, & Design: Gentle Guidelines for Future Mobile CE

This graduation project is one of two from Delft University of Technology that were initiated with the User Experience (UX) Research Group at Samsung Electronics to address the role of consumer electronics (CE) in more sustainable consumption and behavior for young professionals. This project started with a strong position on how to approach...

Designing for sustainable food practices in the home

This paper explores households’ food activities using a practice theory approach. How this can be incorporated into the design process in terms of systems of materials, meaning and competence are proposed to steer activities towards more sustainable food practices.