An interactive library tool for enhancing language engagement of adolescents

This thesis is the final documentation of a graduation assignment titled ‘Designing an interactive library tool for enhancing language engagement of adolescents’ - completion of the Design for Interaction master programme at Delft University of Technology. This project is executed in collaboration with DOKLAB and DOK Library Delft.

Storobo: Research and Development of a ‘Storytelling’ Tool for in the Library

This project is done in collaboration with DOKLAB part of the Delft library, with the main goal of developing a storytelling tool for in the library with the implication of a multi-touch surface. The target audiences are the visitors of the library. First we need to understand what a story is, a story: true or fictitious, in prose or verse, is...

American Madrassah

This graduation project is a design for an Islamic community centre and prayerspace in New York City, called Park51. The design is an 80 meter high complex surrounded by buildings on three sides. The front facade is situated at a small street in downtown Manhattan (Park Place 51), two blocks remote from Ground Zero. It houses various rooms for...

Challenging children to choose a book in the library

To become the most modern library of the world, DOK is developing new concepts to adapt to the needs of their visitors. The public library branch is going through a renewal to withstand the decrease of library use. Less people, including children, are visiting the library since the nineties. Needs and expectations of customers have been changing...

Bringing the Library home

With overloaded bookshelves, CD racks and film collections containing items that you do not necessarily need to keep, but neither want to throw away, we can make other people happy. Everyone who participates in this project is asked to give away some of these books, CDs and DVDs, and will receive collections from others in return. You give these...