Wellbeing in the EQS: Creating a vision and design for the 2030 Mercedes-Benz EQS through application of 13 fundamental needs at the front end of the design process

This thesis is conducted with the interior development department of Mercedes- Benz. Two activities form the core of this thesis: interior design for the 2030 EQS, and implementation of Fundamental Needs in the process. The final desgin is the Daedalus: design for the sweet spot between focussing on your tasks and on the surroundings.The first...

The design of a multipurpose activity stroller

This graduation project consists of six sprints and the assignment was to develop a concept for a modular runner/work-out stroller. <br/><br/>Within Sprint 1 the competitors, the old Bugaboo Runner and market were researched. Thule, Cybex and UPPABaby are the direct competitors for Bugaboo on the runner market. The Bugaboo Runner, a three-wheel...

Porsche Sports Car Mobility in a Future heading towards Automation: A 2035 Vision, answering to a mobility Paradigm Shift

This report contains a design proposal for a 2035 Porsche sports car vision. The vision is a reaction on a future mobility paradigm shift towards fully automated transportation (Autonomous level 5). The majority of today’s car owners are convenience driven. These type of drivers have what is referred to as a ‘rational’ way of thinking about...

Design of a modular shelter for outdoor bicycle parking spots

The Netherlands is known for its intensive use of bicycles. Bicycle mobility leaves its mark and is an important aspect in the design of public environments. This graduation project in centred around the theme of bicycle parking in public environments. The first phase of this project researches and analyses how bicycle parking is dealt with...

Scania Link: Remote control concept for future Scania vehicles

This Master Thesis presents a Remote Control HMI system for future Scania vehicles, which provides a centralized vision of future vehicle controls within the Driver-Vehicle-Interaction group. The research question to answer in this report is: “How to Increase the amount of control and awareness that the truck operator has during different...

Designing a Yachting Concept for the Future Chinese Elite

Senza tea 2.0: The Circular Tea Ritual

The Senza tea 2.0 project focused on creating a sustainable product-service-system for the serving of tea within hospitalities. The project resulted in a new business model for Senza tea Company, involving the use of a new dispenser system and table display, resulting in a 100% waste free service. The service embodies the principles from the...

smart FOR China 2025

China is the biggest car market worldwide in which smart is operating for six years now, it is also the biggest market for smart. The assignment is to Design a new mobility device for the Chinese megacities of 2025. The context of the Chinese megacity environment is analyzed (e.g. using input from a three week field study in China). In the...

Designing for psychiatry: How design supports coping in a psychological crisis

Karakter – a child- and adolescent psychiatric hospital - is implementing a new way of working: high & intensive care (HIC). The HIC offers the most intensive treatment, whenever ambulatory care does not work any more. Patients are admitted when they become a danger to themselves and to others. In the HIC it is important to have respect for the...

Introducing experience marketing in the leisure industry

This graduation report contains the development and outcome of a new experience marketing concept for Apenheul. From the very start of the strategic analysis, the concept has been developed to fit the Apenheul lifestyle and is combined with work from the field of designing for experiences. The concept has been detailed in terms of experience as...

FootNote: Making the most of your music practice

Listening and playing along with music can stimulate and guide students during their practice routine. Through listening and playing along with an audio track music students are encouraged to practice slowly, in the right beat, at the right pitch, with interesting dynamics and might even be seduced to practice in a more structured manner....

Team Outfit Personalisation Service for NIKEiD

NIKEiD service for basketball teams, which offers them the possibility to personalise their team outfit. The design is a consumer journey of which the store is designed in more detail.

Design of a Sleeping Cabin for the Hospitality Market

The design of a sleeping cabin for a new type of accommodation. The cabins must offer a high guest-per-area ratio, while still offering privacy and comfort. 100 Cabins will be produced and another 900 over the next 10 years. The main validation points of the design are: privacy, comfort, Cost of creation, building laws and character.

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...

Discovering the future of Titanium Bicycles

The continuous search for better Titanium bicycles and the influences of contextual factors have lead to the birth of a new type of bicycles for Van Nicholas Bicycles B.V. The final product, the mitosis, symbolisis a new beginning: the start of an evolution.