Moving forward together: A systemic design intervention for policy-making in a Forensic Psychiatric Centre

Forensic Psychiatric Centers (FPC’s) provide treatment for patients placed under the Dutch Entrustment Act, aiming to protect society and rehabilitate offenders (De Boer & Gerrits, 2007). Recent developments, such as the 2017 murder of Anne Faber, have increased pressure on FPC’s, with a steady rise in patient numbers and budget cuts of 10%...

The RepairHub: Design of a repair center to overcome Rotterdam citizens‘ barriers to repair

Consumer repair practices are detrimental to advancing the circular economy since they are a vital strategy for prolonging a product‘s lifetime and saving resources. Despite the need for repair services for a functioning circular economy, the practice of Repair for consumers has declined, and more and more citizens prefer product replacement...

Behavior change strategies for higher return of PET bottles/cans at Schiphol Airport

This report delves into the intricacies of sustainable consumer behavior, in the context of Schiphol airport. Schiphol airport is a large airport with large numbers of passengers. These passengers also create waste, which is discarded of. Schiphol has the aim to be zero-waste by 2030.<br/>PET bottles and cans could be seen as a big contributor...

Every purchase counts: Creating awareness by involving consumers in the impact of their food choices

The Dutch food system nowadays is more efficient than ever and is able to feed many. However, this globalized and industrialized food system cannot be sustained in the next eras, because of its high contribution to biodiversity loss, the emission of greenhouse gasses and the fast decrease of soil health. System change is needed to move our food...

Strengthening People’s Relationships with Biodiversity: An Innovative Paradigm for Zoos for Conservation

The project is undertaken for the organization of British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums(BIAZA). BIAZA is an association with 121 member zoos and aquariums in the UK and Ireland. It’s member zoos and aquariums receive a whopping audience of about 35 million visitors every year, which is more than half of the total populations of the...

Collaborating with Communities: A Stedin service enabling Local Energy Communities to become their own electricity supplier

The energy grid is transitioning from a centrally controlled demand response system to a decentralized supply response system. There are multiple reasons for this, but the main one is the need to transition to a low carbon energy system to tackle climate change and decrease our dependency on non-renewable energy sources. Next to this consumers...

Changing the way people eat: How mealboxes can contribute to sustainable food systems

The current food industry is failing: universal food security has not been achieved, one-third of all food in the world is wasted and environmental degradation is more extensive than it should be (FAO, 2014). With the expected rise in global population to ten billion eating people by 2050, the environmental outcomes of food systems can be...

Designing a washing machine for the service economy

Product Service Systems (PSSs) are considered to be a promising approach towards a sustainable, resource efficient economy (Tukker, A., 2015) (defined as ‘a mix of tangible products and intangible services designed and combined so that they are jointly capable of fulfilling final customer needs’ (Tukker, A. &amp; Tischner, 2006)), because they...

Entomeals: The development of an insect cooking kit; enabling users to experiment with edible insects

The world population is growing rapidly and guaranteeing future food security is going to be one of the challenges of the future. Current food sources that provide a complete amino acid profile include meat and various meat-products. However, these often have a high negative impact on the environment and cost a lot of resources to produce. We...

Agrolab India

Agrolab India focuses on the design of a small-scale aquaponic farming system targeted at urban dwellers in India. Aquaponics is the combined culture of fish and plants in a recirculating, symbiotic system. The term aquaponics derives from the words aquaculture (the raising of aquatic animals for food) and hydroponics (the process of growing...

Online Co-Creation for Sustainable Food Consumption in Vietnam

The Vietnamese middle class is growing and the agricultural sector uses pesticides and fertilizers to produce an increasing amount of food. The food quality in urban areas is low, and consumers believe that the current quality of the food is a threat to their health and especially to young children’s development. So consumers are motivated to...

Mothers, grow your baby a bottle! A toolkit to grow vegetables at home in the city of Hanoi

Vietnam has developed very fast over the past decades and is growing both in population and economic power rapidly. Especially the march of a middle-class is pushing the consumerism to a higher level; people have more money to spend on for example luxury items and food. Private food consumption is one of the most important areas with a big...