Stimulating the physical activity of children

Obesity is a growing problem among children. They seem to eat less healthy and live a sedentary lifestyle. Children who are overweight have troubles during sport, can get depressed and suffer more consequences. But are they really to blame? The parents of these children have the responsibly of keeping their children healthy. However some parents...

Bike polo gear: The evolution of a new sport

For hard court Bike Polo, a new team sport to the world since 1999, complete new gear sets were developed with the potential to revolutionise this sport into a mainstream sport. Major connection problems in the striking device were solved. A new head design eases striking and driving the ball. Safety items in the sport were addressed with the...

Design of a residential portable fire extinguisher with aerosol technology

The objective of this graduation project is to develop a feasible design proposal for a residential portable fire extinguisher which makes use of aerosol extinguishing technology. The methodology used in this product design project is the Basic Design Cycle (Roozenburg and Eekels, 1995). In the analysis phase the target group is defined (as...

Future design of a public transport stop

The outdoor furniture branch is based on municipalities concessions. It is common that tenders should be formulated in a short period of time, which requires quick thinking and ready-to-use concepts. Therefore JCDecaux would like to have an up-to-date list of demands and wishes of the modern public transport stop and an inspirational concept....

The design of a composite indoor kart chassis

This master thesis shows the development and design of a composite indoor kart chassis. The development went through six phases from the analysis into an evaluated chassis design, called Vulture. The other phases in between were idea generation, concept development, embodiment design and prototype building. Main focus points were: easy...

An improved Mobile Holiday Home

For company MAAT Caravans bv an new Mobile Holiday Home or Chalet is designed. There should be a distuinghisable chalet that add value, inspire confidence and give positive publicity to the company. A chalet is developed with an oval living room in the center. People in the chalet will have a panoramic view. Another concept is a chalet with a...

A bag for young creative professionals

A bag has been designed for GoTo aimed specifically at the lifestyle group of young creative professionals. The aspects of sustainability, fashion and last but not least usability were combined in this project. First of all, sustainable methodologies and textiles were investigated. Then, an internal and external analysis was conducted, after...

Design of a smoke solution for professional use

Since 1990 a smoke free working environment is compulsory at institutions, since 2004 on the work floor in general and since 2008 in the catering industry. This graduation project describes the development of a smoke solution to be used at companies, events and in the catering industry. The project is executed for Neptunus structures, a company...

Design of a scoot-mobile

The Dutch population is growing grey and staying mobile is becoming an essential need for an increasing amount of people. Scoot-mobiles are an important solution to stay mobile and are provided more and more. The higher market segment for scoot-mobiles is growing simultaneously. It’s a market segment in which its clients are used to buying...

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