The Object Catalog | enhancing UNDP's system and portfolio approach for development

The challenges of today’s world don’t restrict to borders, specific industries or fields of expertise as linear development models may suggest. In order for development to react in a synchronized manner to capture the complexity of these crises, a transition has been initiated within the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the way of...

Exploring the potential of AI to support team effectiveness in interdisciplinary product development

While robots and automation in general have been replacing humans in repetitive and routine labour for many years, the role of AI is considered to develop from mere tools to integral teammates. However, recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) are redefining the role of AI from being mere tools to becoming...

‘Talking with your car’: A Design Exploration of Human-Centered Conversational AI in Autonomous Vehicles

The development of Fully Autonomous Vehicles would fundamentally change the nature of user interactions, behaviors, needs, and activities within vehicles. Passengers who are free from driving would expect to undertake diverse in-vehicle Non-Driving-Related Tasks (NDRTs) to keep themselves occupied and free from boredom. Conversational Artificial...

The Language of Reflection: A Linguistic Exploration of Reflection Written by Design Students

Reflective writing plays a vital role in the development of designers, enabling them to evaluate their experiences, enhance their learning, and foster professional growth. However, traditional methods of assessing reflective writing have limitations in terms of reliability and objectivity. To address this gap, this research project aims to...

A mindfulness toolkit for designers to enhance insight: The development and evaluation of The mindful designer

<b>Overview</b><br/>This project describes the development and evaluation of a mindfulness course for enabling design practitioners to develop enhanced creative insight possible, both in a moment of practice during daily design work and in the long-term development of character. The course is centred around a novel mindfulness exercise: ‘closure...

Anticipating a plausible future of disinformation for the Ministry of Health

Context and problem statement (Chapter 1)<br/>Disinformation, false or misleading content that is shared deliberately, can be a danger to public health. When citizens don’t follow evidence-based treatments or measures and do take non proven, unuseful or dangerous treatments (Freeman et al., 2022; Montagni et al, 2021; Prieto &amp; González, 2021...

How to support Gen-Y consumers to start investing sustainably

Investing has become a hot topic among the younger generation since the Covid-19 crisis. However, much of its potential is still unused, as seen in a big group of the younger generation which is positive to start but procrastinates this decision. While this younger generation would like to make a positive impact with their money on the...

Arhealth: Enabling wellness as a road to health with service design

The COVID-19 health crisis at the beginning of 2020 saw a dramatic number of adaptations to health systems around the world. One of these adaptations was the accelerated shift towards e-health solutions. This rise happened because of the inability of the medical system to serve patients of non-respiratory related illnesses during the pandemic....

Embedding Design Practices in a Non-profit Foundation for the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest

This thesis presents experiments to integrate design practices for organisational change in a non-profit organisation in Brazil that contributes to the sustainable development of the Amazon rainforest region.<br/>The organisation that hosted this project is the Foundation for Amazon Sustainability (FAS). It is a civil society organisation that...

Implementation strategy of a data enabled service design process at Ford

This report describes the development of an implementation strategy for using data in the design process of a design team at the RIC of Ford in Aachen. The implementation strategy consists of a card set and a poster to show contemporary developments in using data in the design process, a service concept, a practical tool kit to start using the...

Bridging the (financial) gap: A dialogic tool for exploring finance innovation within the Netherlands Red Cross

We live inan increasinglycomplex andinterconnected world, were severaldevelopments likeshiftingpolitical power,blurry physical and conceptual frontiers, andrecentlytheCOVID-19 pandemic, test theresilience of organizations andindividuals.Thehumanitarian system and its financingstructures are under greatpressure...

Dealing with uncertainty through prototyping

As the COVID-19 struck, many organizations faced the challenge to rapidly adapt in order to stay relevant. Over night consumers’ needs changed, leaving the organizations in an uncertain environment. The current situation highlights that organizations need approaches that must enable them engage in search activities, in order to find out how to...