Van Gogh, The other story, A culturally diverse Van Gogh Museum: A framework for a culturally diverse Van Gogh Museum

The aim of this graduation project is to research the current way youngsters, with a diverse migration background (age 18-30 and living in Amsterdam) experience the Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam (VGM) and to design an intervention that provides them with a relevant and enriching Van Gogh experience to thereby increase its inclusiveness. Over the...

Beyond digital content: A pavilion to house digital art

Digitization, the word itself sounds almost vulgar in this day and age. It is impossible to imagine our daily life without the digital tools we use. We work in the cloud, communicate on-line, stream our media and even find our life partner on an app. <br/><br/>Contemporary artists were among the first to embrace digital innovation as a tool to...

Experiencing the City: Towards a more pigeon inclusive Smart City

This graduation thesis critically reflects on the Smart City. It critiques certain values embedded in the technology used to source and analyse data, and manage the city, when it comes to the world of human experience. The theoretical critique is eventually expressed in a critical design. Applying the values of the Smart City to the feral pigeon.

Media treasure box: A media literacy workshop for primary school pupils

In the current medialized world, it has become of great importance for citizens to know how to deal with the media accordingly. Understanding and having a critical attitude towards the media content that we “consume” and being able to work with media devices and platforms has become as important as learning to read and write. Sound and Vision,...

Changing mindsets: Changing mindsets: Museums as inspiration for fashion retailers to adopt a purpose-driven mindset

Despite the rise of digitalization, and consequently e-commerce, the physical fashion store remains relevant in the retail environment. Still generating almost all sales. However, stores are shifting from a place to buy to a place to be. Where experiences are more important than products. Inevitably, to fulfil customers’ needs and differentiate...

Schuldig: Een ontwerp voor het ondersteunen van mensen met schulden bij het doorbreken van het taboe, door hun persoonlijke behoeften te beantwoorden

Het huidige systeem rondom schulden biedt weinig ruimte voor een menselijke aanpak en dus voor het aansluiten op de behoeften van het individu. Dit heeft een slecht mentaal functioneren door stress als gevolg. Daarnaast zorgt het ervoor dat je gedrag meer aangestuurd wordt door emotie, wat kan leiden tot een grote stapel ongeopende enveloppen en...

Designing Club Mojo for Museum Prinsenhof Delft: Incorporating the developed Aesthetic Chills Model as a framework for designing a climax experience.

The aim of the project is to develop an installation, called Club Mojo, for the Mojo Backstage exhibition of Museum Prinsenhof Delft that would let visitors experience chills similar to one at a festival or concert. This aim is chosen to match the festival experience that is set with the exhibition, celebrating the 50th birthday of music...

Time for change: Designing a tool to inform and involve employees during organisational change

This report describes the research towards and the design of a tool for informing and involving employees during organisational change. More than half of the change programs that are started are not completed successfully. One of the most influential factors to this low success rate is the resistance of employees. Informing and involving them in...

Formiliar: An application that enables users to familiarize with artworks through visual challenges

Formiliar is digital a tool with which users can explore artworks by completing challenges, all focussing on visual elements in paintings. The main aim of the application is to encourage users to look closely at the paintings and to familiarise with them visually. Through multiple challenges users will look at the way elements, such as colour or...

Improving passenger experience with disruption handling through proactive information design for KLM

Financial pressures in the airline industry, such as increased fuel prices, competitive environment and the extensive use of new technologies, have forced KLM to change its strategy in order to achieve a vital market differentiation. The new strategy introduces a user-centred mindset in developing new innovative products and services. In other...

A nature-inspired improvement of the trade fair matchmaking process

This report will describe the analysis of two topics: the pheromone based communication method used by ants in their foraging behaviour, and the phenomenon of trade fairs. This natural communication model has been analyzed and its defining characteristics have been abstracted, after which they have been used to design a product that solves the...