Bovine: A Leather Driven Design Start-Up

This project is a reaction to the combination of the fact that the leather industry is growing and that there is a shift towards the male accessories market. It started with the ambition of setting up a business that is focused around the manufacturing of leather goods and that could start directly after graduating. To achieve this, three goals...

Influencing consumer acceptance of refurbished smartphones

Previous studies showed that the consumer acceptance of refurbished products is not optimal. This experimental quantitative study investigates three potential ways to influence the consumer acceptance, being the existence of wear and tear on the product, providing additional information about the previous use or providing additional information...

A messenger app for parents with an infant in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Worldwide, 1 out of 10 newborns is born prematurely... In the Netherlands this means there are over 15.000 preterm births every year... Becoming a parent of a premature infant is very overwhelming and stressful. Parents need to deal with difficult themes, such as the appearance of a sick infant, the fears of the infant’s survival chances, the...

A RooT coloured e-scooter: Redesigning the RooT Reverse Tilt Mechanism for a consumer e-scooter

The RooT Reverse Tilt Suspension platform is an integrated suspension mechanism which delivers a unique experience: “like riding a magic carpet, playful, fluent and self-balancing”. With their innovation RooT wants to bring a positive impulse to green mobility on the electric scooter market. The key to RooT’s innovation is a rod mechanism which...

MedExpress: Design of a lean supply chain for MedTech supplies within hospitals

TNT is the preferred express provider of several large MedTech suppliers in Europe, delivering medical devices to hospitals with various special services. Due to competition replicating these services, TNT no longer possesses key differentiators, and is losing ground against competition. Furthermore, hospitals are innovating in their supply...

Designing a vehicle for young adults living in Europe’s urban environment of 2025

This master thesis proposes a vehicle design based on insights of transportation needs of young adults, gained through research. Interest is directed towards young adults aged 20-30 living in European cities, who show active and mobile lifestyles, but whom interest for the car is fading. To understand how these people will construct their lives...

Stimulating behaviour change in electricity consumption patterns by using social awareness based incentives in an interface design

This study is performed as part of the project ‘Jouw Energie Moment’, which is initiated by Enexis to support the energy transition that is about the start. This project takes place in the ‘Muziekwijk’ in Zwolle, the Netherlands. If one looks at the future energy supply, the expectation is that both the amount of sustainable electricity and...