Stimulating the start and development of small and medium enterprises in Rotterdam through city branding

City branding is becoming increasingly important as a tool for cities to distinguish themselves and to create an attractive image. Competition between cities is growing as they are aiming to attract the same target groups in order to grow their local economy with access to high educated talent, enterprises, and funding. In this competitive...

Designing ampul: Exploring future prosumer interactions

Thanks to advances in technology a time has arrived where it is possible to generate energy by virtually everyone for a competitive price. To produce energy on a small scale, fossil fuels are unattractive because energy can be extracted from them more efficiently on a larger scale. For technologies such as solar photovoltaic panels, there is no...

Stimulating interpersonal connectedness: By designing for specified social profiles

An explorative study into elegant designs for connectedness. Three different social profiles are selected based on characteristic social behaviours, norms and values. For these three profiles three conceptual designs are developed and prototyped.