Eclipse: Creating a ritual for women to grief through reconnecting with their bodies after experiencing pregnancy loss

Pregnancy loss, a prevalent yet often hidden phenomenon, affects one in five pregnancies, triggering emotional challenges like depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in women. This research seeks to shed light on the unaddressed experiences of couples dealing with pregnancy loss and proposes a design solution to foster positive coping...

Iterative training with human rated images to improve GAN generated image aesthetics: Effects of dataset size and training length

Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) brought rapid developments in generating synthetic images by mimicking structures in the training data. With the list of application of GANs growing drastically, it has lately become an exciting technology to explore for designers to communicate their ideas and arts through technology and create engaging...

Brace Yourself: Understanding the Aesthetical Importance for Personalised Orthotics

People whose hands suffer from CMC Arthritis are prescribed a hand brace. For multiple reasons, these people are discouraged to wear them sufficiently. This project focusses on the aesthetics in these braces and their stigma. The result is a medical aid which is not perceived as a crutch but as a clothing accesory. By giving people who have been...

The Smart Frame 2.0: An redesign for the exposition setup for 3D-printed replica

The project is part of 3D fine art reproduction program in the faculty of industrial design engineering. <br/>The Smart Frame, as the name of the exposition setup for 3D printed fine art reproductions, was designed to provide specific information regarding the content of the painting and the technique of the painter in an universal way. However,...