Transformation of 'Het Plofbos': The Beauty of Dealing With Explosives

The Plofbos has a strong character that is defined by the presence of a young forest that springs from the remains of a decomposing military structure. This new growth is dynamic. It continuously changes the light, smells, sight-lines and experiences throughout the seasons. Together with the diversity of open and enclosed spaces and the sense of...

Museo Passangrahan: Designing for the Cultural Heritage of Bonaire

In 2014, the National Archaeological Anthropological Memory Management Foundation (NAAM) was commissioned by the Bonairean government (OLB) to realize a permanent museum exhibition on the ground floor of the Passanggrahan building. The exhibition is to be based on the (historic) city center of Kralendijk. Being that the realization of this...

Creating a richer library experience for adolescents

This reports describes a designed user experience for young adults in the public library of Delft (DOK). The experience is based on moveable furniture that is digitally connected with each other via a music application. Youngsters can share music with their friends, realtime, within the library. A 'lyrics tool' in the application makes it...

Supporting designers at Philips Design: A designer centric approach to knowledge sharing

The goal of this study is to improve design support for designers at Philips Design. Philips Design is organized to be completely ‘people centric’: their products fully aim to fulfill user needs and wishes. To achieve this, the employees are supported by the High Design Process. It enables them to do people centric innovation for the Business....