Creating sparkles at De Nederlandsche Bank: Connecting potential visitors to the exhibition of the National Numismatic Collection

De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) will be renovating their building in Amsterdam. In contrast to the ambience of the current building, the new building is designed to radiate openness, friendliness and sociality. This thesis suggests a manifestation that will create sparkles for potential visitors in the environment of DNB. The sparkles are for the...

Experiential travel in Curaçao: A design for historical museums to support visitors’ immersion into the island’s culture

Experiential travel is a form of tourism in which people focus on experiencing a country, city or particular place by connecting to its history, people and culture. The Curaçao Tourist Board (CTB) is the official government entity that promotes foreign visits, tourism, for the island of Curaçao and is responsible for “the brand” Curaçao. This...

Hidden Gems: Unlocking Relevance in Small Museums

In this Master’s graduation thesis, the goal was to develop three distinct design concepts that address the problems that small museums are facing in attracting young visitors and relaying their relevance to this hard-to-reach target group. The design challenge was approached with the concept of relevance as an initial framing. To this end,...

Seeing Schröder: An augmented Reality Experience

The current tour in the Rietveld Schröderhouse is outdated. Augmented reality can be the ideal solution to update the tour. This report looks into the possibilities for adding this.

Welcome to The Green Village

A sustainable world can only be achieved by an open collaboration between science, business and the public. That is why we create the Green Village: an innovative, lively, interactive and challenging environment where entrepreneurs, innovators, companies, artists, teachers and visitors can meet, work and play to develop, apply and experience...