Design of a seamless journey at Schiphol: At the passenger's own pace

The start of the project is the question from Schiphol: What are the possibilities of wearable technologies at the operational departments of Schiphol?

Development of a new product for personal safety in professional environments

This master thesis revolves around the development of a personal alarm device for lone workers. A lone worker is somebody who is regularly isolated from their colleagues, without direct supervision. This includes people who often work in isolation, like electricians and warehouse employees. But a worker does not need to be alone in order to be...

Reframing Strategy Tools: The design of a new tool the development of innovation strategy

Business is changing and recently there has been a call for new ways of thinking to solve todays strategic innovation challenges. One of the solutions considered is Design Thinking, but a pragmatic approach in how to implement this new way of thinking into the domain of innovation strategy is lacking. This thesis aims to bridge the worlds of...

The design of a cordless kitchen appliance for the European kitchen of 2020

This thesis describes my graduation project at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering in Delft, which has been conducted for the Product Design Group of Philips Research in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The goal was to create a feasible and meaningful product proposal that makes use of the wireless power technology. As a result, a concept...

The Design of a People Transporter for the European Metropolis of 2025

In the future of 2025 several themes will define the city context. As more and more people move towards the city they feed the process of segregation. Separated groups of people are living together in one area, but without any feeling of a city community. The growing dominance of wireless communication and information has made it possible for...

Communicating "Homemade Cooking" through a new kitchen product.

This master thesis researched Homemade Cooking and how to communicate this experience through the sensory modalities. In order to find what the qualities of Homemade Cooking were and what kind of product would be interesting to develop three studies were carried out during this eight month thesis project: a contextmapping study (qualitative), a...