From Intuition to Impact: How can Unifix Care make more effective decisions while maintaining its 'just do it' mentality?

You will be reading a comprehensive study that examines the shortage of instruments for performing surgery in sub-Saharan Africa and the wastage of quality surgical instruments in the Netherlands. The report explores the potential solution of repositioning the excess instruments to sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on three product categories...

Design for Stakeholder Value Identification in Multi-stakeholder Projects: The SVI Process

With the rapid development of society, complex problems are becoming increasingly visible such as climate change, energy shortage, poverty, and migration. Many organizations are cooperating together to solve these problems because it is impossible for one organization to handle all the different expertise and skills. The projects that consist of...

Designing a market strategy for Alga.farm: Spirulina from photo-bioreactor to consumer

In this graduation thesis, a (sandwich) spread with spirulina, called Spirucijn, has been developed for Alga.farm. The main goal of the project was to create a strong market strategy for their food harvest of spirulina in line with their values. <br/><br/>The final results are the brand touchpoints, consisting of the final product design and...

How can early-stage startups obtain their first 1000 customers? A case study for the sewing startup Maki

Before this thesis, the startup Maki was founded with the aim to inspire people in their twenties to sew their own clothing. A product was developed which gained promising traction. But to scale Maki, gaining traction is vital, just like it is for other startups.<br/><br/>To answer the main question, ‘how can early-stage startups obtain their...

Enhancing consumers' acceptance of products made of recycled plastic

This graduation project researched how the consumer acceptance of products made of recycled plastic could be enhanced. It provided a great understanding of how products made of recycled plastic are perceived by consumers. Through the process of a pressure cooker, literature review and qualitative user research resulted in eight design...

Introduce StarDetect to market: A roadmap towards small satellite application in Smart Tourism

The aerospace industry's global market rise considerably in recent years. StarDetect, founded in Beijing in 2020, is a startup focusing on small satellite technology, developing functional payloads and providing customised services within the needs of space astronomy or earth geography observation. However, due to the relatively short and...

ACES: An interactive workshop to empower international students in better dealing with sexual harassment

The ACES is a strategy designed for international students who study in the Netherlands to better cope with sexual harassment. The research reveals three striking data: 1)While study abroad, students are five times riskier than those studying in their home country; 2) the highly educated women have more severe problems in the workplace than...

Improving Hombli's ability to Innovate by Design

This report describes the results of a graduation project, which was completed at Hombli, a brand of Avanca International B.V. Hombli offers smart home products and has the ambition to become a leader in this domain. In order to achieve that the company wants to create Intellectual Property in the future and have a solid brand. Hombli has two...

Designing Coastal Interfaces: Landscape architecture explorations in the Pearl River Delta, the Haringvliet and Pekalongan City through six MSc-graduation projects

This graduation studio explores the potential of a landscape-based regional design approach to contribute to more resilient coastal landscapes around the globe. Such an approach addresses the interaction between the natural and urban landscape throughout the scales of space and time. It takes the landscape as the basis for sustainable urban...

Decoding a holistic laundry product experience to envision the future product innovation

The graduation project is performed in collaboration with Henkel Laundry &amp; Home Care business unit. This consumer goods business has flourished into a globally active unit with a broad product portfolio.To succeed in the highly competitive consumer goods environment, it is essential to shifting from price and product superiority to...

Futureproof Monumental Theatres: A real estate strategy tool, resulting in an advice for monumental theatres, such as the Royal Theatre Carré

Monumental theatre buildings such as the royal theatre Carré, facilitate different forms of performance arts and are obliged to maintain the monumental values of the building. Monumental theatres face many challenges. such as growing multifunctionality demands, physical limitations. The research question of this research is "What tool can be...

Web Retail Experience and the Outdoor Industry - Designing a new multi-channel retail strategy and web retail concept

Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd. (Equip) is interested in opening a web shop to sell its Rab brand of outdoor sports products directly to UK consumers. The rise of e-commerce creates an interesting opportunity for a multi-channel strategy with an online direct channel operating parallel to the existing independent retail channel. In this project...

Designing and Testing a Strategy Game

A persistent problem in Corporate Real Estate Management CREM) is the issue of aligning an organization’s real estate to its organizational objectives. In this thesis a decision-making model has been designed for the Delft UT in order to provide the organization with a solution as to how they can renew their portfolio of lecture halls. In order...