Redesign fEATback - to sooner reach adolescents with eating problems

Featback is an online self-help program for people with eating problems. Someone has an eating disorder (ED) when their whole life revolves around food and body image (Saha et al., 2022). Featback is developed by GGZ Rivierduinen Eetstoornissen Ursula. It has proven to be effective in reducing ED symptoms (Aardoom et al., 2016a; Rohrbach et al.,...

Cultural variations and design guidelines to attune health programs from Spain to the Netherlands: Attuning the TAS program to Dutch classrooms

This master thesis report is the result of a six-month-long graduation project for the Design for Interaction master at TU Delft. The report describes the development of the design guidelines to attune the TAS program to the Netherlands.<br/>The main goals that guided the project were three: identify which aspects of a healthy habit program (TAS...

Pop your Bubble: A Lesson Plan for Teenagers to Rethink their online Filter Bubbles

This graduation thesis report describes the research activities investigating the education on filter bubbles in Dutch secondary schools towards teenagers between 14-16 years old, and the design to improve this through including critical thinking techniques. <br/>During this research the context and two main target groups were explored through...

Book of Answers: Support the recognition and community psychological needs of teenagers who have lost their parents

In China’s hospice services, the focus is often on the patient, and the care of the family is neglected because of the system’s inadequacy. However, when families face the loss of their loved ones, the emergence of grief is unavoidable. Grieving itself is a normal phenomenon, but due to the untimely intervention, some people’s normal grief...

Design for Youth's Flourishing: Intervention design strategies to enhance teenagers’ mental resilience and well-being

The urge to promote mental health and well-being is gaining increasing importance and attention in recent years. Adolescents, who are among the most vulnerable under this aspect, are experiencing an increase in mental health complaints and need of youth care in the Netherlands. In addition, they perceive current means of care as inappropriate to...

Empowering teenagers in their interactions with social media sexualisation: Educating teenage girls to be in control when interacting with sexualised social media content

This master thesis report is the result of a six-month-long graduation project for the Design for Interaction master track at the TU Delft. The goal of this project is to improve the interaction between teenage girls and sexualisation on social media. It does so by generating awareness and empowering them to avoid negative influences that affect...

Media narratives as a discussion trigger for supporting a healthy attitude towards rejection in adolescence intimate relationships

Adolescence is a crucial development stage where both biological and psychological changes take place. Among the various transformations and developments, the discovery of sexuality and intimacy has an important role, especially from sixteen to nineteen years old. The construction of sexual identity is a significant bio-psycho-social development...

The adventure to yourself: A tool that helps teenagers discover their talents and opens the conversation with teachers and mentors

This thesis aims to help teenagers, aged 14-16, feel confident to express their thought and feelings. By doing so, we aim to create an environment in which teenagers can seek help. Where they can learn how to cope with uncertainties before they turn into bigger and long lasting mental health issues. The thesis does not aim to solve the problem...

Design for transformative teen experiences at the Van Gogh Museum

This thesis is the result of a graduation project in the domain of transformative museum experiences. The project has been executed in collaboration with the Van Gogh Museum (VGM) in Amsterdam with a focus on high school teenagers. The project aims to find promising ways to facilitate museum experiences for teens that are...

Lowering the threshold for teenagers to repair their own clothes

This report looks into the subject of sustainable teenage behavior. With the current strikes for the environment, it’s interesting to see how the younger generation wants a sustainable world, but does not act out this way. The research conducted from this problem focused on the textile industry and the shopping behavior of teenage girls, in...

HelloPreggo!: A tool that encourages pregnant teenagers to eat healthy during their pregnancies

This thesis walks the reader through the research and design process of ‘HelloPreggo!’, a tool developed for pregnant teenagers to guide them towards a healthier nutritional lifestyle during pregnancy. To start off, both literature and empirical research have been conducted on teenagers who are pregnant in the Netherlands in order to understand ...

Embassy of Youth

‘Embassy of Youth’ was a collaboration with Delft Institute of Positive Design (DIOPD) and Oxfam UK. The project took a positive design approach to see how it could contribute to the community well-being of a disadvantaged neighbourhood, specifically the teenage boys in that neighbourhood. Theory on community well-being was used to evaluate how...

Exhibition design for the Letterkundig Museum

This report will cover my graduation project at the Letterkundig Museum in the Hague. The focus of this project is attracting teenagers (13 to 18 years old) to the museum, by means of an exhibition concept that offers an experience that is educational. Phase 1 - Analysis The Letterkundig Museum concerns itself with the collection of literary...

Pool: An activity kit that builds understanding within the families of teenagers with cancer

Pool is an activity kit that helps family members to connect with each other and builds family strength, by making them more aware and appreciative of each other. It builds on the idea that more aware and appreciative family members can lead to a greater perception of family strength. This family strength leads to a greater sense of self...

An Outdoor Meeting Point for Teenage Girls

VelopA-Omniplay is one of the larger suppliers of sports and playground equipment in the Netherlands, which is a highly competitive industry. VelopA-Omniplay is part of VelopA B.V., who’s vision is ‘living • outside • together’. VelopA-Omniplay’s own vision is closely linked, and states that “every child has the right to play, to play sports and...

ArmWear: Cool Prosthetics

In The Netherlands, about 3750 people have an arm prosthesis, and the rejection rate is astonishing. Especially in puberty, appearance and fashion become more important. Teenagers can be very honest, direct and even cruel in their opinion, and when you wear ‘an ugly prosthesis’ the criticism seems credible. Several studies were conducted with...

Design of a smart safety device for dangerous traffic situations

The project “Design of a smart safety device for dangerous traffic situations” focused on vulnerable road users under the age of 18 years. When participating in traffic as pedestrians, bicyclists or as the drivers of motorized 2-wheelers children are vulnerable, especially towards heavier motorized traffic (i.e. cars, busses and trucks). In the...