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"uuid:36bf51a9-fb72-4dfe-b8c8-c2a095dc60d4","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:36bf51a9-fb72-4dfe-b8c8-c2a095dc60d4","Building mental resilience for young adults: Exploring strategies to support the wellbeing of young adults in the overwhelmed society of 2032","van Klaveren, Leon (TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering)","van Dijk, M.B. (mentor); Snelders, H.M.J.J. (graduation committee); Tromp, N. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2023","Mental health among young adults is in sharp decline, with over 68% of young adults in Europe reporting signs of burnout in the past year (Strava, 2021). This increasing prevalence of mental health problems among young adults, including burnout, anxiety, depression and feelings of hopelessness, has been exacerbated by factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and societal pressures. Despite increased awareness, reduced stigma and efforts to improve mental health, the number of diagnoses appears to be increasing. The demand for professional mental health care is outstripping the capacity of institutions to provide it, making it difficult to access professional care in a timely manner and leading to an increasing reliance on biochemical solutions for symptom relief rather than psychotherapy. This sudden increase in mental health diagnoses among young adults cannot be attributed to changes in genetics, as genes don't change in a population over such a short period of time. If we assume that neither reduced stigma nor a change in genetics is solely responsible for the increase in mental health diagnoses, then we seem to have created an environment that is conducive to mental health problems in young adults. In particular, the transition from a learning environment to a working environment seems to be a moment of vulnerability for young adults, and this research therefore focuses on a transitional group, mostly aged 20-28, who can identify with this life transition. The aim of this thesis is to address the social phenomenon of declining mental health among the transitional group and to look for novel ways forward.
In order to find ways forward, a probable vision for the future of 2032 is defined through the collection of 168 contextual factors; concise statements that serve as building blocks for the future context. These are collected through semi-structured interviews with the transition group, interviews with experts such as philosophers, psychologists and psychiatrists, books, journals and documentaries. This probable future context is made understandable through a framework that describes six states of mind into which the transition group can be trapped.
By articulating the normative values of the designer, a number of goals and ambitions emerge for each state of mind that help to move closer to a desired future. For each of these goals, ideas were generated and a strategic set of six promising interventions was developed. Due to time constraints, only the 'One on One' concept was selected for further development into a prototype...
This is done by making use of the ViP (Vision in Product Design) approach, where the present context is analysed and researched in order to distill trends and developments concerning the future of this context. This context consists of not just the different micro mobility services, but also other stakeholders such as citizens (both the micro mobility users and ‘non-users’), local governments, and of course public space. Eventually, a future world is envisioned for the year 2030. As this project also falls under the Critical Speculative Design-umbrella, this future world can be seen as a form of social critique on the current state of micro mobility, as well as the direction it is heading towards. Based on this critique, a new version of this future is composed that describes what is desirable.
The final design represents the shift from the ‘undesirable’ world to the ‘desirable’ world. It aims to first and foremost communicate a certain moral standpoint to the client Springtime Design, and should not be seen as a problem-solving proposal. This speculative design should rather be seen as a prop to facilitate discussion on the topic of micro mobility in public space, and what is important in its future.
Amby, as the final design is called, is an ownerless ambiguous vehicle that drives around autonomously in the city. As its features are ambiguous in their nature, it does not force people into a predefined system that determines their use behaviour. People can interpret Amby’s features, and assign meaning to the vehicle on their own. This enables them to control their own mobility in public space, as they can use Amby for anything they like. In its core, Amby represents a future of micro mobility that is more human-centered and democratic in the way it organises and designs itself. After all, public space is meant to be shared by everyone. It should not be compromised by corporates and local governments that exploit and capitalise on public space, as a consequence of striving for maximum profit and convenience.","Micro-mobility; Speculative Design; ViP approach; public space; Design for Ambiguity","en","master thesis","","","","","","","","","","","","Design for Interaction","",""
"uuid:6e6dd8d5-3eab-4d63-a991-acfef0a34343","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6e6dd8d5-3eab-4d63-a991-acfef0a34343","Sustainable strategies for consuming on-the-go","de Grefte, Fay (TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering; TU Delft Human-Centered Design)","van Dijk, M.B. (mentor); Kobus, C.B.A. (graduation committee); Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)","2022","The way we consume when we travel has had a bigger influence on the environment than meets the eye. We see the cups being thrown away, but we do not see the overconsumption, the dodging of responsibility for sustainable production and the food losses. Our quest for convenience has led us to behave in the most environmentally unfriendly way possible.
To contribute to the sustainable development goals of the UN and strive for
a more balanced world, this project created a possible sustainable strategy for consuming on-the-go in 2036. The desired change is constructed using
the ViP-method and Social Practice Theory. In the first part of the report, the current practice is deconstructed and we try to fully understand its impact on the environment. The next chapter uses context factors to make a prediction about the practice of ‘consuming on-the-go’ in 2036. This context is visualised in a future framework. Based on this overview, in combination with the vision of the project, a desired future is presented in the form of a vision statement. By rearranging the social construct of consuming on-the-go out of convenience to one with a motivation of self-care, the practice arguably becomes a more sustainable, and thus desired, one.
An intervention to get from the current practice to a desired one in 2036 could be a product-service system named ‘Tend’. This concept consists of a new system that supports the self-care journey and a digital platform with a product to help actualise your intentions concerning your well-being. The value for the user is added when Tend suggests a consumption that suits your needs at that moment best.
To show how the concept could find its way into reality, a roadmad visualises proposed steps for the service based on the changing context. These parts of implementation are plotted over time and construct a desired final practice
in 2036. Afterwards, an impact analysis compares the old practice to the new one and discusses in what ways Tend leads to less negative impact concerning production and more positive impact concerning health and consumption. This validates the importance of such a transition and shows the value of this projects’ contribution to a more sustainable consumption on-the-go.