Boundless Collaboration: A post-pandemic vision for distributed teams

This thesis describes the design journey that resulted in a post-pandemic vision for distributed teams and the development of a concept to fulfil the lack of spontaneous encounters in hybrid working environments. The research follows two different approaches, the double-diamond and the Dive method and includes extensive literature review, remote...

Rìchu & Rìluò: A light system for Chinese families

In the last decades the field of consumer electronics has gone through a revolutionary development and shows no sign of slowing down. Starting with one personal computer per family, electronic devices have become integrated into our daily lives to the point where everybody carries a smartphone and/or tablet with them at all times. And the next...

Urban agility: E-bike concept based on contextual user research

Qwic is a Dutch company producing electric two-wheelers. Despite of rapid success and growth over the last years they do not reach their intended urban target group. Therefore Qwic needs to innovate their current electric bicylces (e-bikes). This eventually led to the following graduation assignment: Design the new Qwic e-bike for the 25-50...

Walking and Talking: Using persuasive game elements to increase physical activity

Physical activity (PA) benefits a healthy condition. On the broader canvas public health benefits from promoting a healthy lifestyle, which includes sufficient PA. Apart from the lives that are improved, The financial merit of improved public health is substantial. Walking is deemed one of the most effective forms of PA. It is for this reason...

The experience of cancer: Research and design for the oncological center

In collaboration with the Netherlands Cancer Institute/ Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital (NKI-AVL), research was done on the experience of cancer patients within their hospital environment. Questioning what were the feelings, emotions, thoughts patients have in relation to the (built) environment. Out of this research which consisted of a...

Discovering an authentic brand, a brand-driven strategy for introducing a new product line to a new mobility market

Project:#001 is a company that develops custom-made private label merchandise, promotional products and accessories that reinforces other companies in the mobility market. They have an expertise in textile and polymeric fabrics and they have a strong vision in how a brand is supposed to be translated into products. Due to difficulties in their...

Het is altijd hetzelfde liedje!: Educatief muziekplatform voor het basisonderwijs

This graduation project is a collaboration between Music Library Rotterdam (in Dutch: Centrale Discotheek Rotterdam (CDR)) and Delft University of Technology, faculty of Industrial Design Engineering to improve the quality of music education at primary schools in The Netherlands. The aim is to make the music collection of CDR accessible and...

'Go-to' market strategy for Ambient Experience in the field of neonatal intensive care

Philips Healthcare wants to enter the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) market with Ambient Experience (AE). This requires a well-thought out business plan that demonstrates why it is interesting for Philips to enter the NICU market with AE. There are different methods to determine why Philips should (not) enter the NICU market with AE. Design...

Participation and Co-creation in the Public Domain

This master thesis report with the topic “participation and co-creation in the public domain”, represents the final project of the master Design for Interaction at the faculty Industrial Design Engineering, University of Technology Delft (TUDelft) and was executed for the STT Netherlands Study Centre for Technology Trends in The Hague (STT). The...

Rebuilding the Scotchgard Protector brand for 3M Nederland

3M is an American company that was founded in 1902 in Minnesota. Their business originally started with mining (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing) but they soon switched to the more profitable production of sandpaper. 3M is a technology and science based company with a very wide portfolio of products. It has more than 80.000 employees and over...

Using video in personas

Involving user in the development process is becoming inevitable for companies to stay competitive and innovative. Technology is no longer the main factor to furfill the customers needs. Especially in product innovation the integration of the needs and desires of customers are fundamental (Veryzer R. W., 2003). User-centered design is an...

Creating a pleasant tactile waking up experience

Before you starting read this report, I would like to ask you to take a moment to recall how you experienced your wake-up process this morning. Did you enjoy the moment? Were you dreaming before that moment? Did you feel delight, pleasant or just sad and depressed? How did you wake up? Were you still sleepy or fully wake up then? Were you in...

Designing great User Experience for a Web-Based Collaboration tool by gaining insights from the Generation Y Office workers

There are two aims in this project. The first is to redesign product with great User Experience (UX). The second aim is to gain knowledge on how the company can shift their innovation process from technology push to market pull strategy thus becoming a customer-centric organization. Both aims challenge a designer in CREATING PRODUCT PEOPLE LOVE...

News Consumption Evolved

In our digital age the news world is in turmoil. With the Internet news media became interactive and collaborative which has widespread implications on traditional business models. Today everyone can contribute by posting content online, ranging from pictures to videos and from comments to complete stories. Journalists are no longer the gate...

A bag for young creative professionals

A bag has been designed for GoTo aimed specifically at the lifestyle group of young creative professionals. The aspects of sustainability, fashion and last but not least usability were combined in this project. First of all, sustainable methodologies and textiles were investigated. Then, an internal and external analysis was conducted, after...