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Kania, K.D. (author)Met als bijlage: A0 poster. Graduation project combined with the mapping methode. The form of the project is based on the combinations of the perspectives and textures of the city.master thesis 2008
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Choy, H.Y. (author)With the introduction of LED lighting, nowadays designers and architects have more flexibility to evoke emotions and create certain atmospheres in a space by means of artificial lighting. The perceived atmosphere in a space is an experience of the surroundings in relation to ourselves; it is an affective evaluation of the environment (Scholten...master thesis 2009
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Buskermolen, S.P.S. (author)This graduation project focuses on identifying how the development of new electric vehicle (EV) archetypes could affect automotive engineering and design. Changes will occur throughout the entire vehicle, including the interior and cockpit module in particular. Within the future electric vehicles, cockpits can be totally redesigned to better...master thesis 2010
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Janssen, R.G.J. (author)This thesis describes the approach to create a real time eye blink detector using a new perception processor. Tried is to describe how the processor works and to find out possible fields of application. Supposed strength of the processor is it's speed combined with the possibility of changing the configuration at run time. Since the current...master thesis 2010
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De Lange, B. (author)Investigation and exploration on a city that cannot escape the pull of global media towards it because of its heavily loaded history. Using multiple experiments to abandon veiled perceptions in order to get in a state of continuity, without preconceptions.master thesis 2010
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Lu, Y. (author)This thesis describes the work that has been done for a Master graduation project with Philips Research. The aim of the project is to realize a flexible ambient lighting device for the bathroom environment that is able to provide a spacious feeling. A literature study gave the insight into the ordinary bathroom in the Netherlands but not enough...master thesis 2010
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Janssen, M.J. (author)Introduction Daily approximately 150.000 individual travel movements are conducted by passengers and Schiphol-workers to and from Schiphol. For this they use cars, taxis, busses, shut-tles, trains, motorcycles, scooters and bicycles. As such Schiphol is Holland’s biggest mobility node. Understandably this makes accessibility of vital importance....master thesis 2011
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Van Langelaar, C.M. (author)We all have walked on a street when suddenly someone comes over to you asking for directions. Sometimes, people do not know where they are and they do not know how to reach their destination. They are lost. However, people should not depend on others to find their way. The urban fabric should be legible enough to find one’s way. The problem...master thesis 2011
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Middendorf, W.H. (author)Websites have become important means for companies to create revenue. It is important for these websites that as many visitors as possible take the desired action that ultimately leads to the revenue for the website owners. The ratio of visitors who take this call-to-action relative to the number of total website visits is called the conversion...master thesis 2011
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Stienstra, W.M. (author)Graduation Project at studio Border Conditions. A research on the human perception towards the awareness to its surrounding. In direct combination with the informal (post-Soviet) commercial developments and Western influences of commerce. This results to a complex shopping center in Odessa, Ukraine. Creating unique spaces for informal,...master thesis 2011
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Van Deurzen, K. (author)This report presents the study of using the peripheral vision of a driver to provide him with wayfinding information, without distracting him from his foveal task. The project used a Design inclusive Research methodology. This means that initial assumptions are formulated based on an explorative study. These assumptions are then evaluated using...master thesis 2011
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Ehtemam, F. (author)Galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) alters the firing rates of vestibular afferents and consequently provokes the illusion of movement. In standing balance GVS is used to assess the contribution of the vestibular system, where it has been shown to elicit coherent responses in lower extremity muscles involved in maintaining balance. However, to...master thesis 2011
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Massink, T.J. (author)Introduction An often-recurring subject in branding assignments in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) packaging industry is ‘what is “premium.”’ Marketing and Brand Managers of FMCG brands brief packaging designers (such as Cartils, see paragraph 1.2) that their new packaging must have a premium character. Although one might have an idea of...master thesis 2011
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Van Dieren, R. (author)These documents contain a research and a design for a health care institute for people with dementia and the graduation presentation. The research has been done with literature, interviews and case studies in three existing health care institutes in the Netherlands. The research can be used as a guideline for designers who want to build a...master thesis 2011
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Nijveldt, J.M. (author)This thesis is a specific research about the city of Chengdu in Western China. The city is at the very heart of the dramatic transformation of China and can be seen as a perfect model city of recent growth. The city showed an explosive growth in GDP, urban area, infrastructure and living standards. There are however enormous qualitative...master thesis 2012
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Xu, C. (author)The objective of this research is to find differences between industrial designers and mechanical engineers in perception and procedures during product development. This research has focused on cooperation between multidisciplinary teams’ participants - both industrial designers and mechanical engineers, because current innovation processes...master thesis 2012
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Valk, M.L. (author)The available shoulder harness controlled prostheses do no fulfill the requirements of the users. It is unknown for which operating forces and cable displacements the user can make good use of proprioceptive feedback without feeling pain, discomfort or fatigue. These operating forces and cable displacements can be related to grasping forces and...master thesis 2012
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Schaap, J.J.A. (author)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...master thesis 2012
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Offringa, R. (author)The place where you live is a part of your life. The perception of the living environment partly determines the perception of overall life. This graduation project tries to contribute to a better urban living environment and therefore to a better urban life. The key solution to this is urban green. The graduation project can be split in three...master thesis 2012
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Alagarsamybalasubramanian, A.C. (author)Robots have been popular amongst us as Science fiction characters for a few decades now. The inability of the robots to robustly perceive and respond to the real world has been confining them to the laboratories for a long time. This can be attributed to the dynamic nature of the everyday environments where the prelearnt knowledge alone is not...master thesis 2012