Play like Messi; design of a product for making ball mastery exercises more fun.

Almost every youth football player dreams about being as good as very technical skilled football players, like Messi. Coaches often believe that these great players are simply gifted and that their skills are beyond the average player. Wiel Coerver, a Dutch football manager, analyzed these great players in slow motion video and came to the...

Bengels: Multi-sensory playground equipment for active play

This graduation report shows the design process followed during designing new playground equipment for Boer Speeltoestellen in Nieuwendijk. The assignment for this project was: Develop a new product for outdoor playground equipment for the Dutch sub-urban environment, that interacts on a multi-sensory level with both boys and girls in the age of...

Banjy, made to move: The design of a children's toy vehicle

Study shows that children like to play active, but are playing more and more physically inactive (by means of computer and television). Creazi, the company in this assignment, aims to change this and wants to have a product for children that is fun to play with, and also helps to achieve a healthy lifestyle. From earlier design they had a...

Creating the perfect outdoor game experience

What if you mix (indoor) gaming with outdoor play? Nowadays children spend much more time indoor instead of outside, playing with friends. Outdoor play is good for both physical as mental development of children, and this problem was the foundation of this design project. Two years ago the idea was risen by Auke Ferwerda to develop an outdoor...

Education, Recreation and Sports Transversely Through Transvaal

The district of Transvaal in The Hague city is suffering a lack of sports and play facilities. In order to do something about this I designed a building for sports and play. This building gives new meaning to a poorly facilitated area of Transvaal. The building design together with the design of the public realm establish a connection with the...

Banjy: Fun to move and play for kids around 12 years of age

Stimulating the physical condition of children in a playful way is the main goal of the Banjy. Crossover product combining a traditional elliptical trainer and a bicycle. This means that it has all the benefits of training almost all muscles combined with the playful and functional possibilities of a bike. Early 2009 innovation support from...

Active Play: New concepts for the kid's play market

Childhood obesity is a global health concern. Numerous societal changes have dramatically reduced the amount of energy children burn, while expanding the number of calories they consume. Childhood obesity is increasingly recognized as a global health problem and measures are being taken throughout the world. An important direction for preventive...

Designing Engaging Interactions with Digital Products

This thesis aims to investigate how the experience of engagement in interaction can be explained by examining the experiences of richness and control and how these experiences are influenced by the features of a product, the expertise of a person and the type of task. This research is carried out within the domain of digital products. From the...