Circular composites: A design guide for products containing composite materials in a circular economy

The circular composites design guide presents circular economy strategies, product design aspects and tools to (re-)design products containing composite materials for a circular economy.<br/>A circular economy closes the loop for products, parts and materials, through reuse and recycling. In this guide you will find 5 circular economy strategies...

A retrofit design of a stress-reducing, human-centric lighting plan for an aircraft entry

This is a thesis report in Integrated Product Design, along with STG Aerospace in Cwmbran, Wales. It is a design project centered around the entry lighting of an aircraft galley. The analysis provided possibilities to reduce stress using light. These are showing information from trusted and authoritative sources, enlarging...

A review of marketing research on product design and directions for future research

Down the rabbit hole: A starter kit for collaborative creation

Starting point of this project was human interaction in relation to technology and the project goal to design a relevant product that contributes to people’s lives. Explorative user research was used to set the domain for the project on collaborative creation. Next, a vision on the domain was developed, using the ViP-method. The vision proposes...

Surprise and humor in product design: Designing sensory metaphors in multiple modalities

When information from two or more sensory modalities conflicts, this can evoke a surprise reaction as well as feelings of amusement, interest, confusion or disappointment. In concurrence to joke theory, we argue that people appreciate and enjoy appropriate incongruities that can be related back to the product, whereas they are confused by and...

The Design of a People Transporter for the European Metropolis of 2025

In the future of 2025 several themes will define the city context. As more and more people move towards the city they feed the process of segregation. Separated groups of people are living together in one area, but without any feeling of a city community. The growing dominance of wireless communication and information has made it possible for...

For Inspiration Only; Designer interaction with informal collections of visual material

Designers surround themselves with visual material as a source of inspiration. The images are used in collages and moodboards to define and communicate the direction of a design project at an early stage of the design process. This thesis describes how designers interact with their collections of visual material and how new tools can support...