Photobiomodulation (PBM) uses red and near-infrared light to stimulate biological processes in the body and has been associated with benefits including skin rejuvenation, pain relief and muscle recovery. As scientific evidence supporting PBM continues to grow, an increasing number of home-use products have become available. However, most require users to expose bare skin while remaining stationary for extended periods, limiting convenience and user adoption.
Sunshower addresses this challenge by integrating PBM into the daily shower routine. Existing Sunshower products use halogen infrared lamps, which provide a broad light spectrum and a pleasant warming sensation but also result in high energy consumption, elevated operating temperatures and bulky product dimensions. This thesis investigates how LED technology can replace halogen lamps while maintaining therapeutic effectiveness and improving sustainability, usability and product accessibility.
The result is the Sunshower Nova, a wall-mounted LED-based PBM device designed for use during a regular shower session. The product combines red and near-infrared LEDs to deliver a therapeutic light dose that is consistent with current scientific literature within a ten-minute treatment. To support effective use, the system provides real-time feedback on treatment duration and user distance, helping users achieve the intended dose. The product architecture consists of a thermally optimised housing, a modular LED assembly and an optical front cover that together enable a compact, energy-efficient and manufacturable design.
The final design was validated through engineering analyses, performance measurements, user evaluations and a life cycle assessment. Compared with the existing halogen-based Sunshower, the LED-based design significantly reduces energy consumption and environmental impact while maintaining therapeutic performance and improving installation flexibility. The project demonstrates that LED technology enables a new generation of integrated shower-based PBM devices that combine scientific effectiveness with a more sustainable and accessible user experience.
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This thesis explores the development of a high-end consumer product within the context of evolving coffee culture and growing user demand for premium home-use appliances. It investigates whether a prototype can be refined into a minimum viable product (MVP) that balances technical performance, user experience, visual appeal, and cost-effectiveness. The project integrates form-giving, user validation, and early-stage manufacturing cost modelling to assess market readiness. Findings indicate that user preferences strongly favour both aesthetics and performance, guiding a design strategy that blends expressive form with functional clarity. Financial feasibility improves with scale, especially beyond 1,000 units, though early-stage production may require temporary cost-saving strategies. Overall, the project demonstrates a viable path toward market introduction for a premium home appliance, provided key design and production criteria are met. ... Read more

This thesis presents a modular accessory system designed to promote bicycle helmet usage in the Netherlands. The project aims to address the barriers to helmet usage by integrating functional, customizable, and attractive helmet accessories that align with the needs and preferences of young urban cyclists.
Through extensive research involving context research, helmet product analysis, and user research, the study identifies key factors influencing helmet use, including social norms, potential functions, and problems of helmet products. Social norm is the most influencial factor among them, which indicates that the low helmet acceptance is not merely due to dissatisfaction with functionality but is influenced by multiple social norms. This explains why conventional helmet designs often fail to attract users. A further case studies is conducted to identify effective design strategies targeting young urban populations.
The modular system incorporates clip-on connection system with four accessory modules. The connection system uses a unique magnetic clip structure that is easy to operate and ensures a secure fit. The four accessories, including a rain hood, visor, head lights, and earphones, tailored to target user needs and preferences to enhance convenience, safety, and personalization. By addressing functional shortcomings and leveraging the appeal of customization, the modular accessory system aims to shift social perceptions of helmet use, making it a more integral part of the cycling culture in the Netherlands.
Additionally, the scalability of the project contributes to the further service system development and commercialization plan to support future market development.
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Temporary tram and bus stops can be seen as an overlooked structure in the city. While permanent stops are getting are improving greatly, temporary tram and bus stops are being left behind. Gemeente Amsterdam has the goal to make every stop in the municipality accessible to all users, including people with disabilities. This report explores a potential new temporary tram/bus stop. ... Read more

The Philippines is a country where most of the human settlements are on the coast. Rapid urbanisation caused by economic development and annual population increment affects the housing situation in the country. In addition, climate change has increased the prevalence of natural disasters, such as floods, typhoons, rising sea levels, tidal movement, and heavy rainfall. In the city of Hagonoy, citizens struggle with the effects of natural disasters, particularly in housing conditions. Typically, locals employ ad-hoc solutions suchlike raising the dwelling one floor higher every few years, which is a costly and inefficient solution in the long term.
The Filipino society is a close-knit ecosystem formed by different stakeholders with contrasting interests and needs. When combining the stakeholders with the increasing environmental pressures, it becomes an even more complex problem. This thesis presents an exploration in implementing long-lasting solutions in coastal rural areas to form resilient communities in the light of the arising problems.
A holistic approach is necessary to generate a neighbourhood that corresponds to the living conditions and resists natural hazards. Firstly, literature and historical research were done to study the events that generated the current society. Secondly, participatory design sessions involved the end-user in the designing process and explored their daily needs. Then these insights were brought together in a system map of people, elements and spaces, and a city map, visualising locals' desires for the future community and analysing the solution space. Finally, the co-design of a floating neighbourhood was conceptualised based on an existing pilot floating home and the required living conditions.
The generated hybrid neighbourhood shows potential to create a resilient neighbourhood where the citizens' desires are placed in the middle of the community planning. Accessibility, sociability and incrementality attributes were perceived as vital to ensuring social acceptance.
The neighbourhood extension illustrates the community's possibility to grow and increment in a non-invasive manner while respecting the dynamics of the existing city. On this basis, the concept of co-creating a hybrid neighbourhood should be considered when designing resilient communities in coastal rural areas in the Philippines and countries under similar circumstances ... Read more

Sherpa Space Inc., a South Korean startup located in Daejeon, aimed to develop an innovative home appliance capable of growing high-quality medicinal and edible plants by combining aeroponic agriculture with their own patented lighting technology.
To do so, they envisioned a whole service behind the device, which included supplying consumers with newly germinated seedlings and specific nutrient combinations to ensure the best taste and quality of the vegetables.
Under this context, Sherpa Space offered me to collaborate with them by developing a complete concept proposal targeting the European market, including also the analysis and selection of its intended market and final target group. Consequently, the aim of this graduation project is two-sided: first of all, comprehend European markets to define a target group that values a device like this, and secondly, to develop a solid concept proposal including both aeroponic agriculture as well as the lighting technology developed by the company. ... Read more

This master thesis elaborates on the development of a assistive cycling ankle-foot orthosis for Charcot-Marie-Tooth patients. Study the influence of assistive torque on the kinematic analysis of the knee and ankle joints of a CMT patient on an ergometer bike. ... Read more

Currently, Quooker is Europe’s market leader in boiling water taps. Although initially Quooker taps were focused on providing boiling tap water in standard households, nowadays an increasing share of Quooker B.V.’s turnover is represented by taps being sold in professional markets from which the office and food & beverages (F&B) markets are biggest. The main objective of this report is to develop a product that fits with the needs and desired of the F&B user which can help Quooker to increase sales in this market. ... Read more