I was humbled by the intelligent TU/e community but confidently relied on my experience, making me quite self-directed at the beginning of the master’s program. Then, I was confronted with making insufficiently grounded claims, reflecting a lack of critical thinking skills (M1.2). Therefore, I will continue experimenting with concrete, validated, creative, and evaluative methods to…
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DESIGN RESEARCH PROCESSES
Mastering design and research process formulation is essential to becoming a leader in decision-making. Therefore, I built a personal database with design and research methods from each course, expanded it with my own research findings, and created a framework to navigate and select appropriate methods (Figure 7). I aimed to be as self-directed as possible….
TECHNOLOGY & REALIZATION
Having a strong TR background and aiming to become a strategic designer, TR was my lowest priority. Some courses did require prototyping, like building apps (Figure 21), laser-cutting board games (Figure 19) and workshop tools (Figure 16), modeling a 3D-printed compass spinner, and casting resin Post-It holders with 3D-printed inlays (Figure 17). In addition, I…
MATH, DATA & COMPUTING
Initially, coding and math were not prioritized skills; the mandatory Creative Coding course (Figure 13-15) was fun and educational, but further, no real applications of coding applications emerged except for Games and Play, for which I designed and built a functioning interactive play object to turn the floor into lava (Figure 12). This was Arduino-based,…
CREATIVITY & AESTHETICS
Creative Techniques My interest in creative methods and techniques is evident, as I have dedicated a large part of my master’s to exploring and collecting a wide range of approaches. During my pre-master and first semesters, I explored creative methods from courses and by reviewing literature and methods databases, from which I collected hundreds of…
USER & SOCIETY
During my master’s, I collected many User Experience (UX)- related methods for emphasizing and data collection. An interesting challenge was the premaster project, which targeted chronically ill teens, restricting direct user contact and, therefore, requiring a different approach found in triangulation. This project was extended during the summer break as it was rewarded with some…
BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The available DLE courses provided me with ample theoretical methods context about the innovation landscape, inspiring me to explore the exploration-exploitation gap between designers and clients. In addition, it reaffirmed my need to become a more independent value-based leader because the alignment between intrinsic and company values is not always true. These insights and the…
Introduction
Vision Design can be a powerful tool for change and can contribute to a more equitable and sustainable world. I have always possessed strong intrinsic values. It is the reason I became a designer: to create impactful, ethical, and sustainable designs that address societal challenges and drive transformation. I aim to consistently communicate my intrinsic…
A word about complexity
Our world and reality are an undeniably complex of entities and relations. Together they form systems which interact with one and other. An illustration of this complexity is the butterfly effect, which refers to the hypothetical idea that if you would go back in time and change the path of one single butterfly it would…
ChefPrep
Parent app Child app Summary This project took place within the Inclusive Design and Thoughtful Technology squad (ID&TT) of the Technical University Eindhoven (TU/e), focusing on supporting teenagers’ nutritional intake to reduce the risks for cardiac diseases. Children with chronic diseases have a higher chance of developing cardiac issues when growing up due to a…