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Imagine having a product that is personalised to you, your body, and your preferences. Wouldn’t it be nice to explore the countryside on a comfortable racing bike or glide across the water while seated in a comfortable rowing boat? How about being able to effortlessly carry a skateboard on your back using a convenient back carrier? Or, in case of an injury, picture having a perfectly fitted, comfortable brace, or set of crutches that are more user-friendly.

A team of five IPD MSc students was selected to present their project, KUKUA, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai. They developed a diagnostic device which detects early malnutrition of children in rural areas in East Africa.

IDE researchers have been hard at work getting their research published. This week’s highlights include a paper by PhD candidate Evert van Beek, Professor Elisa Giaccardi, Assistant Professor Stella Boess, and Professor Alessandro Bozzon.

IDE in the media (Week 49 2023)

How do we make bike helmets desirable among Dutch cyclists? Remco Bosch found a solution. "The safety argument doesn't work here, we already feel safe on our bikes," he says. For his graduation project, Remco looked at the needs and values of cyclists. That’s when he discovered that framing helmets as a lifestyle choice, not just a safety precaution could make the difference.

We look back on a successful launch of the white paper “Repair in the Circular Economy”, which took place on 13 November. One hundred and twenty scientists, entrepreneurs, policymakers, administrators, students, and people from repair cafes joined the conversation.

On 10 November, 17 students from the IDE MSc course Advanced Concept Design and 20 students from Politecnico di Milano presented their work on 'The Future of Cooking' at the Braun office in Frankfurt.

IDE researchers have been hard at work getting their research published. This week’s highlights include a paper by Professor Elvin Karana, alumni Vivian Dorien, and former postdoctoral researcher Srikkanth Balasumramanian.

On 14 November, a new group of Medical Delta professors and lecturers were inaugurated. Professor Diehl (TU Delft, Erasmus MC) and Professor Atsma (LUMC, TU Delft) were among the nine Medical Delta professors inaugurated.

Prof. David Abbink to help strengthen collaboration between 3mE and IDE -- On 1 November 2023, the TU Delft | Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) welcomes a new colleague to its research and education communities – Professor in Haptic Human-Robot Interaction, David Abbink.

At the end of October an IDE dream came true. After many months of preparation, the faculty’s first standalone exhibition at Dutch Design Week opened its doors to the public. Didn’t get the chance to visit? Read on for highlights from the nine days.

How can we use interactive environment to spark lateral thinking in transdisciplinary design?

The research team behind the Bubble Games have been hard at work, planning their next move and celebrating the wins along the way.

The consortium, in which PhD candidate Soyeon Kim is member of, has been awarded a Convergence Kick-Starter Grant from Resilient Delta. The grant, worth €32,813, will allow them to continue pursuing their project, ‘Inequality and Automation at the Port of Rotterdam: Exploring Work-time Reduction as a Path to Just Resilience’.

DECODE has just launched its very own podcast series, “DECODE Conversations”. The series looks at rethinking design for our digital future. The first two episodes are already out and focus on acts of interfacing and principled algorithm design. They will be releasing a new episode every two weeks until December.

TU Delft | Industrial Design Engineering’s Professor of Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, Alessandro Bozzon, has been appointed as a fellow of the Netherlands Academy of Engineering (NAE).

On Thursday 9 November it’s Education Day at the TU Delft. The day includes a packed programme of talks, sessions, and of course the award ceremony for TU Delft Educator of the Year 2023. This year’s IDE nominee is Caroline Kroon. Congratulations Caroline.

The complicated relationship between humans and gulls is resulting in a declining gull population. A major cause is the disappearing wasteland in the port of Rotterdam, home to the bird. IDE student Joanna van der Leun designed a nest for the gulls which can be installed on the roof of harbour sheds. This protects them from weather and foes, and keeps them away from the city.

Legislation can stimulate repair. But screws hidden so deeply in a product that they are nearly inaccessible are a repair nightmare. Bas Flipsen encourages circular product design by developing tools for designers and engineers.

During Dutch Design Week, you can discover 8 interactive installations in the basement of Area 51 in Eindhoven. The installations were designed by Delft students and researchers. Caspar Chorus, dean of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering: " For the first time, TU Delft has its own exhibition at Dutch Design Week. You will find some of the coolest projects which our designers created this year."

White paper from 4 Dutch knowledge institutions shows chances & pitfalls in 'repair' laws

IDE researchers have been hard at work getting their research published. This week’s highlights include [...]

IDE in the media (Week 41 2023)

Our congratulations go out to Professor John Clarkson on receiving the President's Medal from the Royal Academy of Engineering.

The idea that there is such a thing as “creativity”, and that it can be cultivated, is surprisingly recent, as the new book by IDE Lecturer Samuel W. Franklin ‘The Cult of Creativity’ reveals.

The book ‘Mobility | Society - Society Seen through the Lens of Mobility’ will be launched on 23 October at Dutch Design Week. It brings together many experts from diverse disciplines. It offers a variety of insights on the potential that mobility has in shaping the future of society.

IDE researchers have been hard at work getting their research published. This week’s highlights include a paper by Assistant Professor Rebecca Price and Associate Professor Mieke Van Der Bijl-Brouwer that presents ten preliminary principles for designer resilience.

IDE in the media (Week 39 2023)

Are you tired of seeing the same old lamp designs everywhere you go? Have you ever dreamed of designing and creating your own original lamp? With a material of your choosing? Then good news! Thanks to former IDE student Dino Liao and the rise of AI you can. Discover how in this Student Story.

What is a restaurant without its dining guests? What is a park without people walking their dog or kids playing? We are social beings and socializing is essential for our wellbeing. But how do we assess whether people from all walks of life are able to meet at these public places? This question motivated Vasileios Milias, PhD Candidate at TU Delft’s Industrial Design Engineering faculty to design a mapping tool which measures the concept of ‘co-accessibility’.

Every year, 150 million auto-injectors, used in the event of a severe allergic reaction for example, are burned after use. in the process, 120,000 tonnes of CO2 are emitted. Emma Linders, freshly graduated at the IDE faculty, designed a solution that reduces emissions by 60%. With the YpsoMate Refill, a reusable emergency pen, she won the James Dyson Award 2023. Congratulations!

The latest news from TU Delft at Dutch Design Week 2023