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How sustainable are smart devices?
You might think that smart devices – something that can connect to the internet or another device – would be more sustainable. After all, if…
The unique train toilet challenge
The toilet touches all our lives, but we don’t want to touch the toilet. In other words, we try to keep a distance from toilets,…
A robot with a soft touch
Try and picture a robotic hand and an image of metal fingers with rigid joints might come to mind. Imagine instead one made of soft…
How to paint convincing stuff
If you see a bunch of grapes, how does your brain understand that those are real grapes and not ones made of plastic? And if you see those…
Resonance between brain and mind for better design
Caiseal Beardow, master’s student at TU Delft’s Faculty of Industrial Design, built an audio-visual installation that explores how brain and…
What makes a circular designer?
It makes sense that designing for a circular economy requires something different than the traditional linear approach. Because it’s not…
How do you design objects with an intention?
Designing smart objects for everyday life demands a new approach: no longer focused on a single object and a single user, but on an…
Out of the Blue #21 – Generative Design
Maximum functions, minimum amount of materials. That needs to be part of the sustainable future of design. What technologies might be…
Design for Deaf culture and health
Patients failing to take their medication in the prescribed manner is a widespread problem across society. But a combination of social…
Why do innovations end up in the Valley of Death?
When it comes to innovating in large organisations, why do so many concepts die before they are realised? Barend Klitsie’s PhD research…