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Inauguration Prof. Bregje van Eekelen: "Histories in the Making"

In her inaugural lecture, Van Eekelen makes the case that design and society have always been entangled. Read the report of the inauguration here.

TU Delft at Dutch Design Week 2021

Dutch Design Week (16 to 24 October) is one of the highlights of the European design calendar, in which TU Delft plays a prominent role.

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Better prepared for big decisions in healthcare

Crucial decisions about medical treatment are often made jointly with the doctor, the patient and the patient's relatives. Despite the best efforts of well-intentioned care providers, shared decision-making remains a tricky business. Ingeborg Griffioen wants to change that with the help of Metro Mapping.

Is the robe in that painting velvet or satin?

Staring at one of the richly drawn paintings in Amsterdam’s famous Rijksmuseum, you might recognise that the robe worn by the subject of the painting is made of velvet and the cup on the table is made of silver. Your eyes only see swirls of paint but your brain understands what the artist was depicting. As part of his thesis research, Mitchell van Zuijlen wanted to understand how this is possible.

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 explored what organisational conditions help innovators to mitigate the Valley of Death and achieve sustainable implementation.

The Spaceman has a job for you

A cancer diagnosis is an awful and upsetting event for anyone. For the parents of young children, it is nearly unthinkable. Yet, every year, for some 35,000 families around Europe, it is a reality. PhD researcher Patrizia D'Olivo wanted to help them with her research.

Getting personal with dementia care

Caring for people with dementia is not a one-size-fits-all kind of thing. That’s because people have different personalities, life experiences and preferences. Taking these things into account, Gubing Wang’s PhD explored how to facilitate designers and healthcare professionals with designing for personalised dementia care.

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 just about creating sustainable products, it’s about an entire system aimed at reducing resource use and waste. For her PhD research, Deborah Sumter wanted to find out what competencies designers need to develop to be successful at circular design.

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 grapes in a painting - say a 17th-century piece of Dutch Golden Age art - how does your brain understand that those are also grapes? That’s what Francesca Di Cicco wanted to know for her PhD thesis.

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, particularly those in public. However, these toilets are what makes it possible for us to leave our homes and travel. More specifically, anyone travelling by train is used to having free access to train toilets, certainly on long journeys. But, as they are perceived as being dirty, they are greatly underused. A dilemma for railway companies and a challenge for sanitary designer and PhD graduate Marian Loth.

Persuasive technology for health and wellbeing at work

Elsbeth de Korte isn’t your typical Ph.D. student. When she defends her thesis later this month, on how technology can improve health and well-being in the workplace, she will have already been working at the Dutch research institute TNO for more than twenty years.

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Basic Design Cycle
Design with Data
Vision in Product Design
Design for Sustainability
October
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X TU Delft - October Events
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Dutch Design Week 2021
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Publication celebration for 'Designing Smart Objects in Everyday Life'
November
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Annual Symposium Relating Systems Thinking and Design
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Human Factors NL Conference 2021
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Connect to Create
09
Healthy Start Conference
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Master Class AI and More-than-Human Design by Elisa Giaccardi
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Open Campus Days
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Highlight Delft
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Winter School on Circularity in the Built Environment
December
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Master Class Design Leadership and Innovation by Giulia Calabretta
January
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Soft Robotics Winterschool
February
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Soft Robotics Symposium
June
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DRS Bilbao 2022

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