Digital maker communities democratize manufacturing through hands on learning, trans-disciplinary work and open source knowledge sharing. Little is known how knowledge sharing actually happens. This study applied actor-network-theory as underlying theoretical framework to a co-design project in a digital …

Integrating knowledge and expertise from designers and scientists proposes solutions to complex problems in a flexible and open-minded way. However, little insight is available in how this collaboration works. Therefore, we reflected on a research project aimed at supportive care interventions for child …

Workshop paper Taking an embodied perspective, we report on the design of two interactive products aimed at empowering people with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder in coping with challenges of everyday life. Our Research-through-Design study combined theory with hands-on co-design work and in situ …

Om de kans op complicaties te verlagen en de overlevingskans en de kwaliteit van leven te verhogen, is het erg belangrijk dat kinderen met kanker tijdens de behandeling goed blijven eten en bewegen. Dat is echter moeilijk als je je slap en misselijk voert. Het UMCG startte daarom samen met vijf creatieve …

Interview met lector Remko van der Lugt over project met zieke kinderen

The Saxion Research Centre for Design and Technology employs many students during research projects. This paper discusses a series of student design projects on safety helmets in the Safety@Work project. At construction sites workers are required to wear personal protective equipment during their work. …

Kan een vorm van telerevalidatie voorkomen dat mensen na een beroerte in de thuissituatie te weinig lopen en daardoor in een negatieve spiraal terecht komen? En zo ja, hoe dan? Deze vragen stonden centraal bij het ontwikkelen van een activiteitenmonitor met feedbacksysteem voor de patient zelf en voor …

In this paper we will be investigating the relevance of artistic practice-based research as a design method for interactive co-design works. Our study is based on Are You for Real?, an urban co-creation project which was developed by a cross-disciplinary project team with co-design contributions by students …

Service design is literally the design of services. Service designers improve existing services or design completely new ones. Nothing new so far. Services have been around for centuries, and every service was conceived and designed by someone. However, service design takes a different angle; a different …

Eindpublicatie van het programma Innoveren in Dienstverlening. In negen verschillende projecten werden door creatieve bureau's methoden van service design toegepast. De verschillende projecten zijn uitgevoerd met dienstverleners rondom Utrecht CS, het UMC Utrecht en de Hogeschool Utrecht