This work explores the potential of doing collaborative data physicalization for discussing (un)sustainable practices. For this purpose, it draws on experiences from several data physicalization workshops during the period of 2018-2022, conducted in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, which were available to …

Cancer and its treatments cause significant changes in sexuality that affect the quality of life of both patients and their partners. As these issues are not always discussed with healthcare professionals, cancer patients turn to online health communities to find answers to questions or for emotional …

Teachers’ assessment literacy affects the quality of assessments and is, therefore, an essential part of teachers’ competence. Recent studies define assessment literacy as a dynamic, contextual and social construct, situated in practice and mediated by teachers’ identity and conceptions of assessment. …

Although ISO25000 claimed in 2011 that “the characteristics defined … are relevant to all software products and computer systems”, by now ISO is working on an specific SQuaRE version for AI systems. While waiting for that update I took (grey) literature on quality of AI systems as a starting point to …

The 8 billionth citizen of the world will probably be born within a few months. Never before have we been on the planet with so many people at once. Of the 110 billion people who have lived since the dawn of humanity, 8/110 = 7.3% are present at the same time. Yet we are short of hands to do all the …

For this book, we chose the term Applied Design Research. “We”are the Network Applied Design Research: a learning community of professors and researchers at various universities of applied sciences. Within this community, we share our experiences with the many forms of applied design research. We consciously …

Talking about the built environment can be a bit like discussing the national football team. Most people are interested in the subject, and almost everyone has an opinion about it. An opinion that we often substantiate with firm positions. And quite rightly so, says Perica Savanović. After all, we must, …

Promoting healthy and active lifestyles is an important objective for many governing agencies. The design of active urban environments can be an effective tool to encourage more active behaviors and water features can attract people, improving their experience of the urban space. To explore the potential …

Long before the COVID pandemic, we had already realised that traditional forms of internationalisation had their limitations. Mobility of students had remained limited to a small minority of students, a ‘cultural elite’. We had also become aware that student mobility was mostly from the global north …

Critical reflection, addressing students’ attitude, beliefs and values related to pressing topics in the world, plays a crucial role in developing ethical sensitiveness and critical design literacy in design education. Critical reflection is provoked by discussing self-made photos, as is demonstrated …