Deze rapportage betreft het onderzoek naar de ontwikkeling van een educatieve tool die studenten van CMD Leeuwarden moet laten kennismaken met de fases en facetten van het grafisch ontwerpproces. Het onderzoek is uitgevoerd met behulp van een projectgroep uit de minor Branding Advertising Design, die …

In our current and turbulent times, it is clear that some sort of organisational agility, in which-ever way achieved, is necessary to survive and thrive as an organisation. The question is how to achieve such manoeuvrability. We propose the use of design (thinking), with a focus on prototyping to iteratively …

In this article I explore a perspective that the philosophical concepts of German phenomenologist Hermann Schmitz (*1928) may open up for thinking about the growing practice of wearing textile integrated electronics directly on the body. It is my contention that traditional conceptions of wearing (non-technological) …

Now, that the European cities are overcoming the recent economic challenges, they accelerate the development of major housingschemes to accommodate their growing urban population. Amsterdam for instance, sets out to construct 50,000 new homes by 2025. Parallel to this, the City Council presented a new …

In this paper we explore how the collaboration between Design Research and Philosophy of technology can be profitable for both disciplines. From three case studies where Philosophy of Technology theories and methods were applied in a design context we show how these projects profited from a more reflexive …

Toekomstige professionals moeten complexe problemen kunnen oplossen. Hoe leren we dit hbo-studenten? Design thinking en ontwerpgericht onderzoek bieden beiden dezelfde logica voor het ontwerpen van onderbouwde oplossingen voor complexe problemen. Ze verschillen in accent, met name in inhoudelijke uitgangspunten …

We, humans have our roots in pre-Anthropocene eras where we gathered skills for survival and establishing our culture. The cumulated tacit knowledge, the skills, ideas and experiences that can only be shared by personal contact and mutual trust, is evolved and cumulated during this pre-Anthropocene era. …

This paper explores knowledge-based urban development related to higher education and campuses. It also provides an introduction to design thinking, which has been used as a user-friendly tool for fulfilling the ideals of urban campus development in the project ‘Live Baltic Campus – Campus Areas as Labs …

Instituties, zoals woningcorporaties, hebben steeds minder contact met hun achterban. Het zijn vooral oudere generaties waarmee woningcorporaties contact hebben. Deze oudere generaties zijn vertegenwoordigd in huurdersverenigingen en bewonerscommissies. De jongere generaties zijn nauwelijks vertegenwoordigd …