Het doel van het project is dat er voor het product NXT van MagStream een prototype wordt ontworpen dat zich aanpast aan de weergave waarop de gebruiker het platform bekijkt. De interactie is op dit responsive design toegespitst, waardoor het product zal aansluiten bij de wensen en eisen van de doelgroep. …

Designing meaningful audio for interactive applications such as video games or sonic user interfaces, presents designers with several challenges. One challenge is the fact that the perception of musical meaning involves cultural or learned aspects when it comes to tonality (Huron, 2006; Patel, 2008). …

Designers are not always aware of all social consequences of technology, despite practicing usercentred research. With the introduction of disruptive technologies intended and unintended social impacts can be expected, therefore they need to be anticipated. But in general design practices social impacts …

Management samenvatting Thema en aanleiding Dit is de afstudeerscriptie van Lasse Fennis. Ik heb deze geschreven naar aanleiding van een afstudeerproject binnenin Choice Business Partners. Dit is een bedrijf gericht op digitale communicatie. Choice Business Partners wil haar markt verbreden en heeft …

Like the professionals, design students tend to avoid the complexity of the user context, and moral issues are largely overlooked. This inspired us to explore whether we could engage design students in thinking about moral issues by exploring different ethical frameworks in their designing. As a case …

This report is written for the design of a new production facility to product the Ginaf HD5380T mining truck. Several requirements were studied to reach an output of five trucks per week. The study relates to: • Purchasing, which parts should be purchased centrally at Ginaf Veenendaal and which products …

De oppervlaktestructuur van een materiaal speelt een belangrijke rol in de beleving van een product. Denk aan esthetische eigenschappen zoals kleur, glans en textuur. Ook de functionaliteit van een materiaal hangt sterk samen met de oppervlaktestructuur. Wanneer de eigenschappen van twee oppervlaktes …

Nowadays companies need higher educated engineers to develop their competences to enable them to innovate. This innovation competence is seen as a remedy for the minor profitable business they do during the financial crises. Innovation is an element to be developed on the one hand for big companies as …

The third industrial revolution, triggered by Internet communication and renewable energies, can be experienced in so-called FabLabs that empower users to ‘make almost anything’. Although this does not change the need for designers to have making and prototyping skills, there is no doubt the revolution …

Nowadays companies need higher educated engineers to develop their competences to enable them to innovate. This innovation competence is seen as a remedy for the minor profitable business they do during the financial crises. Innovation is an element to be developed on the one hand for big companies as …