Out of the Blue

We have a fun one for you this time. Recently, our colleague Eric Gu hosted three Delft Design researchers in a conversation on design and AI. Alessandro Bozzon, Maria Luce Lupetti and Kars Alfrink talked about the needs and challenges of designing AI. About the role of the designer in its development and how the design practice itself can change through the relationship with AI.

Please enjoy this second bonus episode of season 3. And yes, we will get back to our topic of design and health soon for the next episode, promise. We just couldn’t let this one slip past.

Guests:

• Eric Gu
• Alessandro Bozzon
• Maria Luce Lupetti
• Kars Alfrink

It’s been a long and well-deserved summer break. Before we headed off, we had a lovely chat with two international student editors of IDE. Yuka & Jack already share their experiences as international students as student editors on the IDE website. For this bonus episode, they talk with Ianus and Producer Marc about work-life balance, what’s it like studying Delft Design and much more. Enjoy! We will be back with our final episode on design & health soon.

References in this episode: Student experiences stories > https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ide/education/master-programmes/experiences 

UniBuddy student chat > https://www.tudelft.nl/en/education/information-and-experience/preparing-for-a-bachelor/chat-with-a-student

IDE Flight Case summer programme > http://www.flightcase-delft.com/ 

Design for the Real World – Victor Papanek  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/190560.Design_for_the_Real_World 

The Culture Map – Erin Meyer > https://erinmeyer.com/books/the-culture-map/ 

Arriving Today – Christopher Mims > https://www.harpercollins.com/products/arriving-today-christopher-mims?variant=33080441274402 

A design researcher and a doctor sit together for a coffee in a hospital café. They discuss and draw on a napkin what a joined education programme for designers and medical students could look like. What if doctors understood design for healthcare, and designers the healthcare world?

25+ years later and the Medisign MSc track at Industrial Design Engineering, TU Delft is still going strong. We are excited to catch up with its co-founder Richard Goossens, Professor of Physical Ergonomics, for a conversation on biomechanical engineering, design research for healthcare, how serendipity shapes many wonderfully clashing collaborations and digital twins vs. digital doppelgängers. And much, much more. Enjoy!

References in this episode:

ReLive App > https://www.relive.cc/?hl=en

Wingspan boardgame > https://www.999games.nl/wingspan-bordspel.html

George Lakoff & Rafael Núñez – Where Mathematics Comes From > https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53337.Where_Mathematics_Come_From

George Lakoff – Is Mathematics Invented or Discovered (Youtube) > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_LDN1SefH8&t=51s

How can design research improve our health, and is it better to design for prevention or for the cure?  We kick off our triptych on Design & Health with Delft Design Professor Maaike Kleinsmann. Ianus and co-host Marc talk with her about working with healthcare professionals as a design researcher, what all this new remote-sensing health-tech for consumers means for personal health challenges and the issue of health data and privacy. And dealing with Strava-men in tight lycra suits. 

Professor Kleinsmann is initiator and/or contributor of several large-scale health research projects in The Netherlands, including Healthy Start, the E-Health Living Lab and the Delft Design Cardiolab. 

References in this episode: Invention: A Life – James Dyson → https://www.dyson.co.uk/james-dyson/invention-a-life Encanto  (Disney+) → https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/movies/encanto/33q7DY1rtHQH One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez → https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320.One_Hundred_Years_of_Solitude Mountain bike routes The Netherlands → https://www.mtbroutes.nl/

Organisations will need to adapt to the sustainability transition. Companies, governmental institutions and NGO’s all have a role to play. How does this work in our interconnected complex world? We talk with former Delft Design PhD graduate Jan Konietzko about greenwashing, maintaining a license to operate and carbon tunnel vision. He currently works as a Sustainability Advisor at Cognizant while also performing post-doc research at Maastricht University.

References in this episode:

Carbon Tunnel Vision: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jankonietzko_climatechange-cop26-circulareconomy-activity-6859418054867083264-EMPG

Pieter Pot – package free supermarket: https://www.pieter-pot.nl/

How can I make this about me?: https://twitter.com/howcanimakethi1

Crecol Interactive Desk: https://interactive-environments.nl/crecol/

Maximum functions, minimum amount of materials. That needs to be part of the sustainable future of design. What technologies might be helpful for both the design and production process? We talk with Delft Design researcher Jun Wu about possible technological solutions using 3D printing for what he calls generative design: using algorithms to print the most sustainable product possible. Also in this episode: how to create more problems with your solutions, growing bridges with metal or tree vines and bicycles.

References in this episode:

MX3D printed metal bridge → https://mx3d.com/industries/infrastructure/mx3d-bridge/

The ingenious living bridges of India → https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211117-how-indias-living-bridges-could-transform-architecture

TopOpt app by DTU → Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.TopOpt.TopOpt&hl=en&gl=US → iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/topopt/id507454646

Bicycle mount for Apple Air Tag → https://www.getnewthings.com/airtag-bike/

Not Just Bikes → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0intLFzLaudFG-xAvUEO-A

Listen to the stories of Delft Design with our very own Teacher of Practice Ianus Keller and his trusty producer Marc at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, TU Delft. We are back with season 3 of the Delft Design podcast Out of the Blue! This season we’re going to tackle healthcare, mobility and sustainability in three episodes each. And perhaps give you some more treats along the way. Producer Marc joins Ianus as a co-host and they talk with Flora Poppelaars: sustainability consultant, circular economy expert and Delft Design PhD graduate. About stages of circularity, why smartphones are the perfect case study and heavy metal covers of infectious Disney songs.

References in this episode:

Townscaper game >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townscaper

Frozen – Let it go (Leo Moracchioli metal cover) >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so49WpSj9bo

Heavyweight podcast >> https://gimletmedia.com/shows/heavyweight

How do you know if an idea is good? Is it a hunch, a gut feeling? Or can you learn to systematically recognise good ideas and move them further to make them work? In this episode, we talk with Jeroen van Erp, Professor of Concept Design at TU Delft and founder of influential Dutch design agency Fabrique. About ad agencies, how to learn design, and plastic soup. You’re not allowed to leave the podcast without at least 10 new ideas!

References in this episode:

- Museum Voorlinden: https://www.voorlinden.nl/?lang=en - Later… with Jools Holland (BBC2): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006ml0l - Book: Is it good enough? – Jeroen van Erp: https://www.managementboek.nl/boek/9789462261433/is-it-good-enough-jeroen-van-erp

There is no universal design. Everyday objects and services that work in some parts of the world, are totally different somewhere else. Annemiek van Boeijen, assistant-professor Design, Culture & Society, argues for design creativity, context and richness in her new book Culture Sensitive Design. We’re also joined by special guest Timo de Rijk, Director of the Design Museum in Den Bosch, to discuss culture, design history and the stupidity of efficiency.

References in this episodes: Culture Sensitive Design: a Guide to Culture in Practice  Chen Hao – Cultura Victor Papanek – The Politics of Design The Story of the Weeping Camel Rag Mask

Working from home provides us with a whole new set of challenges and opportunities. As designers, shouldn’t we be the best equipped people for this? In this final part of our special Freedive isolation series, Ianus chats with Joost Dommisse. He studies Integrated Product Design and they together talk about designing noise-cancelling windows, how to study design from a distance and wacky robotic giraffes.

References in this episode:

NY Times – No Knead Bread: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/dining/081mrex.html

Jimu Robot – resale: https://www.marktplaats.nl/q/jimu+robot/

Ze Frank – True Facts: the Wacky Giraffe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfHxUaJDEn8