COVE – the interactive conversation environment
Aadjan van der Helm 2017-09-18T19:37:22+00:00Everyone can remember one or two conversations in their life that for some reason felt special and stuck with you. These rare experiences often leave [...]
Don’t connect only your device, connect with people around you.
Aadjan van der Helm 2016-02-17T20:16:17+00:00Nowadays, it seems like the battery percentage of all our devices is draining faster and faster. Even though charging is not one of our favourite [...]
Beatlash – Bringing the social to electro
Aadjan van der Helm 2016-04-05T18:54:05+00:00In his graduation thesis Sascha Naji examined how developments in processing power of mobile devices, new conncetivity possibilities and wearable sensor technology make it possible [...]
Attack of the buttons
Aadjan van der Helm 2016-11-06T14:59:12+00:00Every year in spring we start Interactive Technology Design with a workshop in which students build there own version of the Simon game. We provide [...]
Human Centred Design: Experiences From Practice
Aadjan van der Helm 2016-11-06T14:59:12+00:00In May 2015 Froukje Sleeswijk Visser taught a workshop to UX design professionals with a human interaction technology or a psychology background. The workshop was [...]
Symbolically Meaningful Products
Aadjan van der Helm 2016-11-06T14:59:13+00:00Research in positive psychology indicates that consumption of material goods is generally a counterproductive behaviour for happiness. Nonetheless, it is possible to observe how some [...]
Interaction Design Exhibition – July 1st 14:00-18:00
Aadjan van der Helm 2016-11-06T14:59:13+00:00Come and experience 22 unique interactive product concepts at Industrial Design Engineering on Wednesday July 1st any time between 14:00 and 18:00. You can experience [...]
Interaction Design Summer School in Shanghai
Aadjan van der Helm 2016-11-06T14:59:13+00:00This summer Aadjan van der Helm, Tomasz Jaskiewicz, Wei Liu (Tongji University) and Yanrui Qu (Beijing University of Technology) teach an intensive and exciting workshop [...]
Designing for psychiatry – how design support coping in a psychological crisis
Aadjan van der Helm 2016-11-06T14:59:13+00:00DfI student Maik de Rooij graduated on a concept called Glowb. Glowb has been designed for Karakter - a psychiatric hospital for adolescents - as [...]
Living with smart objects
Aadjan van der Helm 2016-11-06T14:59:13+00:00The ThingTank project has developed a two narratives about living with smart objects to video. The first video is entitled "Uninvited Guests" and was created [...]