About me

Hi, I am Helma van Rijn. I studied Industrial Design at the Delft University of Technology. During my master ‘Design for Interaction’ I worked on a joint research project with KAIST on applying contextmapping techniques in East Asia. In 2007 I graduated cum laude on LINKX, an interactive toy that helps children with autism learn new words. In 2008 I designed and developed de Klessebessers, a leisure game for people with dementia. Currently, I am a PhD-student at ID-StudioLab. My research aims to bring insight into how designers can be supported in learning from direct contact with difficult-to-reach users (e.g., children with autism or people with dementia) and their caregivers for designing.