Fieldnotes
A curated collection of Thoughts & Writings & Work
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Service & Innovation Design Module
Over the past years me and my team at HAN University of Applied Sciences have been working on a design program that fitted the needs of our professional workfield. We have created a holistic program in wich we invite our participants to identify opportunities and create new uses for technology - but more importantly, to humanize technology - by creating meaningful, pragmatic and socially relevant concepts. In this post you can read about our Service & Innovation Design Module.
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Design Based Education
Involving the work field in the implementation of our education is essential to our approach of education. We believe that by organising our education this way, the knife cuts both ways. Students have the opportunity to build a strong portfolio and expand their professional network while agencies get to a fresh look at their clientwork and at the same time get the opportunity to scout new design talent. But what has it brought my team of design educators....
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Mini case - Dutch Railways (NS)
Over the past years working as an design educator I have had the pleasure of working with students on real life challenges. Involving the work field in the implementation of our education is essential to our approach of education and has led to several interesting casestudies. In these minicases I will share some of the work our design teams did. In this case; Dutch Railways (NS)
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A Design Manifesto
The Oratio de hominis dignitate (Oration on the Dignity of Man) is the never-held speech by Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–1494). The work can be seen as one of the first humanist manifestos in Europe. Both Mirandola and his Oration have fallen into oblivion over the years. That is a pity because online human dignity is still at stake every day. Maybe it's time to dust off Mirandola and give it a more modern look. Mielwerk brings you the Oratio de Hominis Digitalis (a design manifesto).
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WdKA Expert Reading
In this expert talk for the Willem de Kooning Design Master, Bram and I discus the concept op Spatial Interaction Design.
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Mini case - Mantel
Over the past years working as an design educator I have had the pleasure of working with students on real life challenges. Involving the work field in the implementation of our education is essential to our approach of education and has led to several interesting casestudies. In these minicases I will share some of the work our design teams did. In this case; Mantel
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Digital Ground
In this paper I introduce Interactive Landscapes as an emergent form of pervasive media. These Interactive Landscapes overlap physical and virtual space and imply tangible connections between these spaces within public settings.
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The Ludic City
In this paper I focus on how to use digital technologies to encourage physical play in urban settings by embedding media within urban space. These embedded media objects lead to new perspectives on using public space in unusual and alternative ways where real and virtual spaces intermingle. By embedding media directly within the physical environment, urban space itself becomes a ludic interface, a playful environment, and an urban playground.
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UX in the Wild
We introduce the concept of experience blend. When embedded media acts as an intermediary between real life and web experiences, we believe the relation between the designed and the existing experiences should be the central question for UX. The notion of experience blend helps to make this relation explicit and to organize best practices.
