Present.
Project Smart Moves
Step Boss
Within the project smart moves we got the challenge to design something to make rehabilitation fun. We had to find a way to incorporate a game element in a design that would motivate people to take part in rehabilitation exercises over a longer period of time. The solution we come up with to prevent RSI is to incorporate general movement on a daily basis during a work day in the office.
The product we designed is called Step Boss, it’s a device designed to stimulate office workers to interrupt their work routine with short, regular breaks. The Step Boss creates a collaborative and social game experience where colleagues work together and motivate each other to complete races and expeditions against other office departments. This happens all within the office.
Assignment Creative Electronics
For my first semester I decided to take the assignment creative electronics. Within my project I noticed I did develope a sense of curiosity towards electronics but I did not have the knowledge to actually do something.
Within the assignment I learned the theoretical and pratical knowledge needed to develope my electronical skills.
Throughout the practical assignments I first discovered the basics of electronics and how to use the different components. Because the practical assignments level challenges you to use and expand your knowledge more, it really forced me to learn allot by myself through the assignments.
Extra-curricular activities
Dutch Design Week
This year was my first time visiting the Dutch Design Week, therefore I did not know really what to expect. I was really surprised by the amount of designers there were and the many different approaches an industrial designer could have. The numerous fields a designer could operate in, amazed me and inspired me at the same time.
LAPD
This year I joined the LAPD (Lucid's Awesome Party Department), mostly to meet new people and to become more actively involved in the study association. For the last party we had to design a poster and for me this was my first time working with illustrator, because of my committee work I learned to work with this program much sooner than expected. Being in this committee helps me to get to know students from other years sooner and ask them easier for help. I am also the treasurer in the committee this learn me to be organised better and how to communicate certain information in a group.
Calculus
Calculus never was my favourite course in high school and to be honest it still is not. But through the tutoring hours I did gain more confidence in the assignments and it was not all that bad anymore. In my opinion calculus is not that necessary for my future as a designer, but I do believe it is basic knowledge that is needed for physics. I expect I am going to use physics more likely in the future.
HTML-workshop
Earlier this year I took the HTML-workshop from Educie, because I had no knowledge at all about programming. Now I learned the basics and I understand the programming slang. But for my first showcase I played it save a little, I knew that if I would program myself it would not look very good and it would take allot of time. That is why I decided to use this instead and to focus more on the content. In the future I do want to program myself, but therefore I have to practice more with the basic knowledge I have gain.
Physics
As previously mentioned I prefer physics over calculus, because you can apply it more to real life problems. The knowledge gain from the physics lectures are needed within the Industrial Design study I already noticed this within my electronics assignment.