This talk was part of This happened Rotterdam 15 https://www.thishappened.nl/post/this-happened-rotterdam-15 Obesity is an important health issue for the youth in Rotterdam. Primary schools pay attention to nutrition, but it appears that at home, people fall back on unhealthy eating behaviours. Chris and his colleagues from Dio agency saw the need for a change. They developed Supereters, an app that facilitates behavior change towards eating habits at home for parents and children. By working in design sprints and doing qualitative research, they ensured that the product matches the context of the target group. Chris and his colleagues believe in the added value of Supereters. However, they still experience challenges in creating impact with it. At This Happened Chris shared an honest story about these challenges and his plans for the future. Video courtesy of Yorick Leusink Media Productions (http://yorickleusink.nl/) Made possible by Design Platform Rotterdam (https://www.designplatformrotterdam.nl/) & WORM Rotterdam (https://worm.org) Follow This Happened Rotterdam Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThishappenedNL/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thishappened_rtm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thishappenednl

This talk was part of This happened Rotterdam 15. https://www.thishappened.nl/post/this-happened-rotterdam-15. After graduating at Schiphol, Maxe noticed a lot of challenges in the context of mobility and smart city. As user centered designer she saw the opportunity to look at these challenges more from the people point of view. However, all of the cool urban planning projects seemed to be done by architects, not by industrial designers. So she went for it and worked one year for one of the biggest architecture firms in the Netherlands. In her talk ‘Space as product’, Maxe shared what happens when architecture meets interaction design. She showed us 3 projects that she worked on in the past years. Video courtesy of Yorick Leusink Media Productions (http://yorickleusink.nl/) Made possible by Design Platform Rotterdam (https://www.designplatformrotterdam.nl/) & WORM Rotterdam (https://worm.org) Follow This Happened Rotterdam Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThishappenedNL/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thishappened_rtm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thishappenednl

This talk was part of This happened Rotterdam 15. https://www.thishappened.nl/post/this-happened-rotterdam-15. Soline presented her two graduation projects from Design Academy Eindhoven ‘Digits Untangled’ and ‘Obsessiogram’ and the research that led to these projects. Digits Untangled explores futuristic scenarios of the body, interface and sexuality. What will it mean to have a body in a time where physical devices (e.g., smartphones) are dematerialized? How would digital sex be performed and sexual intimacy be perceived? Obsessiogram is a comment on our social media addiction that led to our online compulsive behaviours. Many researchers demonstrated that the excessive use of the internet was causing depression, loneliness, impulsive disorder, etc… This project reflects on how we could become self-aware of our corporeality through our online obsessive behaviours." Video courtesy of Yorick Leusink Media Productions (http://yorickleusink.nl/) Made possible by Design Platform Rotterdam (https://www.designplatformrotterdam.nl/) & WORM Rotterdam (https://worm.org) Follow This Happened Rotterdam Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThishappenedNL/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thishappened_rtm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thishappenednl

This talk was part of This happened Rotterdam 15. https://www.thishappened.nl/post/this-happened-rotterdam-15. Music has often been linked to students who are more persistent, disciplined, and expressive in school. Unfortunately, many schools no longer give music lessons. Tingle was designed to inspire children to learn how to make music in a fun and easy way. Tingle has a playful and unique interface that is very easy to pick up. It aimed to bring back the seductive and expressive feelings of acoustic instruments to digital music making. Tingle was the first start-up Rhys Duindam founded. He shared his experiences of running a business which combined creativity and technology; as well as some reflections he believes could be useful for starting your own creative business. Video courtesy of Yorick Leusink Media Productions (http://yorickleusink.nl/) Made possible by Design Platform Rotterdam (https://www.designplatformrotterdam.nl/) & WORM Rotterdam (https://worm.org) Follow This Happened Rotterdam Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThishappenedNL/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thishappened_rtm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thishappenednl

This talk was part of This happened Rotterdam #14. http://www.thishappened.org/event/this-happened-rotterdam-14. Jan-Willem is a creative nerd, passionate about technology and creative work. Three years ago he started creating escape rooms in his spare time, which has now grown into the company popup-escape (http://popup-escaperoom.nl). With popup-escape, he creates unique and custom escape rooms for company events. Topics and messages relevant to the client are incorporated into the games with a flair of technology. In his talk, he will tell about his most recent project, an experience about climate change for Dutch governmental policy makers. He will explain how he incorporates the client’s wishes and high expectations and how he creates interesting puzzles matching the knowledge and experience of the different players. Where do you draw the line between fiction and reality? And how do you put everything in a game of one hour? Video courtesy of Yorick Leusink Media Productions (http://yorickleusink.nl/) Made possible by Design Platform Rotterdam (https://www.designplatformrotterdam.nl/) & WORM (https://worm.org) Follow This Happened Rotterdam Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThishappenedNL/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thishappened_rtm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thishappenednl

This talk was part of This happened Rotterdam #14. http://www.thishappened.org/event/this-happened-rotterdam-14. Many companies struggle in their ways towards digitalization. All relevant market analysts forecast that IoT is going to be a billion-dollar business. But we’re far from there. Mainly because hardware development is indeed hard and organizations are subjected to change when it comes to digitalization. Niels Stamhuis, founder of Dent (https://www.dentiot.com), will explain to you how they integrate the maker industry, co-creation and innovation to help companies grow towards their digital future. Dent started off in 2017, with the aim to make IoT accessible for everyone, no matter their state of digitalization. They have helped KPN and Amerika’s Comcast to create a toolkit, that allows them to offer their technology in an understandable way. Apart from that, they work on several cases in the maintenance industry, to help companies reduce costs in their operations to better serve their customers. Video courtesy of Yorick Leusink Media Productions (http://yorickleusink.nl/) Made possible by Design Platform Rotterdam (https://www.designplatformrotterdam.nl/) & WORM Rotterdam (https://worm.org) Follow This Happened Rotterdam Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThishappenedNL/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thishappened_rtm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thishappenednl

This talk was part of This happened Rotterdam #13. http://www.thishappened.org/event/this-happened-rotterdam-13. Sabrina is a Technologist at Tellart Amsterdam (https://www.tellart.com) and co-founder of Creative Coding Amsterdam, a meetup for enthusiasts. At This Happened she will introduce you to the Terraform Table, an interactive installation built around a sandbox lit by a map projection. As participants shape the sand with their hands, a machine learning algorithm generates artificially composited landscapes and seascapes. Tellart created the table in response to a commission by London’s V&A museum for its technology-focused exhibition ‘The Future Starts Here’. The curators wanted a piece that would address the question “Should we shape the Earth and other planets for human use? Check this article in dezeen about the project: https://www.dezeen.com/2018/06/01/tellart-terraform-table-topographic-sandpit-move-mountains-technology/ Video courtesy of Yorick Leusink Media Productions (http://yorickleusink.nl/) Made possible by Design Platform Rotterdam (https://www.designplatformrotterdam.nl/) & WORM Rotterdam (https://worm.org) Follow This Happened Rotterdam Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThishappenedNL/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thishappened_rtm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thishappenednl

This talk was part of This happened Rotterdam #14. http://www.thishappened.org/event/this-happened-rotterdam-14. Michiel is a Creative Technologist at Handmade (https://handmade.am) Amsterdam, a product invention lab that creates both physical and digital product experiences. Prototyping happens everywhere within the creative industry, but a full-fledged end-to-end product experience often takes months. At Handmade they developed a method to tie every aspect of the product and system together within the first weeks of a project. They call this Rudy: A rudimentary prototype. Michiel will show how Rudy allows them to build complex prototypes in a few weeks instead of several months with the example of a smart water tap. This tap recognizes what glass, jar or pan you put underneath it and will adjust the water flow, water limit, and temperature accordingly. Video courtesy of Yorick Leusink Media Productions (http://yorickleusink.nl/) Made possible by Design Platform Rotterdam (https://www.designplatformrotterdam.nl/) & WORM Rotterdam (https://worm.org) Follow This Happened Rotterdam Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThishappenedNL/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thishappened_rtm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thishappenednl

This talk was part of This happened Rotterdam #13. http://www.thishappened.org/event/this-happened-rotterdam-13. Patrizia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiYhkS5m9WY) is doing her PHD at the Faculty of Industrial Design (https://www.tudelft.nl/io/over-io/) at TU Delft in cooperation with the the Princess Máxima Center (https://www.prinsesmaximacentrum.nl/nl), for pediatric oncology (Utrecht) and the support of the Revalidate Fonds. 4 years ago she started her research with the aim of fostering the psychosocial development of children with cancer. By using a Research through Design approach and a Socio-Ecological perspective that looks also at the family members of those children, she specifically explored how technology can be designed to tactfully empower them throughout the treatment phase. She designed and developed Mr. V, a character aimed at bringing back normality and motivation in cherishing the family time spent together at home. Through fieldwork involving patients, patients’ families and medical professionals she found that these moments are crucial for the development and wellbeing of the child, however are often forgotten due to the disruptive situation generated by the illness. Patrizia, will discuss best practices for working together with vulnerable users and professionals from the healthcare context. We are excited to hear about her experiences and struggles working in this sensitive setting and designing for different users. Read more here: http://www.meedoenisgroeien.nl/ideeen/mr-v/ Video courtesy of Yorick Leusink Media Productions (http://yorickleusink.nl/) Made possible by Design Platform Rotterdam (https://www.designplatformrotterdam.nl/) & WORM Rotterdam (https://worm.org) Follow This Happened Rotterdam Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThishappenedNL/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thishappened_rtm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thishappenednl

This talk was part of This happened Rotterdam #13. http://www.thishappened.org/event/this-happened-rotterdam-13. As founders of TinyBots (https://www.tinybots.nl), Wang and Robert are on a mission to empower people with cognitive challenges and their family, using social technology & robotics. Together they created a friendly little robot called Tessa, who assists elderly with dementia when nobody else is around. She enhances their self-esteem and -reliance by providing systematic reminders, personalized music, storytelling, cognitive therapy, and spoken instructions for daily tasks. Robert and Wang will tell us the birth-story of Tessa and how she got her looks and character to optimally connect with people with dementia, as well as their caregivers. They will give us a peek into successfully designing a high tech solution that is also able to make a deeply human connection, all the while being so intuitive that anybody can use it. Video courtesy of Yorick Leusink Media Productions (http://yorickleusink.nl/) Made possible by Design Platform Rotterdam (https://www.designplatformrotterdam.nl/) & WORM Rotterdam (https://worm.org) Follow This Happened Rotterdam Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThishappenedNL/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thishappened_rtm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thishappenednl

This talk was part of This happened Rotterdam #13. http://www.thishappened.org/event/this-happened-rotterdam-13. In Kenya, the unemployment rate grew with an extreme speed the past ten years. Of all the unemployed people, 70% are between the age of 15-35 years old. How can we create more job security for the youth of Kenya, by using a design thinking approach? Lisanne de Bakker, working at Proportion foundation (http://www.proportionfoundation.org), designs new service and business models for entrepreneurs in emerging countries. In Kenya she works together with youth entrepreneurs on a service that brings new technologies and knowledge to farmers. Lisanne will share a passionate story on how she got fascinated by agriculture in Kenya and the lessons she learned about designing in these rural areas. Video courtesy of Yorick Leusink Media Productions (http://yorickleusink.nl/) Made possible by Design Platform Rotterdam (https://www.designplatformrotterdam.nl/) & WORM Rotterdam (https://worm.org) Follow This Happened Rotterdam Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThishappenedNL/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thishappened_rtm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thishappenednl

This talk was part of This happened Rotterdam #12. http://www.thishappened.org/event/this-happened-rotterdam-12 Lizzy Bakker works on content strategy and development for NorthernLight. The Amsterdam-based company uses digital technologies to conceive, design, build and install exhibitions for museums and science centres, creating environments where learning, discovery and entertainment go hand in hand. Video courtesy of Yorick Leusink Media Productions (http://yorickleusink.nl/) Made possible by Design Platform Rotterdam (https://www.designplatformrotterdam.nl/) & WORM (https://worm.org)