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Onhandig (Inconvenient)

Art installations to reduce the increasingly common social loneliness caused by COVID-19 through small (un)planned encounters in public spaces.

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Lighting Interfaces for Open-plan Offices

Three user interfaces for lighting control in a shared office: The Floorplan (a smartphone application), Pointer (a tangible-gestural interface on every table), and Canvas (a tangible interface central in the space).

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OpenAIS: Lighting control applications

Two control applications for an interactive office lighting system: a smartphone app for local lighting control anywhere in the office, and tablets with lighting control dedicated to the meeting rooms.

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OpenAIS @ GLOW 2017

For the GLOW light festival in 2017, I designed and realised a light show with the OpenAIS pilot installation in the Witte Dame. The goal for the project was to showcase the speed, accuracy and synchronicity of the IoT lighting system.

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Living lab: Interactive office lighting system

During my PhD I needed a test-bed office to conduct my research about user-interfaces for lighting control. I repurposed the Enlight system to an interactive smart office lighting system. Opportunity Refitting an existing student workspace with an interactive lighting system for studies and student projects. Result A fully working, highly customizable lighting system with 22 […]

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Songtickets: Music as a Gift

This project explored how the gift-giving experience of digital media can be enhanced with physical objects. The project resulted in Songtickets, a new way of sharing music as a gift by passing on a physical object, creating a music community together.

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Prospera: an energy awareness game

We all know the reasons why we should save energy: it’s better for the environment, it’s better for our energy bills… but in our daily lives it appears to be very difficult to stay conscious of our energy usage. Prospera shows you the direct effects of your energy usage at home through a casual game.

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PIM: a modular picnic set

PIM is a modular picnic set. Each module is designed to contribute one specific element of a picnic (cloth, table, food, music). Everyone can bring that one element of a picnic that they value most. Together this creates a picnic setting nourishing everyone’s needs. The open-ended adaptability of the system allows for personalisation and a different picnic every time.

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3D Bass

The 3D bass is a fretless active bass guitar that is built using only Fablab methods.

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WiGi: a wireless gestural instrument

Process First, we developed WiGi 2.0. This second version was made more robuust than its predecessor so that Richard could use it on the road during his performances. My main task was the development of WiGi 3.0. The Buchla Lighting instrument is a fragile and very expensive instrument. That is why I focussed on developing […]

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