Out of the Blue – Details, episodes & analysis

We have a fun one for you this time. Recently, our colleague Eric Gu hosted three Delft Design researchers in a conversation on design and AI. Alessandro Bozzon, Maria Luce Lupetti and Kars Alfrink talked about the needs and challenges of designing AI. About the role of the designer in its development and how the design practice itself can change through the relationship with AI.

Please enjoy this second bonus episode of season 3. And yes, we will get back to our topic of design and health soon for the next episode, promise. We just couldn’t let this one slip past.

Guests:

• Eric Gu
• Alessandro Bozzon
• Maria Luce Lupetti
• Kars Alfrink

It’s been a long and well-deserved summer break. Before we headed off, we had a lovely chat with two international student editors of IDE. Yuka & Jack already share their experiences as international students as student editors on the IDE website. For this bonus episode, they talk with Ianus and Producer Marc about work-life balance, what’s it like studying Delft Design and much more. Enjoy! We will be back with our final episode on design & health soon.

References in this episode:
Student experiences stories > https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ide/education/master-programmes/experiences 

UniBuddy student chat > https://www.tudelft.nl/en/education/information-and-experience/preparing-for-a-bachelor/chat-with-a-student

IDE Flight Case summer programme > http://www.flightcase-delft.com/ 

Design for the Real World – Victor Papanek  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/190560.Design_for_the_Real_World 

The Culture Map – Erin Meyer > https://erinmeyer.com/books/the-culture-map/ 

Arriving Today – Christopher Mims > https://www.harpercollins.com/products/arriving-today-christopher-mims?variant=33080441274402 

How are you doing? A question we should ask ourselves and each other frequently in this isolation period. And we should listen carefully. In part two of our special three-part Freedive isolation series, Ianus chats with Sofie Dideriksen. She is part of the TU Delft Design for Interaction community Infuse, and they talk about design for mental health and student life in isolation.

References in this episode:

Noah Kalina – Travel around the world with public  webcams
Dr. Jeffrey VanWinger - PSA Grocery Shopping Tips in COVID-19  
Vision in Product Design: the ViP method

Due to COVID-19, design students, lecturers and researchers are stuck at home. How are they coping? For part one of a special three-part Freedive series, we talk with Yongqing Fei, or Jackie as we know her. She has a lot of experiences with quarantines and tells about redesigning an oven from home and her story on moving from isolation in China to isolation in Delft.

References in this episode

Gary Hustwit – Oh you pretty things  
The Mask Dilemma
Black Mirror – Netflix

Material science is often a black box for designers. But in Delft Design, knowledge on material properties is essential. Erik Tempelman has literally written the book on it: “(Not) Safe for Designers”. He talks with Ianus Keller about the surprising journeys of material properties, how the Pixar character Anton Ego inspires him and explores the meaning of the Dutch word ‘stevig’.

References in this episode:

Cube Houses by Piet Blom
NSFD: engineering essays on structures & materials
Anton Ego of Pixar’s Ratatouille
Lightyear One

From fat shaming to self-acceptance. Join Ianus in a conversation designed for taboo topics as weight and mental health. He talks with IDE alumna Sam van Eijk about her graduation project Big Fat Nonsense.

References in this episode:
Dikke Onzin
Lizzo
Gamechangers
Sofie Hagen – You can be fat and happy – TED Talk

Industrial Designer Engineering researcher Willemijn Elkhuizen is on a mission to discover the perfect 3D-scan and print of paintings. Ianus Keller talks with Willemijn in her lab-slash-atelier on improving restauration and preservation of important art, and democratising our art-experience. What if everybody could hang a perfect copy of Vermeer’s ‘Girl with the Pearl Earring’ on their wall?

References in this episode:
Tom Standage – The Victorian Internet 

Laura Snyder - Eye of the Beholder 

TU Delft Heritage Collection

Finnish designer and researcher Marco Steinberg was recently granted an honorary doctorate by TU Delft for his outstanding work in strategic design. We invited him the day before this momentous event to talk together with professor Peter Lloyd and host Frithjof Wegener about strategic design, the opposite of death by 1000 cuts and how to make the shiny thing happen.

References in this episode:

Marco Steinberg – Thank you!

Snowcone & Haystack

Sitra

IDE researcher Frithjof Wegener joins Ianus Keller for the second Freedive at the IDE 50 years jubilee, where they converse with Kevin Shahbazi on how to implement true circularity in large companies such as Philips, and Kevin’s plans for sustainability with Board of Innovation.

References in this episode:
Conny Bakker & Marcel den Hoorn – Products that last
Harvard Business Review
Board of Innovation – Free innovation tools

In the first Freedive Ianus Keller speaks with Hester Le Riche at the IDE 50 years jubilee event. She’s CEO and co-founder of Active Cues on how to design for quality of life in healthcare. Their Magic Table augmented reality product allows people with Alzheimer to re-connect with their families and each other in care homes.

References in this episode:
Active Cues – Magic Table
Museum Voorlinden