Met vrienden...

"Go celebrate, toast, eat or talk together with friends.” Obvious maybe, but actually as much as one-third of young people feel regularly lonely. To help them I designed a pop-up meeting place. Where an interactive conversation table functions as an ice breaker, to help people having easier conversations and make new contacts with each other. Together with this, I invite people to share their story about loneliness with each other. With the help of cards, which contain stories of other people’s experiences with loneliness, including my own.

Drankorgel

In an assignment for Welcome to the village festival, me and my team members have found a solution for the waste problem at festivals. When your drinks are empty, you put it in a hole of the organ and the organ will make sound when it passes the distance sensor. Each hole has its own sound. In order to stimulate people it will make as whole a music piece, if it's completely full. So don't throw your cups on the ground, but make together a music piece with the drinking organ. Fun for young and old.

Vergeetmenietje

With the problem of forgetting to drink up my tea or coffee while working hard, I came up with a solution. The ForgetMeNot coaster for coffee or tea. When you place a hot cup of coffee or tea on the coaster, the coaster will turn red. But when it cooling down, it will slowly change the light to blue. In this way, the coaster acts as an indicator of the temperature. And it gives you a signal whether your cup of coffee or tea is too hot to drink or it's getting cold and you shouldn't forget your drink.