Published in Interaction Design Thesis Martijn·Mar 12, 2017Why I’m taking a break from my weekly bloggingBringing out the Wisdom — Week 7 — Bringing out the Wisdom — Week 7 It’s been long that I felt so insecure as a designer. Anything I come up with really. I just don’t think it’s that good. My concepts feel unoriginal and ungrounded. My design process feels fragmented, leading to no real conclusion. …Design4 min read
Published in Interaction Design Thesis Martijn·Mar 6, 2017Could a wise AI help us to wisely approach the development of AI?Bringing out the Wisdom — Week 6 — Bringing out the Wisdom — Week 6 I was reading a super interesting series of articles the other day. It was about AI. Pretty soon this article made me realize that AI is not just an important topic, but actually the most important topic of our future. …Artificial Intelligence5 min read
Published in Interaction Design Thesis Martijn·Feb 26, 2017Identifying Design Opportunities and Strategies to design for WisdomBringing out the Wisdom — Week 5 — Bringing out the Wisdom — Week 5 This week I’ve been trying to pivot my project from research more towards design. I’ve narrowed my scope and reframed my research into “How might we..” questions that I will be focusing on. …Fiction9 min read
Published in Interaction Design Thesis Martijn·Feb 19, 2017If my presentation had a skip button, would people click it?Bringing out the Wisdom — Week 4 — Bringing out the Wisdom — Week 4 An idea is only as good as your ability to communicate it. You can have great ideas, skills or potential, if you can’t show any of it, it’s useless. That’s what I believe in at least. If design is about making stuff, communication…Presentations6 min read
Published in Interaction Design Thesis Martijn·Feb 12, 2017Dancing with UncertaintyI’m three weeks in now. It’s nothing significant really. However, as I’ve started to synthesize more of my research, things are beginning… — Bringing out the Wisdom — Week 3 I’m three weeks in now. It’s nothing significant really. However, as I’ve started to synthesize more of my research, things are beginning to make sense. I am seeing patterns in what experts told me and the experiments I have been doing.Life Lessons7 min read
Published in Interaction Design Thesis Martijn·Feb 5, 2017Why you probably can’t transfer WisdomWow such a busy week, with lots of insights. While writing this post I realized how much I value this place as a way to reflect. Without it… — Bringing out the Wisdom — Week 2 Wow such a busy week, with lots of insights. While writing this post I realized how much I value this place as a way to reflect. Without it, I would probably be super confused right now. …Philosophy6 min read
Published in Interaction Design Thesis Martijn·Jan 29, 2017Making before ThinkingThis week kind of felt like I was standing in front of a huge, huge mountain. The snow hits my face while I’m looking up. — Bringing out the Wisdom — Week 1 This week kind of felt like I was standing in front of a huge, huge mountain. The snow hits my face while I’m looking up. The clouds are hanging low, I can’t see far. As I’m about to start climbing, uncertainty hits me…Design5 min read
Published in Interaction Design Thesis Martijn·Jan 22, 2017Bringing out the Wisdom — The Motivation Behind my ThesisWe invest our entire lives in learning new things, gaining experiences and creating stories. For every time we fail, we learn something… — We invest our entire lives in learning new things, gaining experiences and creating stories. For every time we fail, we learn something new. For every challenge we overcome, we get a little wiser. …Education3 min read
Jan 15, 2017What I’ve learned creating my first short filmSometimes it’s liberating to dive headfirst into a new creative discipline. That feeling of not knowing anything. It’s scary and exciting… — Sometimes it’s liberating to dive headfirst into a new creative discipline. That feeling of not knowing anything. It’s scary and exciting at the same time. I just love the process of making things, reflecting and coming up with my own theories. It’s how I learn. Today is about me learning…Storytelling7 min read
Jan 7, 2017Data Economy: A Design Fiction of a Data Obsessed Futureby Trieuvy Luu and Martijn van den Broeck. — by Trieuvy Luu and Martijn van den Broeck. The goal of the project “Faceless Interaction” was to speculate on the role of the home in 2036 through a design fiction. We recreate ourselves every day, in accordance with an ideology based on property — where we are defined by our…Design Fiction7 min read
