Pride and Prejudice

Authors (from IDE): Rick Schifferstein, Jos Kraal, Marina Bos-de Vos, Mailin Lemke, Boudewijn Boon and Niko Vegt
About the authors: The Pride and Prejudice project was part of the ‘High Tech for a Sustainable Future’ program of the 4TU.Federation and was being implemented by a unique combination of researchers from TU Delft, TU/e in Eindhoven, University of Twente, and Wageningen University.
Published: 2024

After 5 years, results of the Pride & Prejudice project were summarised in a magazine. The challenge to tackle chronic disease prevention resulted in a variety of approaches creating and evaluating interventions in people’s physical activity and eating behavior

Circular Business: Collaborate and Circulate

Authors: Christiaan Kraaijenhagen, Cécile van Oppen and Nancy Bocken
Publisher: Circular Collaboration
ISBN: 978-90-8249-020-6
Published: 2016

Collaboration is important for creating a Circular Economy, but how do you do that? Based on existing cases (including Patagonia, Gispen, Interface, Desso, Riversimple and NNOF), they have developed 10 steps that should help organizations become circular – from pilot to scaling up.

Creative Facilitation

Author: Marc Tassoul
Publisher: VSSD
ISBN: 978-90-6562-200-6
Published: 2009

Learning to become creative really happens through experience, by looking at other people practicing creative tasks, by trying recipes oneself, by finding out what works and what doesn't, and last but not least, by discovering oneself in the context of creative tasks.

Delft Design Guide: Perspectives, Models, Approaches and Methods

Authors: Annemiek van Boeijen, Jaap Daalhuizen, Jelle Zijlstra
Publisher: BIS Publishers
ISBN: 978-90-6369-540-8
Published: 2020

Delft Design Guide provides an overview of the perspectives, models, approaches, and methods used in the bachelor's and master's curriculum of Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). Some of these are unique to the university, others are well known and are used by designers worldwide.

Design Roadmapping: Guidebook for Future Foresight Techniques

Author: Lianne Simonse
Publisher: TU Delft OPEN
ISBN: 978-94-6366-796-8
Published: June 2024

This book is for anyone interested in design, strategy and innovation, and its wonderful combinations. For those who dare to create a future vision, frame the time pacing and map the pathways towards it.

Design Things That Make Sense

Author: Deborah Nas
Publisher: BIS Publishers
ISBN: 978-90-6369-614-6
Published: May 2021

Design Things That Make Sense is a technology-based innovation guide that helps innovators, product owners, individuals involved in developing design strategy, and anyone else participating in the product management and design process. 

Images of Design Thinking

Authors: Rianne Valkenburg, Janneke Sluijs, Maaike Kleinsmann
Publisher: BOOM Uitgevers Amsterdam
ISBN: 978-90-5875-602-2
Published: 2016

This book is intended for professionals and students with a passion for innovation. It presents a novel approach to innovation for use by anyone who creates new products, services, concepts or interventions -a designerly approach.

Innovation for Sustainability: Business Transformations Towards a Better World

Authors: Wouter Kersten, Jan Carel Diehl, Jo van Engelen (Chapter 16)
Editors: Nancy Bocken, Paavo Ritala, Laura Albareda, Robert Verburg
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  978-3-319-97385-2
Published: 2019

The aim of this edited book is to provide a comprehensive overview of the opportunities and challenges related to innovation for sustainability. Combining work from both emerging and established scholars in different academic fields, this book provides an integrated understanding of the topic from four perspectives.

Productontwerpen, structuur en methoden (2nd edition)

Authors: Norbert Roozenburg, Johannes Eekels
Publisher: BOOM Uitgevers Amsterdam
ISBN: 978-90-5189-706-7
Published: 1998

Industrial designers design and develop products for the consumer market and for professional use. This book deals with the methodological aspects of that process. It discusses the foundations of thinking and doing in product design and product development, and provides an overview of the most important methods.

Service Design by Industrial Designers

Author: Froukje Sleeswijk Visser
Published: 2013

This book is aimed at people who want to learn more about the current dynamics and challenges the wave of service design brings to design practice. We critically reflect on recent developments related to service design and specifically on the consequences for the education of a new generation designers to deliver value to design practice.

Strategic Design: Eight Essential Practices Every Strategic Designer Must Master

Authors: Giulia Calabretta, Gerda Gemser, Ingo Karpen
Publisher: BIS Publishers
ISBN: 978 90 6369 445 6
Published: 2021

This book proposes eight strategic design practices for design professionals who seek to grow or have already grown into a more strategic role in innovation. 

TeamWorks

Authors: Frido Smulders, Meike Brehmer, Han van der Meer
Publisher: Mosaic Business Publishers
ISBN: 978 90 8150 530 7
Published: 2012

This is a book on student teamwork written by students, for students. The 176 student-authors co-created the chapters of this book in teams during a course on Project Leadership. In other words, they were experiencing teamwork while writing about it.

Urban Interaction Design Towards City Making

Authors: Martin Brynskov, Juan Carlos Carvajal Bermúdez, Manu Fernández, Henrik Korsgaard, Ingrid Mulder, Katarzyna Piskorek, Lea Rekow, Martijn de Waal
Publisher: Book Sprints
Published: 2014

How do you describe emerging trends within a forming field? In this case, it was done by bringing eight people from very different backgrounds together, but who all have a shared interest in urban interaction design.

This book was written in five days during a Book Sprint collaborative writing session, from March 24th to March 28th, 2014, in Neuhausen, Germany.

Vision in Product Design: A Guidebook for Innovators

Authors: Matthijs van Dijk, Paul Hekkert
Publisher: BIS Publisher 
ISBN: 978-90-6369-205-6
Published: 2011

Together, the book's authors, design practitioners, and educators, have poured 15 years of knowledge, practice and research into this book. The result? The first book about how, as a designer, to formulate a vision for new and appropriate products.

Het camouflage effect

Author: Ronald van der Vorst
Publisher: Uitgeverij Balans
ISBN: 978-94-6003-637-8
Published: 2013

In this book, top strategist and entrepreneur Roland van der Vorst shows how people, brands, systems and ideas rise to the top by ‘camouflaging away’ their competitors. Airily written and with many examples, but at least as much depth, he describes the unique principles of sustainable standing out.

Hoop: How we are tempted by the future

Author: Ronald van der Vorst
Publisher: Nieuw Amsterdam
ISBN: 978-90-4680-687-6
Published: 2009

In this exceptionally designed and richly illustrated book, Roland van der Vorst unravels the secret behind evoking hope. Using insights from psychology, philosophy, sociology and history, he describes an inspiring theory about a fascinating phenomenon that drives us every day.

Nieuwsgierigheid: How We Are Tempted Every Day

Author: Ronald van der Vorst
Publisher: Nieuw Amsterdam
ISBN: 978-90-4680-334-9
Published: 2009

In this illustrated book, Roland van der Vorst reveals the principles behind arousing curiosity. It shows in an accessible way how our thinking about curiosity has changed over time. It takes the reader from Aristotle to the very latest gadgets from the virtual world. ‘Curiosity’ is a book for anyone who wants to know how they are made curious every day and how they can make others curious....

Product & Consument

Authors: Fred van Raaij, Gerrit Antonides, Walle Oppedijk van Veen, Jan Schoormans 
Publisher: Boom Lemma Publishers
ISBN: 978 90 5189 762 3
Published: 1999

New products prove to be an important tool for influencing consumer behaviour. New features to a product, which have a ‘real’ added value for consumers, sometimes prove capable of attracting large numbers of consumers and turning markets upside down. The design of this book is based on a consumer encountering a product for the first time, which happens all the time in everyday life. 

Productontwikkeling en Marketing

Authors: Erik Hultink, Jan Schoormans
Publisher: Pearson Benelux
ISBN: 978-90-4300-867-9
Published: 2006

This book covers a variety of topics such as determining what kind of products a company and its target market want, finding ideas for new products through consumer research, as well as choosing a particular launch campaign for a new product.

Bamboo: a Sustainable Solution for Western Europe Design Cases, LCAs and Land-use

Authors: Pablo van der Lugt, Han Brezet, Joost G. Vogtländer
Publisher: Sustainability Impact Metrics
ISBN: 978-90-6562-196-2
Published: 2009

This book explores bamboo as an environmentally friendly material suitable for Western Europe, combining case studies, life cycle analyses (LCAs), and land-use evaluations to assess bamboo's potential. It highlights bamboo's sustainability, economic benefits, and versatility in design and architecture. The book also considers bamboo's ability to reduce environmental impact compared to conventional materials, making it a key resource in sustainable design strategies.

Co-design and Sustainable Food in Vietnam

Author: Jotte de Koning
Publisher: Asian Institute of Technology in Vietnam
ISBN: 978-90-9029-806-1
Published: 2017

This “Co-design of Sustainable Food in Vietnam” booklet is written for everyone, especially companies, consumers and experts, who want to organize a co-design workshop in Vietnam, with focus on food and sustainability. It includes the methodology, a step-by-step facilitation manual and the results of implemented co-design workshops. We hope that readers will be equipped with enough knowledge and be inspired to conduct more and more co-creation activities.

Interactive Media for Sustainability

Author: Roy Bendor
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
ISBN (Soft Cover): 978-3-030-09954-1
Published: 2018

Interactive Media for Sustainability presents a conceptually rich, critical account of the design and use of interactive technologies to engage the public with sustainability. Treating interactive technologies as forms of mediation, the book argues that these technologies advance multiple understandings of sustainability. It is part of the book series, "Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication".

LCA-based assessment of sustainability: the Eco-costs / Value Ratio EVR

Authors: Charles Hendriks, Han Brezet, Joost G. Vogtländer
Publisher: Sustainability Impact Metrics
ISBN: 978-90-6562-233-4
Published: 2009

The primary purpose of this book is to provide students, and other people who are interested in the subject of sustainablility, with theoretical background information on the eco-costs system and the model of the Eco-costs/Value Ratio (EVR).

Manufacturing and Design

Authors: Erik Tempelman, Hugh Shercliff, Bruno Ninaber van Eyben
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 978-0-08-099922-7
Published: 2014

This book presents a fresh view on the world of industrial production: thinking in terms of both abstraction levels and trade-offs. It invites its readers to distinguish between what is possible in principle for a certain process (as determined by physical law); what is possible in practice (the production method as determined by industrial state-of-the-art); and what is possible for a certain supplier (as determined by its production equipment). Specific processes considered here include metal forging, extrusion, and casting; plastic injection molding and thermoforming; additive manufacturing; joining; recycling; and more.

Materials Experience

Authors: Elvin Karana, Owain Pedgley, Valentina Rognoli
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 978-0-08-099359-1
Published: 2013

Nature Inspired Design

Authors: Erik Tempelman, Bram van der Grinten, Ernst-Jan Mul, Ingrid de Pauw
Publisher: Boekengilde
ISBN: 978-94-6108-939-7
Published: 2015

Products that last

Authors: Conny Bakker, Marcel den Hollander & Ed van Hinte
Publisher: BIS Publisher
ISBN: 978-94-6186-386-7
Published: 2014

Still Alive: Livingness as a Material Quality in Design

Author: Elvin Karana
Publisher: Avans Hogeschool
ISBN: 978 90 76861 61 6
Published: 2020

The Power of Design

Authors: Angele Reinders, Jan Carel Diehl and Han Brezet
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 978-1-118-36115-3
Published: 2012

Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) handbook

Authors: Vannessa Goodship, Ab Stevels, Jaco Huisman
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 978-08-5709-089-8
Published: 2012

A Friendly Rest Room: Developing Toilets of the Future for Disabled and Elderly People

Authors: Johan Molenbroek, John Mantas, Renate de Bruin
Publisher: IOS Press BV
ISBN: 978-1-60750-751-2
Published: 2011

Advances in Social and Organizational Factors

Author: Peter Vink
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 978-1439870198
Published: 2012

CRISP #3, Fake it/Make it

Authors: Pieter Jan Stappers, Froukje Sleeswijk Visser, Paul Hekkert, Christine de Lille
Publisher: Delft University of Technology
ISBN: 978-94-6186-291-4
Published: 2014

CRISP #4, Well, Well, Well..

Authors: Anna Pohlmeyer, Pieter Desmet, Janneke Vervloed, Christine de Lille
Publisher: Delft University of Technology
ISBN: 978-94-6186-370-6
Published: 2014

CRISP #5, This Is Crisp

Authors: Pieter Jan Stappers, Janneke Vervloed, Christine de Lille, Paul Hekkert
Publisher: Delft University of Technology
ISBN: 978-94-6186-473-4
Published: 2015

Geometric Modeling and Reasoning of Human-Centered Freeform Products

Author: Charlie C. L. Wang
Publisher: Springer London
ISBN: 978-1-4471-4360-4
Published: 2012

Convivial Toolbox: generative research for the front end of design

Authors: Elizabeth Sanders, Pieter Jan Stappers
Publisher: BIS Publisher
ISBN: 978 90 6369 284 1
Published: 2012

Design for Usability: Methods & Tools – A Practitioner’s Guide

Authors: Jasper van Kuijk, Daan van Eijk, Chajoong Kim, et al.
Publisher: IOP IPCR Design for Usability Project
ISBN: 978-94-6186-077-4
Published: 2012

Vehicle Seat: Comfort and Design

Author: Peter Vink
Publisher: Pumbo
ISBN: 978-94-6186-688-2
Published: 2016

Enriching Experiences

Desmet, P.M.A., van Erp, J., & Hu, C.

Published in 2008

Advances in Occupational, Social, and Organizational Ergonomics

Authors: Peter Vink, Jussi Kantola
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 978-1138117631
Published: 2017

From Floating Wheelchairs to Mobile Car Parks: A Collection of 35 Experience-Driven Design Projects

Authors: Pieter Desmet, Rick Schifferstein
Publisher: Eleven International Publishing
ISBN: 978-90-5931-612-6​​​​​​​
Published: 2010

Aircraft interior comfort and design

Authors: Peter Vink, Klaus Brauer
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 978-1-4398-6305-3
Published: 2011

Heritage and Social Media: Understanding Heritage in a Participatory Culture

Author: Elisa Giaccardi
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 978-0415616676
Published: 2012

The World According to Concrete

Authors: Aaron Betsky, Gustav Beumer, Pieter Desmet, Timo de Rijk
Publisher: NAi
ISBN: 978-9056624835
Published: 2007

Comfort and Design: principles and good practice

Author: Peter Vink
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 978-1420038132
Published: 2005

Design & Emotion Moves

Authors: Pieter Desmet, Jeroen van Erp, MariAnne Karlsson
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-4438-0016-7
Published: 2008

Positive design: Delft students design for our well-being

Authors: Pieter Desmet
Publisher: Delft University of Technology
ISBN: 978-94-6186-912-8
Published: 2018

Think like a designer, don't act like one

Author: Jeroen van Erp
Publisher: BIS Publishers
ISBN: 9789063694852
Published: 2018

FACT: A guide to effective academic communication

Authors: Stella Boess, Lise Magnier
Publisher: Delft University of Technology
ISBN: 978-94-6366-027-3​​​​​​​
Published: 2018

Inleiding Construeren

Author: Daan Haeyen, Bas Flipsen
Publisher: Boom
ISBN: 978 90 2440 716 3
Published: 2018

Da's toch Logisch

Authors: Sjaak Evers, Jurriaan Cals, Henk van der Steen, Willemijn Brouwer
Publisher: 
ISBN: 978 90 8134 800 3
Published: 2015

About Design: Analysing Design Meetings

Author: Janet McDonnell, Peter Lloyd
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 978-0415440585
Published: 2009

Web Information Retrieval

Authors: Stefano Ceri , Alessandro Bozzon , Marco Brambilla , Emanuele Della Valle , Piero Fraternali , Silvia Quarteroni
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978 3 642 39313 6
Published: 2013

Is It Good Enough…

Author: Jeroen van Erp
Publisher: Lecturis
ISBN: 9789462261433
Published: 2020

Metro Oostlijn Amsterdam, designing the system

Authors: Maarten van Bremen, Jeroen van Erp & Maarten Lever
Publisher: 
ISBN: 9789462262706
Published: 2020

Culture Sensitive Design – A guide to culture in practice

Authors: Annemiek van Boeijen, Yvo Zijlstra
Publisher: BIS Publishers
ISBN: 978-90-6369-561-3
Published: 2020

Things2Things: Reframing the Internet of Things as a platform for design

Authors: Elisa Giaccardi, Chris Speed, Matthijs Netten (eds.)
Publisher: Delft University of Technolog
ISBN: 978-94-6186-735-3
Published: 2016

This book has been purposely designed to deconstruct the experimental tools, prototypes and insights generated during the Things2Things workshops, and to invite readers to reconstruct their value and implications for their own practice or business.