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Quote by E. Saarinen
by Dries De Roeck on June 5, 2014
Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context – a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan.
Thesis structure
by Dries De Roeck on May 14, 2014
Bye 11 hello 12
by Dries De Roeck on December 29, 2011
2011, the year in which I Became a father Switched from a 100% research job to 50% research (PhD at Artesis) and 50% industry (Design research at Concrete) Was involved in the development of Sensetale.com Turned 28 years old Found (…)
Laptops&Looms
by Dries De Roeck on August 30, 2011
Inspired by the writeup by Paul Miller about the bilderburg event “Laptops and Looms” … I had the urge to make this image: (Original image taken from the OSX dictionary)
The end user is a lie
by Dries De Roeck on June 15, 2011
In a world of open ended DIY systems, people should stop using the term end user. I will elaborate on this at some point ^^
Commission, 29/3/11
by Dries De Roeck on March 28, 2011
Tomorrow, march 29th, I will be presenting my current thoughts and progress regarding my ongoing research to my PhD commission. The slides are 99.9% done, any feedback (before or after tomorrow) is more than welcome! (most of the slides are (…)
Atoms are the new bits
by Dries De Roeck on January 27, 2010
I was pretty enthusiastic when I found WIRED in the mail yesterdaynight! Very nice cover article by Chris Anderson on DiY and the way it’s changing the marketplace for products. Read it here.
7 links, out of the blue.
by Dries De Roeck on January 21, 2010
Just dumping some links for greater justice & DiY related inspiration; http://theproductbay.org/ http://www.rekn.it/ http://www.kenjikojima.com/rgbmusic/ http://sugru.com/ http://graffitianalysis.com/ http://ccsl.mae.cornell.edu/eureqa http://www.tayasui.com/Grape.html Could go on forever, but do check out my delicious account for more things like these ^^
Sensor boxes, pt2
by Dries De Roeck on January 12, 2010
During the last week(s) of 2009 I built a first version of the sensor box. In fact there’s nothing special to it, just a box with an Arduino and a sensor on a protoshield. The only functionality the box has (…)
Craftmanship
by Dries De Roeck on January 6, 2010
“Craftmanship names an enduring, basic human impulse, the desire to do a job well for its own sake” -R. Sennett, The Craftsman