Archive for the “Experiment” category
“Don’t Complain…” is on Kickstarter /Make100!
by Dries De Roeck on January 23, 2018
After pondering on this for some time (months? years?) I’m so so happy to push out my very first crowdfunding thingy! I’m doing a second printrun of the “don’t complain, suggest what’s better” sticker. They will be available in a (…)
Are we there yet?
by Dries De Roeck on July 28, 2017
A few weeks ago, my wife and I were preparing for our yearly drive to the Austrian mountains. I have been going to Austria since I was 9 years old, and have kept going back (to the same place) ever (…)
Dear supermarket, part 2.
by Dries De Roeck on February 1, 2017
Remember that time I requested my personal data collected by my supermarket? I think I owe society an update, since the whole story ended rather positively compared to what the previous post might suggest. Tl;dr After sending a registered letter (…)
Dear supermarket, part 1.
by Dries De Roeck on June 29, 2016
In a previous post, I talked about my endeavours through the ehealth data portal of the Belgian government. Somewhat related is another journey I recently started, during which my end goal is to consult the data my favourite supermarket collects (…)
Archivatr
by Dries De Roeck on January 16, 2016
I like to hold on to a lot of physical stuff. Postcards, birthday cards, the drawings my daughters make, magazines, etc. I take notes in a paper notebook. I love to write with a fountain pen. One major downside of all (…)
Living with a GoodNightLamp
by Dries De Roeck on September 16, 2015
Ever since Alexandra announced the GoodNightLamp as something that was going to happen ‘for real’, I have been a #lampfan. Since the beginning of summer I’ve been living with an actual, functioning, GoodNightLamp and I wanted to share some insights (…)
On meaning and connected xmas lights
by Dries De Roeck on January 7, 2015
Over the past couple of months, I have done some talking and thinking on how digitally connected products can be designed with meaning. The problem I framed in previous writings comes down to the fact that a lot of ‘internet (…)
The internet of kids things
by Dries De Roeck on January 17, 2012
I’m organising a workshop for the product development students, where we will be working around the topic of internet of things & design for kids. A perfect platform to start working towards a second iteration of my research around technology (…)
Generative logo hype, I join!
by Dries De Roeck on April 13, 2011
I’ve been looking at generative logo’s for some time, the first one I ever came across was the Casa da Música logo by Sagmeister. More recently the MIT Media Lab launched their generative identity, and other well known organisations like TATE (…)
Forging scaffolding : how the re-rise of diy and design practice can aid each other in a pervasive computing world.
by Dries De Roeck on December 3, 2010
A couple of weeks ago I wrote together some text whilst trying to crystallize a focus for the PhD topic and activities. Based on feedback from my supervisors and other people, I’m already working on a next version of this, (…)