Research
- Material Selection in Product Design
- DIOC-16 "Smart Product Systems"
- Paper Pulp Packaging
- Molding Parameters and Geometry
- Mechanical Behaviour of Impact Energy Absorbers
Material Selection in Product Design
The focus of this project is on material selection in product design and aims at product designers and their activities.
Product designers distinguish themselves from other designers such as architects or aerospace engineers based on the objects they design. These products are meant for large groups of users, which often have a wide variety of products to choose from. Product designers are therefore designing for both high technical standards and high user interaction standards. Especially the user interaction aspects of the product they develop are important because these products do not only fulfill functional benefits but also emotional benefits and product designers give attention to this. It is expected that the activities of designers are influenced by the technical and user objectives of the products they design. Selecting materials is one of the aspects of designing products and therefore it is expected that how product designers select materials is also influenced by the objectives of the products they design.
So the main question of this PhD project is:
“Is the integration of technical aspects and user interaction aspects present in selecting materials and, if so, how do product designers select materials to create products that fulfill both technical and user interaction needs?”
The PhD project aims at contributing to the creation of theories concerning materials selection by product designers. Furthermore, the aim is to translate the created theories into a practical tool to support product designers.
Outline of the tool:
Newsletters
During the project, newsletters are sent to relations and colleagues. If you are interested in receiving future newsletters please contact Ms. I.E.H. van Kesteren.
Newsletters (in Dutch):
Newsletter 1, November 25th 2003
Newsletter 4, 19 September 2005
Newsletter 5, 16 February 2006
Publications
Ilse van Kesteren (2007) Gebruiksinteractie en materiaalkeuze. Product. Vol 15, nr 2, page 22 to 24
Ilse van Kesteren January 19, 2007 Tools for integrating user-interaction aspects in materials selection Presentation in seminar: ‘Decision strategies in design: an interdisciplinary approach’ organized by the Delft Centre of Materials
van Kesteren, I.E.H. (2007) Product designers’ information needs in materials selection Materials & Design. In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 4 January 2007
Holper, M, van der Meij, M & van Kesteren, IEH (2006) Product personality considerations in materials selection. Proceedings of the Future Design conference, Oktober 31st - November 2nd, Seoul 2006, page 490-507
Karana, E, van Kesteren, IEH (2006) ‘Material effects’ The role of materials in people’s product evaluations. Proceedings of the international conference of the Design and Emotions society, September 27th-29th, Gothenburg 2006
I.E.H. van Kesteren, P.V. Kandachar, P.J. Stappers (2006) Activities in selecting materials by product designers. Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Design and Manufacture 8th-10th January 2006, Harbin, China
Geke Ludden en Ilse van Kesteren (2006) Beleving vertaald in kunststoffen: de glitters van deze tijd. Kunststof Magazine. Jaargang 17, nummer 2, maart 2006, pagina 16-18
Ilse van Kesteren, Elvin Karana. Februari 13, 2006, Materials and Design: the Art of Plastics Design. Lunch Lecture. view presentation
Geke Ludden and Ilse van Kesteren (2006) Het ontwerpen van productbeleving – luisteren naar ijsjes. Kunststof Magazine. Jaargang 18, nummer 1, januari 2006, pagina 16-18
Geke Ludden and Ilse van Kesteren (2005) Productbeleving – voelen, horen, ruiken en zien van kunststoffen. Kunststof Magazine. Jaargang 17, nummer 9, December 2005, pagina 18-20
Ilse van Kesteren (2005) Material Design, is dematerialisatie nog wel een doel? Product. September 2005
Presentation at Materials Engineering, Eindhoven, May 12th, 2005 View presentation (in Dutch)
I.E.H. van Kesteren, P.J. Stappers, P.V. Kandachar (2005) Representing product personality in relation to materials in the design problem. Proceedings of the international conference of the Nordic Design Research society, Kopenhagen 2005
Ilse van Kesteren, (2005), Communiceren over kunststof: Hoe productontwerpers tot nieuwe materiaalideeën komen. Kunststof en Rubber, Wyt Uitgeefgroep. Jaargang 58, januari 2005
Ilse van Kesteren, Wim Poelman (2004) Materiaalontwerpers, een brug tussen materiaal en ontwerpen. Product. December 2004
I.E.H. van Kesteren, P.V. Kandachar (2004) Commercialization of new materials in consumer goods. Proceedings of the international conference of the Design Research Society, Futureground, Melbourne 2004
Presentation on the PhD-Day on June 25th, 2004. The PhD-day is a yearly event on the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. Title: "Designers select materials. Main needs for choices." View presentation
Geke Ludden, Ilse van Kesteren, Daniel Saakes, Marieke Sonneveld (2003), Gebruik van kunststof in consumentenproducten. Van technisch functioneren tot belevenswaardig. Kunststof en Rubber, Wyt Uitgeefgroep. Jaargang 56, December 2003
Poster presentation on the New Materials for Design and Architecture Conference and Trade Show: Material_Vision. October 30-31, 2003, Frankfurt. Title: "Material Choices for Industrial Design Engineers".
I. E. H. van Kesteren, M. M. Bekker, A. P. O. S. Vermeeren, P. A. Lloyd (2003) Assessing Usability Evaluation Methods OnTheir Effectiveness To Elicit VerbalComments From Children Subjects Proceedings International Conference for Interaction Design and Children 2003
A. P. O. S. Vermeeren, I. E. H. Van Kesteren. M. M. Bekker (2003) The "Evaluator Effect" in User Testing:Influences of the Data Analysis Process Interact 2003
M. Bruns Alonso, M. van den Endt, I. van Kesteren, K. de Leur (2000) Environmental Consciousness in Mexico Two worlds one vision, two visions one world, product development and innovation in California and Mexico ISBN 90-805993-1-X
People
I.E.H. van Kesteren
J.C.M. de Bruijn
P.J.Stappers
H. de Deugd
P.V. Kandachar
