Author: emilia

  • 2024 Syllabus

    2024 Syllabus

    DCM170, Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Industrial DesignAcademic year: 2023–2024; Semester: B; Quartile: Q4; ECTS: 5Canvas link (TU/e login required) Dan Lockton, d.j.g.lockton@tue.nl,Lenneke Kuijer, S.C.Kuijer@tue.nlEmilia Viaene, e.m.j.j.b.viaene@tue.nl with Femke Coops, f.coops@tue.nl and Sacha Prudon, s.a.c.prudon@tue.nl Welcome to Researching the Future Everyday (RtFE for short). This is the latest iteration of a course which has…

  • 2024 Theme 2: Disputing Automated Decisions in the Future Home

    2024 Theme 2: Disputing Automated Decisions in the Future Home

    Theme leader: Emilia Viaene, e.m.j.j.b.viaene@tue.nl Header image: Westinghouse Total Electric Home (1959) Background By evoking, exploring and critically questioning future scenarios where automated decision making (ADM) plays a significant role in everyday domestic life, you will explore alternative design opportunities for automation in the 2039 home. The smart home sector has made great promises in…

  • 2023 Theme 2: Meet The (Un)Predictables

    2023 Theme 2: Meet The (Un)Predictables

    Theme leader: Emilia Viaene, e.m.j.j.b.viaene@tue.nl Header image: Westinghouse Total Electric Home (1959) Background The smart home sector has made great promises in the pursuit of comfort, convenience, and control for decades now (Aldrich, 2003). Even industries’ future visions of long days past had the same idea, for instance with the fifties’ RCA Whirlpool Miracle Kitchen…

  • 2023 Syllabus

    2023 Syllabus

    DCM170, Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Industrial DesignAcademic year: 2022–2023; Semester: B; Quartile: Q4; ECTS: 5Canvas link (TU/e login required) Dan Lockton, d.j.g.lockton@tue.nl,Lenneke Kuijer, S.C.Kuijer@tue.nlEmilia Viaene, e.m.j.j.b.viaene@tue.nl Welcome to Researching the Future Everyday (RtFE for short). This is the latest iteration of a course which has been running since 2018, an Industrial Design Master’s…