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“In our time, products that promise the buyer health, leisure, comfort, fun or safety will be market winners.” This Infoletter explains how Indes applies this concept in the design of successful products. |
CONTENT FEBRUARI 2006 > Functional Specification: a prerequisite for a professional
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FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION; A PREREQUISITE FOR A PROFESSIONAL PURCHASING PROCES | -top- | |
The Dutch National Network of Health Care Product Range Co-ordinators (LNAG) and the Netherlands Association for Purchasing and Logistics in Health Care (NVILG) organise a periodic two-day seminar to be arranged by Indes. The first course will be held on 7 and 8 March 2006.
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THE EXPERIENCE OF EVERYDAY THINGS | -top- |
ON 12 January 2006, Delft University of Technology organised a symposium entitled ‘The experience of everyday things’ to accompany the presentation of an honorary degree in industrial design to Donald Norman (NielsenNorman Group, Professor at Northwestern University). The theme of the symposium was ‘The relationship between the human sciences and design. How can the human sciences inspire, feed and provoke designers?’ |
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T-XCHANGE SPEEDS UP INNOVATION PROCESSES WITH GAMING EN VIRTUAL REALITY | -top- | ||
T-Xchange is a cluster of technology companies seeking to improve and speed up innovation routes with the help of methodology development. Using, among other things, gaming and scenario-based designs, T-Xchange designs methods that can be tried and tested in the T-Xchange lab. Visualisation and virtual reality are used to simulate complex applications, enabling the accelerated development, testing and improvement of products and services. Taking part in T-Xchange in addition to Indes are the Faculty of Industrial Design of the University of Twente, Thales Nederland, Vrest and the Virtual Valley Twente Association.
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INDES WINS PRIZE AWARDED BY THE PUBLIC | -top- |
On the 31st of January Indes received the Prize awarded by the Public of the Dutch Design Award for the children’s glasses. The children’s glasses already won the Dutch Design Award in the consumer products category and the overall Design for All award.
Five designs were nominated for the Prize awarded |
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BROADER MARKET APPROACH WITH DGT easy | ||||||||||
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The DGT easy is a digital chess clock for young and amateur chess players. Digital Game Timer Projects wanted to market a simple chess clock and asked Indes for a user-friendly redesign of its existing chess clock. |
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The DGT easy will be introduced at the Spielwarenmesse in Nürnberg in February 2006.
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NEW LEGISLATION ON CHILD SAFETY SEATS | -top- |
The new programme for the assessment of child-restraint systems (NPACS) was introduced early this year. Dynamic carriage tests and running a usability protocol are key elements of this new programme. In the Indes Infoletter of November 2005, we informed you about the latest developments in NPACS. This article may have created the impression that Indes is better informed than other organisations. That is, however, by no means the case, as the NPACS information is public and accessible to all interested parties. As a developer of safe and user-friendly products, Indes is closely involved in new developments regarding the safety of children. Like other developers of child safety products, we are therefore closely following the NPACS research phase and are pleased to take the opportunity to inform you about it. Together with manufactures and users of child safety seats, we are looking forward to the implementation of the NPACS programme in 2006. For more information on this subject, please contact Willem Mees van der Bijl.For more information on car safety seat legislation, see: www.npacs.com
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INDES CASE: WAYPOINT |
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PerfectPilot: a GPS system for motorcyclists Client: WayPoint Notter b.v. It is impossible to imagine traffic today without GPS systems. They are used in cars, on motorcycles and on boats. |
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These target groups have widely varying habits and needs as regards the use of a GPS system, which is why WayPoint Notter, the company that sells the most GPS systems in the Benelux, decided to develop ideas and solutions to improve the usability of these systems. Read more …
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@INDES: TON VAN RAAMSDONK | -top- | ||
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Ton van Raamsdonk joined Indes’ project management team some time ago. After graduating from the Academy of Industrial Design in Eindhoven, Ton started as a designer of office furniture and furniture for the elderly and physically challenged. He then worked as an Arts & Crafts teacher and as a management consultant specialised in production and stock management. In 2000, he once again started doing what he likes doing most: product development. He started as R&D manager for a specialist company in prams, buggies and other children’s products. This experience stood him in good stead at Indes and its user-oriented development projects. His broad experience in project management and production enable Ton to complete projects without a hitch. His background enables him to look at things from the designer’s point of view and render useful advice. For direct advice, contact Ton.
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