Monthly Archives: June 2008

Eindhoven, prostitutes and Service Design

Wednesday June 23th was the day that the students of the Design Academy Eindhoven and Köln International School of Design presented their idea’s on how to tackle the problem with drug addicted prostitutes in Eindhoven. The challenge (/problem) is that the city of Eindhoven decided to close an specially designated… »
by Marc Fonteijn

What’s wrong with brainstorming?

In de serie gastbloggers bij 31Volts zijn we verheugd om deze keer Wichert van Engelen aan het woord te laten. Vorige week sprak ik op Esomar’s Innovate 2008 in Kopenhagen. Direct na mij spraken Jaroslav Cir van Unilever en Evert Bos van Brainjuicer. Evert begon zijn betoog met het aanhalen… »
by Marc Fonteijn

How Unilever could become a Service provider

Recently we did a small scale study on the consumers perception of environmental friendly product packing in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods market. In plain English this comes down to the question “are people aware of the environmental impact of products and their packaging they are buying in a supermarket… »
by Marc Fonteijn

Philips and NH Hoteles, user-centric or technology driven innovation?

NH Hoteles and Philips have announced that they will conduct an intensive two-year study into the optimization of well-being amongst hotel guests. To support the research, NH Hoteles and Philips have teamed up as a first step to create a unique room at NH Hoteles’ flagship Barbizon Palace hotel in… »
by Marcel Zwiers
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