Nowadays, a lot of students seem to want to move away from the East after the graduate, as the West supposedly would have more to offer. Though, is this assumption fair? Enschede houses a lot of innovative, very student friendly engineering companies, of which Dynteq is one of the best examples. In this episode we talk with Rob Lenferink, who founded Dynteq with two of his friends after they developed their plan during and after a school assignment. How did all of this come to be, what is the...

We all know Tom, right? Either as a peer or as a TA in our studies at the UT. But did you know that Tom recently transitioned to being an actual teacher of the program? According to Tom, some people say they were born to be a designer because they always took things apart, but Tom says he never did that. What kind of designer does that make him? Find out the details of his story in the first episode of this new Mini series! You might notice some sound issues, which were caused by a problem...

Who doesn't love boardgames and toys? Exactly noone, but games and toys are also products which should be designed so that's why we are talking to Kasper Schriek this episode. He started in the summer of 2018 with his new job at Goliath and already worked on numerous products, his favorite is Reaxion, a mix between LEGO and Domino, but how does that work and what should you keep in mind designing this? Learn this and more in the latest episode of the Icarus Idea. Hope you enjoy! XXX the...

What do you do if you got asked to design a thing you have never heard of? Will you back out or will you grab it with both hands and start getting busy? Jeroen van Erp did the last thing when someone asked him to design a website in the early 90's. And that website was the start of Fabrique, a strategic design agency that has created the sites and platforms for IKEA, Lowlands, Rijksmuseum and many more.    Besides that Jeroen is an author, one of the books he wrote is "think like a designer,...

We're back with another episode and this time with someone that isn't technically a designer at the moment but we thought she was so cool so we should interview her.    She started outworking at Philips and later working for Philips as a freelance designer. She desigined a lot of things like coffeemakers, shavers for which she even won an award.    However around 2005 she became an artist, making beautiful paintings. So why the switch? And can your job as a designer influence your work as...

Welcome back! As industrial designers it is our goal to come up with new innovating ideas in a wide range of fields and this is something that we can do well. But what do you do after you come up with an idea, do you develop it yourself and go through the whole process of production, selling, starting a business? What if you don't want to do that, what else can you do with your product?  This month we talked to Rudo who is a designer in multiple fields such as yachts, board sports, guitars...

When you say Eindhoven, you say Dutch Design Week (and PSV and philips, but let's not focus on that right now). Luckily we were already in Eindhoven interviewing Coen van Ham the 19th of october so the four of us (Rowen, Maede, Anna & Bram) headed out to the different buildings with our equipment and tried to interview some cool designers about their projects. For this episode we've selected four designers with completely different projects.  Have a listen to it and get some...

New year, new season! The icarus idea is back to bring you the best advise from actual working designers. We started with two new hosts Maede and Rowen who are going to interview an industrial designer every month and talk about their work and projects and how they got there. We start off with someone that has done it all, from working at the television to creating art, to designing and most intrestingly an identity coach. So what does that mean and how can it be implemented with design. Find...

This is the end! Multiple endings to be exact, first of all the end of season 2 but it's also the end for Joris and Bram as hosts. So the perfect moment to reflect on last two seasons and to get to know everyone of the icarus idea.  In four segments you'll get to know all the active members of the icarus idea. What do they do, some random facts but also what they have learned when working on the podcast. Hope you enjoy listening! On insta we share our journey to find out how broad our...

What do the people that educate us intend us to become? Study directors Miguel Bruns (TU/e), Jan Willem Polderman (University of Twente) and dean Ena Voûte (TUDelft) discuss the differences, weaknesses and similarities of ID(E) in the Netherlands! Thanks for listening and hope you enjoy! @the_icarus_idea The three Industrial Design (Engineering) Programs in NL: University of Twente: https://www.utwente.nl/en/education/bachelor/programmes/industrial-design-engineering/ TU...

Study IDE, but also, study yourself by doing an internship. Hyundai's senior strategic designer Jelle Tjebbes shares the value of an internship in your life. Hope you enjoy! follow if you want to know what awesome things IDE'ers can do: @the_icarus_idea Questions for Jelle: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jelletjebbes/ Jelle's insta mucho epic car drawings: @creative.matters knowledge: @designreading Look at this man's portfolio, madre mia: https://www.behance.net/jtjebbes Jelle's...

Previous episode we talked about wanting to make a valuable impact. Well… this guy... pfooo. Koen van Ham helps create the first long-range solar-panel-powered car as Chief of Design at Lightyear. He shares his story and suggests we all go experience our IDE value in a student team. @the_icarus_idea Thanks for listening and let us know what you want your impact to be! Looking for Lightyear: https://lightyear.one/ They are also looking for interns: [email protected] This is where...

Last episode, Bram and Joris talked to IDE’ers building the outside of a building, this episode Jil Hötte is designing the inside! IDE’ers can do everything! Hope you enjoy and let us know what you think! @the_icarus_idea If you are from the University of Twente (or not). This is what Jil designed for the Citadel: https://portfolio.id.utwente.nl/student/hottej/meeting.html Personal favourite - Wooble: https://portfolio.id.utwente.nl/student/hottej/thewooble.html If you want to have impact...

We are on a quest... a quest to find out what "we the IDE'ers" can add to a student team. It is quite a lot! So if you are curious what you might be able to add to a student, have a listen. Let us know what you think! Thanks for listening and hope you enjoy :) If you want to join team CASA: https://teamcasa.nl/contact-us/ A STES? What? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_thermal_energy_storage follow us and be part of the learning gang: insta: @the_icarus_idea

Fun fact: A PhD isn't just research. It can also be design! Henrike Holwerda tells us about how she uses a PhD to position herself as an IDE'er. We meet a whole different side of our study: Management, Research... this is also IDE! Hope you enjoy and let us know what you think! If you have any questions about a PhD Henrike will be glad to talk to you: [email protected] You might be surprised that this is a company where an IDE'er can work too: https://www.liander.nl/consument And...

The reigning kings/queens of intimacy products have honored us with an audience. We learn how this multinational designs, tests and battles to open the benefits of luxurious pleasure to you, us and everyone! Hope you enjoy, let us know what you think! Lucija and Sandra are Global Brand Manager and Art Director at LELO. Check out their website if you're curious https://www.lelo.com/ insta: @lelo_official The F1s for the boys: https://www.lelo.com/f1s-developers-kit-red follow us...

We could not have wished for a better Valentine’s episode than this. IDE student Lisa Kleisen tells us how she is ready to conquer the world of sextoy design. How do you do user tests? What makes the psychology of product design so interesting here? For more info you can always contact Lisa: @lil_kleisen Lisa had a great way to get her first job in the industry. That brought her to CLS Healthcare: https://www.clshealthcare.nl/ There she had the chance to design the Moonshake massager. Which...

What does cake have to do with your future? In thirty minutes philosopher and industrial designer Koert van Mensvoort tells us how Next Nature Network thinks about the future. A teaser: we go from lab-cultured meat to charging phones with belly-fat, into space and then back to bakery which holds an advice for life. Which cake will you choose? Let us know! Hope you enjoy! Have a look at Next Nature Network: https://www.nextnature.net/ Floris Kaayk creates a virtual time machine together...

There was more to talk about than we could fit in one episode. So here is part two! Who did Daan look up to when he was a student? How can you and I proactively create this Protopia? What if I want to run my own studio? What if I don’t? Also, Russian literature, Greek philosophy and chairs. All in one episode. We hope you enjoy our conversation, we sure did! Enjoy the holidays, leave a comment and subscribe for more in 2021 :) Check out Studio Roosegaarde’s latest and (least?) favourite...

We did not expect Daan to have time for two students that just want to learn from him. All the more thrilled were we when we got to hear that he found an hour in his schedule. We got the opportunity to casually sit down with him and discuss things like: “What was Daan Roosegaarde like as a student?” “Why is being a voluntary prisoner of your own idea good for the future?” and “Do fishes survive being flushed down the toilet?”. We hope you enjoy listening to this episode half as much, as we...

Driven by his blind grandfather, the co-founder of Hable decided he wanted to help visually impaired people in this world. An incredible story with inspirational food for thought on what our impact as Industrial Design Engineers can be. Hope you enjoy! Let us know what you think and if you know what your impact might be! Go look at the controller, the Hable One: https://www.iamhable.com/ If you know someone that is visually impaired and might want to test the Hable One, Or if you want to...

Zigzagging through life as a designer, Elijah Woolery tells us impressive stories and big lessons. Also, though: cheese alarm, nothing about biomimicry and Monty Python. Let us know what you think! Hope you learn something and enjoy. Highly recommend the books the people at Invision wrote/recorded: https://www.designbetter.co/books The podcast is definitely interesting too: https://www.designbetter.co/podcast In case you don’t know the airspeed of an unladen swallow...

When we called him he said "I don't design anything". "But... you're an industrial designer.". Dorus Galama shares surprising stories about his headphone subscription startup Gerrard Street. What inspired him, what were the funniest f*ck ups, and how to start a circular economy? Let us know what you learned and what you think of the episode! Use code "the Icarus Idea" to get a first month free subscription on Gerrard Street headphones! https://gerrardstreet.nl/ Why Not! - Michel Camilo...

From building with LEGO’s to building LEGO, a surprising story of how our guest applied to LEGO. Apart from an interesting story he enlightens us with what he has learnt along the way. I can’t even begin to describe everthing that’s in here. !Hope you enjoy listening to LEGO design manager Jonathan Bennink. Let us know what your takeaway from the episode is! Jonathan’s baby LEGO Super Mario: https://www.lego.com/en-us/campaigns/supermario When Jonathan realized he needed to work for LEGO:...