Designing for Social Interaction in Open-Ended Play Environments
Linda de Valk
Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Linda de Valk is a doctoral researcher working on her PhD research on the topic of designing for open-ended play at the User-Centered Engineering group and the Playful Interactions theme of the Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology. She graduated in 2008 in Industrial Design with a project called “Loneliness in the care home”, which was nominated for the thesis award Innovations in Health Care, 2009. After graduation, Linda traveled in South America for several months. In 2009, she started working as a design researcher at the Department of Industrial Design at the TU/e on the project “Independent Living”, which aimed to motivate older adults to become more socially and physically active. After this project finished, she worked as a freelance designer before starting her PhD research in 2011.
Tilde Bekker
Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Netherlands
Tilde Bekker is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Design at Eindhoven University of Technology. She has a Master degree and a PhD in Industrial Design (Delft University of Technology). She is champion of the Playful Interactions theme, which arranges design projects for bachelor and masters students in that department. Her research interests include the development of user-centered design tools and methods, designing for playful interaction and designing products for children and older adults. She leads and participates in research projects on playful interactions that examine how to persuade people to adopt a healthier lifestyle. She has over 90 publications in international peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings and is co-founder of the Interaction Design and Children conference series.
Berry Eggen
Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Berry Eggen is a full professor and vice-dean of the Department of Industrial Design at Eindhoven University of Technology where he chairs the User-Centered Engineering research group. He is also an adjunct professor at the School of Design of the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building of the University of Technology, Sydney. Over the years, he has led design research groups in the areas of information ergonomics, multimodal interaction (including lighting and sound) and intelligent interfaces. His current research includes interaction design research for playful interactions and the exploration of decentralized systems approaches to ambient intelligence. Within the field of multimodal research, his interests include lighting and sound innovations in the living room and public spaces, and the exploration of light and sound as calm environmental information displays.