Podcasts by Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue

If you’re interested in how a sustainable design professor got mixed up in a global-scale lawsuit between tech giants Samsung and Apple, this podcast is for you. Want to know why innovating is so hard, and why there is no campus radio in Delft? Join our very own Ianus Keller, Teacher of Practice at Delft University of Technology, and listen to the stories of our designers, researchers and teachers.

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Out of the Blue
#26 Conversations on Design&AI from 2022-10-06T11:41

We have a fun one for you this time. Recently, our colleague Eric Gu hosted three Delft Design researchers in a conversation on design and AI. Alessandro Bozzon, Maria Luce Lupetti and Kars Alfr...

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#25 International students of Delft Design – Yuka&Jack from 2022-08-31T11:34:43

It’s been a long and well-deserved summer break. Before we headed off, we had a lovely chat with two international student editors of IDE. Yuka & Jack already share their experiences as internat...

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#22: A License to Operate – Jan Konietzko from 2022-01-18T15:57:40

Organisations will need to adapt to the sustainability transition. Companies, governmental institutions and NGO’s all have a role to play. How does this work in our interconnected complex world?...

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#21: Generative Design – Jun Wu from 2021-12-11T10:35:09

Maximum functions, minimum amount of materials. That needs to be part of the sustainable future of design. What technologies might be helpful for both the design and production process? We talk ...

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#20: Let it go, let it go — Flora Poppelaars from 2021-11-16T19:00:05

Listen to the stories of Delft Design with our very own Teacher of Practice Ianus Keller and his trusty producer Marc at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, TU Delft. We are back with ...

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#18: Neutral is impossible - Annemiek van Boeijen from 2020-06-08T14:15:12

There is no universal design. Everyday objects and services that work in some parts of the world, are totally different somewhere else. Annemiek van Boeijen, assistant-professor Design, Culture ...

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#17: Noise-cancelling windows and wacky giraffes – Joost Dommisse from 2020-04-22T00:40:57

Working from home provides us with a whole new set of challenges and opportunities. As designers, shouldn’t we be the best equipped people for this? In this final part of our special Freedive is...

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#16: Infuse a Little Empathy - Sofie Dideriksen from 2020-04-15T10:15:11

How are you doing? A question we should ask ourselves and each other frequently in this isolation period. And we should listen carefully. In part two of our special three-part Freedive isolation...

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#14: (Not) Safe for Designers? – Erik Tempelman from 2020-04-01T09:46:13

Material science is often a black box for designers. But in Delft Design, knowledge on material properties is essential. Erik Tempelman has literally written the book on it: “(Not) Safe for Desi...

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#11: How To Make the Shiny Thing Happen - Marco Steinberg from 2020-01-17T17:53:32

Finnish designer and researcher Marco Steinberg was recently granted an honorary doctorate by TU Delft for his outstanding work in strategic design. We invited him the day before this momentous ...

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#10: Freedive with Kevin Shahbazi from 2019-12-17T20:20:16

IDE researcher Frithjof Wegener joins Ianus Keller for the second Freedive at the IDE 50 years jubilee, where they converse with Kevin Shahbazi on how to implement true circularity in large comp...

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#9: Freedive with Hester le Riche from 2019-12-17T20:16:25

In the first Freedive Ianus Keller speaks with Hester Le Riche at the IDE 50 years jubilee event. She’s CEO and co-founder of Active Cues on how to design for quality of life in healthcare. Thei...

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#8: Power comes from the “But...” - Donald Norman from 2019-12-04T15:46:10

For a very special episode, we speak with world renowned design researcher Donald Norman (UC San Diego). Together with Frederik Ueberschär and Caisael Beardow of the MSc study association Infuse...

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#7: We Should Think Into The Box - Sicco Santema from 2019-10-03T07:03:24

In the middle of Departure Hall 3 of Schiphol Amsterdam Airport, we talk with Professor Sicco Santema. He researches people in transit, through cooperation with large players in the field of mob...

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#6 – An Audience with the Context Queen - Froukje Sleeswijk Visser from 2019-09-04T15:38:02

How do you observe people to improve your design? In the latest IDE podcast episode, we take a deep dive into the world of context mapping with Froukje Sleeswijk Visser. She pioneered this desig...

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#5: Apple Inc does not always like Bas Flipsen from 2019-06-19T17:55:16

As a former aerospace engineer, Bas Flipsen is a passionate lecturer at IDE and former Academic Director of the Delft Teaching Academy. Ianus Keller met up with him in the Teaching Lab, the on-c...

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#4: Dancing with systems in design for sustainability - Conny Bakker from 2019-05-09T17:08:57

In honour of her inauguration as professor in Design Methodology for Sustainability & Circular Economy,  Ianus Keller talks with Conny Bakker about the Champions League of sustainable design, di...

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#3: Changing the Aesthetics of Sound - Elif Özcan-Vieira from 2019-03-27T16:37:13

In November 2018, we took the IDE stories podcast Out of the Blue to Eindhoven for Dutch Design Week. Ianus spoke with Elif Özcan-Vieira, director of the Critical Alarms Design Lab, about her re...

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#3: Changing the Aesthetics of Sound - Elif Özcan-Vieira from 2019-03-27T16:37:13

In November 2018, we took the IDE stories podcast Out of the Blue to Eindhoven for Dutch Design Week. Ianus spoke with Elif Özcan-Vieira, director of the Critical Alarms Design Lab, about her re...

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#2: There Are Good Looking Crappy Things - Ruth Mugge from 2019-02-20T18:34:49

Ruth Mugge, Professor of Design for Sustainable Consumer Behaviour, talks with Ianus Keller about her design research. About research for vegetable company HAK, washing machine design, customisa...

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#2: There Are Good Looking Crappy Things - Ruth Mugge from 2019-02-20T18:34:49

Ruth Mugge, Professor of Design for Sustainable Consumer Behaviour, talks with Ianus Keller about her design research. About research for vegetable company HAK, washing machine design, customisa...

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#2: There Are Good Looking Crappy Things - Ruth Mugge from 2019-02-20T18:34:49

Ruth Mugge, Professor of Design for Sustainable Consumer Behaviour, talks with Ianus Keller about her design research. About research for vegetable company HAK, washing machine design, customisa...

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#1: Don't Let Designers Do Their Thing - Jasper van Kuijk from 2019-01-11T13:09:35

Jasper van Kuijk, assistant-professor of User-Centered Innovation, tells Ianus Keller about designing coloured TV-lighting, public transportation ticketing systems, and why you should not let de...

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#1: Don't Let Designers Do Their Thing - Jasper van Kuijk from 2019-01-11T13:09:35

Jasper van Kuijk, assistant-professor of User-Centered Innovation, tells Ianus Keller about designing coloured TV-lighting, public transportation ticketing systems, and why you should not let de...

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