Monthly Archives: December 2009
Case Study 05: Industrial design as a tool to improve the learning strategies in the public schools in Bogota Colombia.
Client: Bogota City Hall (Alcaldía de Bogotá & Secretaría de Educación del Distrito Bogotá)
Design & Engineering team: aei Gestión de Diseño, Franky J. (director), Cardenas E., Galan C., Mejía J.R. and Suarez E.
Project date & place: 1999 – 2000 The Netherlands.
Project scope: this set of furniture was and is used in 24 public schools in Bogota for more than 2.5 millions of students, teachers and staff.
Key words: Base of the pyramid, Human centered design, New Product Development.
Methods used: Human centered design approach and New Product Development strategies.
Watch out, Sinterklaas is coming to town! (TUDELTA.37)
If, on December 5th, you’re molested by an old Bishop flanked by black-faced bodyguards wearing Rasta wigs and weird clothes who start throwing food at you in the streets, don’t call the cops, it’s all part of the Dutch holiday fun.
