The Icarus Idea

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 company involved in now and how can an engineering student prepare themselves for Dynteq (or another engineering company)? Find out here and now!
As our committee consists entirely of students, every now and then comes a time that some of our members graduate, or find another path in life, and therefore move on from the university and our committee. Currently we have arrived at one of these points, which means that we will have to take some time to find some fresh recruits for our podcast. At the same time, the recording studio is going into a renovation, which prevents us from using it. Though, as we need some time to extend our member count anyway, this will probably not limit us all that much.
We hope you are looking forward to our return, and to meet some new faces in the future!
On insta we share our journey to find out how broad our horizon as Industrial Design Engineers can be: @the_icarus_idea (always open for DM’s)
Content:
00:00 Intro
01:57 How does Dynteq, Rob’s company, operate and what do they get involved with?
12:20 The origin and development of the Fulpra cargo bike, and an insight into various other projects of Dynteq
23:31 Rob’s view on the future of product design and development and Dynteq’s role within that future
29:12 Rob’s advice

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 with our mics. As we are in a new studio, we are still figuring some stuff out. We hope you bare with us while we familiarize ourselves with the new equipment! 💜 On insta we share our journey to find out how broad our horizon as Industrial Design Engineers can be: @the_icarus_idea (always open for DM’s) Content: 00:00 Intro 03:40 How did Tom decide to become a teacher, and what is it like to work alongside his former teachers? 09:10 How does Tom's design vision align with that of his research group? 16:00 What design related activities does Tom get himself into outside of work? 25:44 Tom's advice

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!

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Some interesting things:

Reaxion: https://nl.goliath.services/product-categorie/reaxion/ 

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, don't act like one' a book you should defenitely check out. But how does a designer think, that's what we try to find out in this episode.   What do you think is necessary to think like a designer? Let us know in the comments.   

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Worth checking out:

https://www.fabrique.nl/

https://lowlands.nl/

https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/f/think-like-a-designer-don-t-act-like-one/9200000081031975/

https://www.fabrique.com/blog/2021/12/hack-system/

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 an artist (or vice versa). Find out in this episode.  

Let us know what you learned on instagram or send us an mail at icarus.podcast@gmail.com  

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Check out Saskia's work at: 

http://www.saskiadingelstad.com/

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 and much more, some ideas he actually developed into a product but some ideas he just sold as an idea. But what are the benefits to this? And what are some things you should look after once you've sold your idea. Find out in this episode!

Hope you enjoy!

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Check out Rudo Enserink at: https://www.enserinkdesign.com/

What lesson did you take out from this episode? 

Let us know!  Thanks for listening and hope you enjoy!  

@the_icarus_idea

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 inspiration. 

First fragment:

Designer: Katie Pelkian Baselj with her project: Landscape Lab

https://ddw.nl/en/programme/6360/landscape-lab

Second fragment: 

Maastricht Institute of Arts representing Max Dekker with his project: Nothing will save the world

https://ddw.nl/en/programme/5925/the-class-of-2021-exhibition-klokgebouw

Third fragment: 

Naomi van Straalen with her project: Maatje

https://maatje.ndri.es/

Last fragment:

James Grünfeld with his project: Visual Noise

https://ddw.nl/en/programme/6020/graduation-show-2021

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 out in the coming 30 minutes! 

Thanks for listening and hope you enjoy!

@the_icarus_idea

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 horizon as Industrial Design Engineers can be: @the_icarus_idea (always open for DM’s)

Segments:

Anne & Twan: 0:00

Anna & Rowen: 10:35

Maede & Bram: 21:08

Joris: 31:04

Recipes: (DM us for more specific recipes)

Anne: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/curry-recipes

Twans fish-curry: https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/fish-curry-recipe/ (with shrimps, zalm or whitefish and zurimi)

Anna: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/23600/worlds-best-lasagna/

Rowen: https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/pasta-recipes/

Maede: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020209-khoresh-e-ghormeh-sabzi-persian-herb-bean-and-lamb-stew

Bram: https://www.ah.nl/allerhande/recept/R-R1190064/tomatenrisotto-met-chorizo-spinazie-en-witte-kaas

Joris: If you don't now what 'AGV' is, you're not worthy

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 puntjepuntje of the month:
If you want to create a superrealistic digital version of someone, this is what you want to use:
https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/digital-humans

Ooo beautiful Zagato:
https://www.zagato.it/

Jelle's book tips:
Overcrowded - by Roberto Verganti
https://www.bol.com/nl/p/overcrowded/9200000074299969/
Start with Why - by Simon Sinek
https://www.bol.com/nl/p/start-with-why/1001004010660384/?suggestionType=featured_product&suggestedFor=start%20wi&originalSearchContext=media_all&originalSection=main

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!

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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 on the future, &Flux is the place to be:
https://nflux.nl/en/

If you want to take a gap year to Vietnam, here are some flights:
https://bit.ly/3gNcBFX

This episode was made possible by the internet, so here is a link to it:
https://bit.ly/2S7AopA

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:
c.h.holwerda@utwente.nl

You might be surprised that this is a company where an IDE'er can work too:
https://www.liander.nl/consument
And then work on asset management:
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/assetmanagement.asp

follow us and be part of the learning gang:
insta: @the_icarus_idea

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 and be part of the learning gang:
insta: @the_icarus_idea

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 is actually produced and sold:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3Kmq8pN9Gg
On top of that, she had a youtube channel, Pleasure Academy:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_UbkPU1iO4uy_xJuPYKVBQ
If you are looking for a toy to spice up your Valentine’s day, Willie.nl got you:
https://www.willie.nl/

These people give you an orgasm guarantee, so...:
https://www.womanizer.nl/

@the_icarus_idea
(always open for DM’s)

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 with Koert:
https://www.floriskaayk.com/
Which they will show in the new Evoluon, Koert is also working on:
https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/oude-futuristische-tijden-herleven-voor-het-evoluon-eindhovens-icoon-wordt-museum-voor-wetenschap-en-techniek~b0351074/

If you have a strong inner child: The Spacebus from André Kuipers:
https://www.spacebuzz.nl/

@the_icarus_idea
(always open for DM’s)

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 enjoyed recording it.

Let us know what you think! Have a great holiday season and we’ll see you in 2021.

If you don’t know Studio Roosegaarde:
1. Listen to this episode
2. https://www.studioroosegaarde.net/info
These are some of his projects:
The van Gogh bicycle path:
https://www.studioroosegaarde.net/project/van-gogh-path
The Smog Free tower:
https://www.studioroosegaarde.net/project/smog-free-tower
The Space Waste lab (personal favourite):
https://www.studioroosegaarde.net/project/space-waste-lab

What is a protopia?
https://www.mentorless.com/what-is-protopia/
We are going to read Creativity Inc. Daan recommended it:
https://www.bol.com/nl/f/creativity-inc/9200000020318576/

insta: @the_icarus_idea (always open for DM’s)

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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uio1J2PKzLI

On insta we share our journey to find out how broad our horizon as Industrial Design Engineers can be: @the_icarus_idea (always open for DM’s)

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 (this will make your day better)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Urg6F2L28
Actual designers of the headphones:
https://www.bananagun.nl/nl/
Here is the course that inspired Dorus to become an entrepreneur:
https://www.yesdelftstudents.nl/education/

On insta we share our journey to find out how broad our horizon as Industrial Design Engineers can be: @the_icarus_idea (always open for DM’s)

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: https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/x-wing-starfighter-75218

If you have any questions for Jonathan, just ask, he is superchill: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanbennink/

On insta we share our journey to find out how broad our horizon as Industrial Design Engineers can be: @the_icarus_idea (always open for DM’s)

Is a Solar Powered Car a good project for an Industrial Designer? Of course it is, Frances tells all about her year in the Solarteam

Welcome to the fifth episode of The Icarus Idea podcast! This week, Frances van Elburg on her experiences with the Solar Team as Marketing and Events manager. What can an Industrial Design engineer offer to a student team? What did she learn and how do you choose? Tune in to find out all about swap-cars, waiting for charges and enthusiastic grandpas. 

Thanks for listening and let us know what you think!

Drop us a line at Icarus.podcast@gmail.com or DM us at @the_icarus_idea for tips for a next guest or questions.

More about our Guest:

https://www.solarteam.nl/frances-van-elburg/

Interested in (joining) the Solar Team?

https://www.solarteam.nl/sollicitatie/

https://www.solarteam.nl/

Puntje Puntje of the Month! 

The shoes are one Reddit, so they must be real

https://www.reddit.com/r/TIHI/comments/d9w3mp/thanks_i_hate_shoes_without_soles/

Tesla queue

https://www.businessinsider.com/holiday-travel-long-wait-times-for-tesla-chargers-2019-12?international=true&r=US&IR=T

Cars for teenagers?

https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2020/03/citroen-ami-electric-vehicle-for-teenagers/

This is the fourth episode of The Icarus Idea podcast! Thanks so much for listening and let us know what you think in the comments!

Today we are in Eindhoven (for the second time…) to talk about how to bring leftovers to haute-cuisine using a 3D-printer! Elzelinde van Doleweerd and Vita Broeken are travelling the world after a very successful Bachelor thesis assignment that got out of hand. They are talking to ministers of Singapore about “polders” and working with Michelin-star restaurants now. Very inspiring people to talk to! Besides the foodtalk we have a little digest to announce: The Icarus Nightcap; a five-minute break of your studies to ease your mind with some insightful inspiration. You can take a break now without needing an excuse, you will be busy broadening your mind! First out the 20th of December about how to use tricks of magicians in your designs!

Drop us a line at Icarus.podcast@gmail.com or DM us at @the_icarus_idea for tips for a next guest or questions.

Our guests:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/elzelinde-van-doleweerd/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vitabroeken/

This is where you can find more about Upprinting Food, scroll down to find some epic 3D-printing recipes!

https://www.upprintingfood.com/

If you want to actually taste some 3D-printed masterpieces, get over to the Karpendonkse Hoeve:

https://www.karpendonksehoeve.nl/

Puntje puntje of the month!

Drones delivering blood: https://www.anwb.nl/over-anwb/nieuws/2019/november/drones-helpen-bij-medisch-transport

Go check out the Icarus Nightcap the 20th of December online (Spotify/Youtube/tha whole wide internet). Need a little study avoiding moment, a little break, or are you going to sleep? Tease your mind with five minutes of inspiration! Let us know what you think!

If you are/know a visual artist, we’d love to get in touch!

In other news, our theme song is available for download!

https://open.spotify.com/track/4PpiHD70uAbR0PxPwrHXrP?si=Bm61aRjPSx-wBF0RuHhH7A

We hope you enjoy it!

Sander shows the boys a super efficient robotic fish in the deep seas.

Today Jean and Joris are finding Nemo in Delft. Together with a graduate of the TUDelft, Sander van den Berg, they dive in to discover what can be found in the deepest seas: a super efficient robotic fish. Furthermore, they encounter self-conscious robots, lamps fueled by blood and shape shifting wings.

Drop us a line at Icarus.podcast@gmail.com or DM us at @the_icarus_idea for tips for a next guest or questions.

The guest:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sander-van-den-berg-112a8a97/

Sander's thesis and dead fish
Soft robotic octopus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7AFsk40NGE
How dead fish can still swim:
https://youtu.be/GtuHgl35TT4
Thesis:
https://repository.tudelft.nl/islandora/object/uuid%3Ab55658e2-1786-4eed-87a7-291d84e1b838
Dezeen:
https://www.dezeen.com/2019/09/11/robotic-fish-rosander-van-den-berg-tu-delft-robotic-underwater-drone/
Soft robotics:
https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ide/research/research-labs/foundational-labs/soft-robotics/

Puntje puntje of the month

Chuck Hoberman's sphere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN9hTo3iR6A 

Morphing wings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSMDNl5lews 

The Bloodlamp: http://thoughtcollider.nl/project/blood-lamp/ 

Task-agnostic self-modelling machine: https://www.creativemachineslab.com/uploads/6/9/3/4/69340277/task-agnostic_self-modeling_machines.pdf