Purpose This study aims to find ways to bridge the gap between workplace design and research. Exploring the design process from general design aims to site-specific design makes the process visible to support workplace design research. Design/methodology/approach Participatory design methods...

Purpose This paper aims to build on the presumption that defining the spatial solution of the activity-based office environment through user-centred interdisciplinary dialog would strengthen understanding of interdependencies between the environment and the worker. Secondly, this presumption...

The largest age group in the Netherlands is aging and when they are in need of home care, there will not be enough people to take care of them in the current healthcare system. One solution could be found in Ambient Intelligence, for it could aid in maintaining independency and postpone the time...

This study investigates, within the current health care situation, theinterrelationship of the user, resources and tool in the design of a prototypeWELLNESS database-driven web site. A shift has taken place in health care,in which the base of conventional medicine has broadened to integrate...

Health, leisure and beauty activities are increasing in popularity, with aparticular emphasis on self-help and alternative health practices. One producttype that has increased sales with this expansion is the hand-held electricmassager. These are products that use vibration as a means of...