Colloquium aankondiging
Faculteit Engineering Technology
Afdeling Design, Production and Management
Master opleiding Industrial Design Engineering
In het kader van zijn/haar doctoraalopdracht zal
Murre, A.D. (David)
een voordracht houden getiteld:
Sustainable packaging redefined: designing a sustainable packaging solution for RFID readers
Datum | 30-05-2024 |
Tijd | 14:00 |
Zaal | OH 116 |
Samenvatting
The aim of this master's thesis is to develop a new packaging for an RFID reader manufactured by
Nedap Identification Systems (IDS) that is demonstrably more sustainable than their previous
packaging solution. This involves researching methods to make sustainability measurable within
packaging design, as only then can it be demonstrated that one packaging is indeed more sustainable
than another. Given that packaging is physically interacted with by users and often forms their initial
impression of a product, it is crucial not to overlook the user. Therefore, the research also explores
how users can be engaged in the entire sustainability process.
This thesis begins with an introduction that examines the relevance of the issue, provides an
overview of Nedap IDS as a company, presents the problem statement, research questions, and the
methodology of this thesis. Following the introduction, the literature review section entails reading
various articles to address the majority of the research questions and establish a foundation to aid in
the design process. The literature review concludes with a conceptual framework that enables the
measurability of sustainability.
The design process for this thesis follows a Human-centered design approach, which consists of four
steps. These four steps are sequentially addressed within this thesis. The first step is the discover
phase, aiming to investigate the problem and understand it from the user's perspective. Initially, the
focus lies on gaining a better understanding of how Nedap operates to gain insight into the process.
Subsequently, the products they sell are examined, followed by an extensive stakeholder analysis to
uncover all pain points surrounding the problem. In the define phase, all this information is clustered
to determine the functionalities the packaging must fulfill to solve the problem. This forms the basis
for the design process, where numerous ideas are sketched and developed to ultimately arrive at a
few concepts that could potentially work. These concepts are then transformed into prototypes,
allowing them to be tested with users. User feedback is used to improve the prototypes, eventually
leading to a working final product. In addition to user testing, the prototypes are also evaluated for
their sustainability using the conceptual framework developed from the literature review.
In addition to the standard steps of the HCD process, there is also a detailing phase, which focuses on
how this packaging can be applied to multiple products within Nedap. This is achieved by creating a
general brand guide for this type of packaging and by developing examples for other products.
Examencommissie |
voorzitter Handtekening d.d. |
|
Prof.dr.ir.Mascha van der Voort Dr. Jairo da Costa Junior Dr.ir. Bjorn de Koeijer Edwin Grobbink |
(voorzitter) (begeleider) (extern lid) (mentor bedrijf) |