Roy van den Heuvel

Design Researcher
Roy van den Heuvel

Design Engineering

I investigate human behaviors through prototyping design artifacts. By giving physical or digital shape to my hypothesis, I’m able to gain rich and situated data on the human experience.

Mixed Methods Research

Designing for the human experience requires insights into patterns over time through quantitative data as well as nuance and complexity through qualitative data.

Participatory Approach

In order the map the design space and explore its opportunities, it is vital to get a deep understanding of needs, desires, and wants, through continuously engaging people throughout the process.

Hands-on Design Researcher

Hi! I’m Roy, an Industrial Designer & Design Researcher. I like to work with high-tech user-centered products and systems that require an idealistic, but hands-on approach.

I’m currently working on Design Research Theory and Practice, Design for Health and Wellbeing at the Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Industrial Design. I use my knowledge in UX Research, Mixed Methods Design Processes, and Design Engineering to open up new design spaces and develop societally relevant solutions.

I develop transformative (digital) systems that grow with users over time, incorporating behavioral change theory, growing systems, and data-enabled design. I use sensor technologies, data infrastructures, UX research, and multi-stakeholder collaborations to give shape to a healthier, more active society.

I’m happy when I can develop new concepts and design directions through qualitative and quantitative research, design & engineer cool ideas into meaningful products, set up empirical studies to validate them and bring these ideas into real-world applications and commercial solutions.

Projects

Habilyzer

Habilyzer is a data collection probe that utilizes a set of 4 types of sensors and a base display showing data visualizations. It offers office...
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Tweak.work

In this project, we developed a calendar-based health-promotion tool that integrates into the Outlook Calendar of office employees. Through personalisation and smart timing systems, we...
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Smart Playgrounds

To gain a better understanding of public Playgrounds, I have equipped all Cruyff Courts in Eindhoven with privacy-preserving counters. I use this data to develop...
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Data Foundry Boost VS Code Extension

In order for design & engineering students to scale prototyping from 1-thing-1-person to many-things-many-persons, I wanted to develop a VS Code extension that scaffolds system...
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Learning on the Move

Bringing together MBO, HBO & WO education through a shared online platform focused on project reflection, documentation and knowledge sharing. In an iterative, 3-semester long,...
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