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The Icarus Idea
by The Icarus Idea
Better aim too high and fail than aim too low and… also fail. Five years of studying ‘really hard’ and then what? We are finding out what graduated Industrial Design Engineers are doing with their career. From creating a million dollar start-up to designing revolutionary toilets. Also fun for non IDE-studentsFollow for inspiration: @the_icarus_ideaContact: [email protected]
Episodes
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From designing to cheesemaking with Will van Twuijver - The Icarus Idea Podcast
From designing to cheesemaking: Where Sustainability Meets Craft with Will van Twuijver Our guest today is Will van Twuijver, a designer, researcher, and cheesemaker. After studying interior architecture in Rotterdam, Will explored diverse projects from grassroots innovations to biochar projects...
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Chasing Orchestrated Luck with Ruben Pot! - The Icarus Idea Podcast
Chasing orchestrated luck: Defining yourself as a designer and a human being on a journey around the world! In this episode we talk with Ruben Pot, former Industrial Design Engineering student at the University of Twente. After finishing his masters he decided to realize his life long dream of...
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Founding a company: When you take your school assignment a bit too serious... - Rob Lenferink
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.…
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Sketching the future with Tom Feij: A journey from student to teacher
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…
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"If it's not fun, I'm not doing my job right" - Goliath designer Kasper Schriek
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...
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"The designer is dead, long live the design team": Fabrique director Jeroen van Erp
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...
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From real to digital to real again: Painter and philips-designer Saskia Dingelstad
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...
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Selling products and ideas - Rudo Enserink, yacht/guitar/kite/more design
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,...
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The Icarus Idea field trip: The Dutch Design Week
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...
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"Don't let a cow type your letter" - Coen van Ham; Identity coach, Designer and more
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...
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IDE’ers, curry and big feet?? get to know 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...
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Three universities, one vision? Talking to all three study directors! Ena Voûte, Jan Willem Polderman & Miguel Bruns
What do the people that educate us intend us to become? Study directors Miguel Bruns (TU/e), Jan Willem Polderman (University of Twente) and dean Ena Voûte (TUDelft) discuss the differences, weaknesses and similarities of ID(E) in the Netherlands! Thanks for listening and hope you enjoy!...
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How to strategically design your career: Hyundai's Jelle Tjebbes
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:...
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Why an IDE'er should do a student team: Lightyear's Koen van Ham
Previous episode we talked about wanting to make a valuable impact. Well… this guy... pfooo. Koen van Ham helps create the first long-range solar-panel-powered car as Chief of Design at Lightyear. He shares his story and suggests we all go experience our IDE value in a student team....
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Why the invisible table is not invisible: Jil Hötte
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! @the_icarus_idea If you are from the University of Twente (or not). This is what Jil…
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Bob the Builder was a designer!: Team CASA Joline Frens & Camiel Mourisse
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:...
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Why an IDE'er should consider a PhD: Henrike Holwerda
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...
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How to design high-end pleasure: LELO Lucija Mlačak & Sandra Mrkšić
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…
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Moonshake up your life: Lisa Kleisen
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:...
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Koert van Mensvoort: A spacebus, cake and the future of the world!
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…
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Daan Roosegaarde (pt.2): How to take ownership of your future?
There was more to talk about than we could fit in one episode. So here is part two! Who did Daan look up to when he was a student? How can you and I proactively create this Protopia? What if I want to run my own studio? What if I don’t? Also, Russian literature, Greek philosophy and chairs. All…
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Daan Roosegaarde (pt.1): Let the dream guide you!
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...
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Ayushman Talwar: What is your impact as a designer? The Hable One
Driven by his blind grandfather, the co-founder of Hable decided he wanted to help visually impaired people in this world. An incredible story with inspirational food for thought on what our impact as Industrial Design Engineers can be. Hope you enjoy! Let us know what you think and if you know...
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Eli Woolery: How to create an epic zigzag designer life?
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…
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Dorus Galama: Headphones broken? Circular economy will fix it.
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...
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Jonathan Bennink: It's-a me, the LEGO Super Mario designer!
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…
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Claudia Bleeker: How to become a toddler toy designer?
How to win the Hema Design contest? Claudia Bleeker tells Jens and Joris about her first steps on the journey to toddler toy designer. Her enthusiasm for hands-on design work will inspire you! Let us know what you learned and what you think of the episode! Have a look at Claudia’s website for all...
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Timo and the titillating Techno Shows
Timo creates designs that you've probably seen somewhere, at least if you go to festivals? What does he design? Find out in this episode. It’s time for our first seasons Swan Song, that’s right, our 10th and final episode of the Icarus Idea Season 1! In this episode Joris and Jean’s guest is Timo...
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Nienke and her Anger Affection
Tip: Let anger determine your career path and go work for IKEA, Douwe Egberts and Bo Weevil. It’s the first Friday of the month so we hope you’re ready for the 9th episode of the Icarus Idea! This time your boys Joris and Jean are speaking with Nienke Kea. She’s an allrounder who’ll let anger and...
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Marian Loth and the terrific Toilet
What do you do at Festivals? Marian found her idea for the women urinal and became THE toilet expert of the Netherlands. This is the 8th episode of The Icarus Idea Podcast! Our guest this month is the amazing Marian Loth! Joris and Jean sit down and talk with The Toilet Expert of The Netherlands…
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Jornt and his tech-wave Study
How can you do 'small' projects at 'big' companies such as KLM? Become a researcher! This is the 7th episode of The Icarus Idea Podcast! Our guest this month is the incredible Jornt van Dijk! Joris and Jean hang on the edge of their seats to learn about the University of Twente’s own Fraunhofer...
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Hieu, Robin and their Nedap-Danone Adventure
This is the sixth episode of The Icarus Idea Podcast! Jean and Joris discover what it's like to be a working professional industrial design engineer at Danone and Nedap with their guests this week: Robin Vermeulen and Hieu Nguyen! This episode is full of laughs, stories about the student…
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Frances and the fast Car
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...
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Elzelinde, Vita and the Deja Vu
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…
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Bas and his powerful Sandbox
From a IDE bachelor student to running a million dollar company? Bas tells the boys his path to succes This is the third episode of The Icarus Idea podcast! Thanks so much for listening and let us know what you think in the comments! Today we talk about how to drop out of school and become a...
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Sander and the fast Fish
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...
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Roy and the Beautyfilter
What kind of innovations can a IDE'er create with Virtual Reality? This is the first episode of The Icarus Idea podcast! Jean and Joris discover what is happening at the forefront of Virtual Reality which the consumer market does not see yet. They do this together with an expert from the…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Better aim too high and fail than aim too low and… also fail. Five years of studying ‘really hard’ and then what? We are finding out what graduated Industrial Design Engineers are doing with their career. From creating a million dollar start-up to designing revolutionary toilets. Also fun for non IDE-studentsFollow for inspiration: @the_icarus_ideaContact: [email protected]
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