The scope of this research justification outlines plastic reduction and circularity efforts by the Schwarz Gruppe and focuses on aligning these practices to stakeholders. In fact, the research explores strategic possibilities to enhance communication among political stakeholders, media representatives, …

The global population of cheetahs is declining, which is a threat to the health of their ecosystems and biodiversity. Cheetahs are listed as ‘Vulnerable’ on the IUCN Red List, but some conservation scientists want them to be up listed from to ‘Endangered’. The decline in cheetah populations is a result …

This thesis is written for Modint, the trade association that consults companies for the fashion- and textile industry in the Netherlands. Pursuing a circular economy is a worldwide priority and the EPR legislation also known as Extended Producer Responsibility, requires the fashion- and textile industry …

In this design research, a new design thinking model is utilised to create a sustainable capsule collection and future roadmap to improve environmental impact for the company Hang Eleven BV (Hereinafter referred to as H11). The design model explores 3 different phases; inspiration, ideation and implementation. …

Currently, the cutting forces themselves are only roughly estimated by a Specific Cutting Energy assumption. Throughout literature, many assumptions are made about different parameters, the condition in which the cutting process is taking place, and in specific cases, some parameters are not even considered …

In Vlissingen, the municipality wants to make a selected neighbourhood natural gas-free. In order to support this, they have been granted a subsidy. There are many important stakeholders in this project such as the housing corporation l’Escaut which owns most of the houses in the neighbourhood. All of …

This thesis provides an answer to the question if the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) does fulfil its own objective of supporting Ecosystem-based management by producing Ecosystem Overviews as advice. Against the background of ongoing changes and pressures on the ecosystem, …

The problem that ASSA ABLOY are facing arises when an existing door needs to be replaced. The many details that are involved are not stored in a retrievable manner, meaning that they need to be re-evaluated. This causes a significant amount of time to be lost. On top of that, registration of these details …

The Procedural Interior Showroom Generator is a tool made using Blender geometry nodes to assist the Letink Design 3D team in creating virtual showroom environments using procedural modelling.   To define the design theory behind the Procedural Interior Showroom Generator, the main research question …

The Dutch Sustainable Fashion Week reaches many audiences with their message about sustainable fashion, but notably struggles to reach teenagers. Previous research done for the DSFW by Been et al (2019) suggested to them to look towards interactive application, such as e-learning or games to tackle this …