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. In this episode we talk with Rob Lenferink, who founded Dynteq with two of his friends after they developed their plan during and after a school assignment. How did all of this come to be, what is the company involved in now and how can an engineering student prepare themselves for Dynteq (or another e ..read more

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 Reaxion, a mix between LEGO and Domino, but how does that work and what should you keep in mind designing this? Learn this and more in the latest episode of the Icarus Idea. Hope you enjoy! XXX the icarus idea Some interesting things: Reaxion: https://nl.goliath.services/product-categorie/reaxion/  ..read more

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! @the_icarus_idea The three Industrial Design (Engineering) Programs in NL: University of Twente: https://www.utwente.nl/en/education/bachelor/programmes/industrial-design-engineering/ TU Delft: https://www.tudelft.nl/io/studeren/bsc-industrieel-ontwerpen TU Eindhoven https://www.tue.nl/en/our-university/depart ..read more

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: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jelletjebbes/ Jelle's insta mucho epic car drawings: @creative.matters knowledge: @designreading Look at this man's portfolio, madre mia: https://www.behance.net/jtjebbes Jelle's puntjepuntje of the month: If you want to create a superrealistic digital version of someone, this is what you want to ..read more

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. @the_icarus_idea Thanks for listening and let us know what you want your impact to be! Looking for Lightyear: https://lightyear.one/They are also looking for interns: recruitment@lightyear.one This is where it all began: https://solarteameindhoven.nl/>And then once you start, this is where they get the know ..read more

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 designed for the Citadel: https://portfolio.id.utwente.nl/student/hottej/meeting.html Personal favourite - Wooble: https://portfolio.id.utwente.nl/student/hottej/thewooble.html If you want to have impact on the future, &Flux is the place to be: https://nflux.nl/en/ If you want to take a gap year to Vietn ..read more

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: https://teamcasa.nl/contact-us/ A STES? What? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_thermal_energy_storage follow us and be part of the learning gang: insta: @the_icarus_idea ..read more

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 questions about a PhD Henrike will be glad to talk to you: c.h.holwerda@utwente.nl You might be surprised that this is a company where an IDE'er can work too: https://www.liander.nl/consument And then work on asset management: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/assetmanagement.asp follow us and be part ..read more

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 and Art Director at LELO. Check out their website if you're curious https://www.lelo.com/ insta: @lelo_official The F1s for the boys: https://www.lelo.com/f1s-developers-kit-red follow us and be part of the learning gang: insta: @the_icarus_idea ..read more

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: @lil_kleisen Lisa had a great way to get her first job in the industry. That brought her to CLS Healthcare: https://www.clshealthcare.nl/ There she had the chance to design the Moonshake massager. Which is actually produced and sold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3Kmq8pN9Gg On top of that, she had a you ..read more