Big Picture Lab
You don’t need to be a visionary to see that humanity faces huge challenges. They are seen and recognized by governments, NGOs, industry and citizens. They all agree on these challenges, but still it is remarkable and frustrating that change is going slowly due to the wickedness of the problems. In the Big Picture Delft Design Lab graduate students, researchers, companies and organisations work together in solving larger than life issues in the public-private domain. The only way to tackle these problems is to look at all levels and especially at a system and organization level. In the lab we have the ambition to create visions and prototyping solutions.
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Graduation project – Foster Resilience
COLUMN: There is hope for the major societal challenges!
‘Plans for Corona app a shambles’ ran the headline in the Algemeen Dagblad, a Dutch newspaper, after the now infamous ‘Appathon’ event organized in mid-April by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport to test and improve apps designed combat the spread of corona. In other media, too, there was nothing but harsh criticism of this experimental attempt to come up with a lockdown exit strategy. The unanimous verdict was that it was a total failure. But why exactly? Viewed from the perspective of innovation, the way in which the government tackled this complex issue was a sign of a real change, a sign of hope for all major challenges faced by society today.
Graduation Project – Humanitarian Innovation at the Netherlands Red Cross
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