Design Portfolio

EMILIE LANGLOIS

product
design

about me

design exhibitions
futuring

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graphic design

research & publications

Hi my name is Emilie Langlois, a proactive student on the pursuit of my dream :

becoming an industrial designer. I am driven by the passion of designing products that
will facilitate peoples lives, fufill societal needs, and most importantly designing products that can contribute to the sustainable development of our world. I embrace challenges and am eager to discover the different disciplines within the fields of design
and engineering together with how these can be merged to give birth to innovation.

About Me..

EDUCAT ION
2012-2013
2014-2017

International Baccaluareate Diploma (Bilingual)

BSc. Industrial Design Engineering
(currently in 3rd year)

SKILLS
I
CAD
AUTOCAD

LANGUAGES
English - mother tongue
French - mother tongue
Dutch - elementary profficiency
Mauritian creole - working profficiency

SOLIDWORKS
BLENDER
SKETCHUP

GRAP HIC
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

ADOBE MUSE

WEB

WORDPRESS

MAC OSX
MICROSOFT SUITE

2015 Beta Factory Award

Living Labs Centre of Expertise, Netherlands
2014 World Citizen Talent Scholarship
The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

ADOBE INDESIGN
ADOBE AFTEREFFECTS

AWARDS

PRODUC T IV I T Y

2013 Harvard Model United Nations Congress Europe, Madrid

Certicate of Merit for Participation in the Group of 15 Comitee
2012 Information Technology & Design Technology year prize
Le Bocage International School, Mauritius
2012 Omnicane Award, Mauritius (Finalist Special Prize)

EXP ERIENCE

2014-2015

Open Innovation Design Agency, Netherlands

Coordinator

2015-2017

BSc. Industrial Design Engineering

The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Currently in 3rd year of study

2015-2016

Enactus THUAS, Netherlands

Project Manager & Board Member

netherlands
April-May
2016

Vietnam Association for Nature and

the Environment (VACNE)
Research project

Vietnam

mauritius

2012-2013

International Bacalureate Diploma

Le Bocage International School, Mauritius

2014

Metalite Co Ltd, Mauritius

Assistant Product Designer
Internship

1. PRODUCT

DESIGN
AutoCad

Sketch Up

Adobe Illustrator

Blender

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Solar Bollard
Tags Solar Power
Lighting

Client Metalite Co. Ltd

The solar bollard was designed as an outdoor light
bollard to be used by hotels on the island of Mauritius. It is solar powered with a form inspired by a tropical tree and was manufactured by laser cutting aluminum and manually bending and assembling the parts.

Solar Cell
Top Cover Box
Aluminium 3mm

Solar Power
Why solar ?

Perspex Light Diffuser

Main Body - Aluminium (8mm)

PV cells made from the

1 ton

silicon in
of sand
can produce as much
electricity as burning

Supporting Base
Aluminium (8mm)

500,000

tons of coal in
a power plant.
So the question we should
be asking ourselves is not
why solar but why coal ?

SOLAR
BOLLARD

800mm

8
200mm

NOOMI
   

Noomi

Tags Socially Responsible Design

Sustainable Energy

Client Doctors without Borders (MSF)

Noomi is a portable energy-generating toy , designed to
bring light to boys and girls in refugee camps. Powered by
an entirely self-dependent mechanism, children will have
access to a rechargeable light source anytime, anywhere.

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PLAY =  3 LIGHT

  

 
In refugee
camps,


90%

NO

of families have
access to electricity.

NOOMI

CHALL
-ENGE


 





 
 
 

  
 
 
More
than  of

these

  


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refugees
are children.
the

 unprotected.
 


dark, they
feel

50%

They cannot go to the communal facilities and are unable to

do their homework.

 
 


 


For
lighting, they
use

kerosene lamps. These are

DANGEROUS,
UNSUSTAINABLE and
EXPENSIVE.

A PORTABLe
ENERGY-GENERATING TOY
Design a product that is fueled by children and the activities performed by them.
The product should be self-reliant, operating with mostly user input, and serve as an
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amusing occupation for the children to generate electricity with.


 




   


Noomi is powered by its users through the many

different ways of playing. By playing during the day,
with their friends or alone, energy will be generated and stored in a battery, which in-turn is used to
power the LED light when desired.
The play to power ratio is 1:5, meaning 35 minutes
of play provides 3 guaranteed hours of light! Noomi
holds one 10mm LED inside which is amplified with
reflective material, providing a bright shining companion to help in providing security for the children.
Noomi can be either played by itself, or expand on
the options of play by attaching
a rope to its specifically designed rope holes!

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Mins
Play

= 3

Hours
Light

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A small-scaled solution to
a greater problem. With
Noomi, children are given
the opportunity to play
with a product that will in
turn provide them with
light when
the sun sets.

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PLAY

POWER

LIGHT

Many diverse solutions enable displaced people to access energy through renewable resources such as wind,
solar or water. Several of them are efficient, however,
what nearly all of them lack is the ability to be used in
all camps across the globe; regardless of the location,
weather conditions and time of day.
Users of products providing energy access are always dependent on an external factor beyond their control that
acts as the core power source of the product to deliver
electricity to its users.
With this innovative product, thousands of children could
have the possibility to do their homework when its dark,
eat in light or have a torch when going to the communal
facilities, all without being vulnerable to other dangerous
energy sources such as kerosene lamps currently used.
Noomi is a sustainable solution which can positively impact the lives of children in refugee camps where electricity is rare or even inexistent, by bringing light to their
daily lives.

NUMEROUS
PLAY
POSSIBILITIES

DEVELOPED
SPECIFICALLY
FOR CHILDREN

EACH PRODUCT
HAS A UNIQUE
APPEARANCE
USER -POWERED

SAFE

NO EXTRA
COMPONENTS
NEEDED

WATER &
TERRAIN
RESISTANT

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Succesfully
funded via

Check out our campaign !

www.kickstarter.com/projects/2054120018/noomi

Noomi exhibited at
a TEDx event

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Hex

Tags Furniture

Geometrical Design

Client Craft Markets

Designed for those with limited desk/ground
space, Hex is a modern desk to wall organizer, enabling its users to capitalise the (usually underused)
wall space inside their home. Hex is composed of
several storage units, designed to fit common desk
items such as stationery and digital accessories.

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Hex is inspired by a bees honeycomb and its

modern design, composed of a mix of geometrical shapes make it ideal for students ,
young workers and home workers who often
have cluttered desks, along for those with a
taste for the design culture.

Unit
Arrangment
options

Hex can accommodate a maximum of 5 units.

These units are attached to a backboard via
magnets which enables the user to easily
move them around to create an arrangement
that best suits him/her.

Sample of
different
types of units

Movable & Rearrangable Units

Strong Magnet Connection

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A personal desk
to wall organizer

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Ready to go box
Food Waste

Tags Meals

International

Client Innovation Company

The amount of fruits and vegetables left unbought at supermarkets due to customers refusing to buy near to perfect looking produce is appalling. The Ready to go box
is a meal box enabling customers to cook a full meal for
up to 4 people straight from the box. The box contains
a selection of fruits & vegetables with a slightly damaged
appearance, and other non-perishable foods which together, provide the ingredients needed to cook a specific meal. The customers are charged just for the non fruit
& vegetable items within the box, making it cheaper for
them to prepare the meal, and the selection of items in the
box is based on what left-over fruits & vegetables the supermarket has. Recipes include curry, fruit pie,pasta, etc..

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FACTORS INFLUENCING FOOD WASTE

PERCEPTION

In Supermarkets, customers are reluctant

to buying fruits & vegetables that do not
have a near to perfect appearance. As a
result, many produce is left unsold although these are still edible.

Wouldnt it be nice if less fruits &

vegetables were wasted in supermarkets ?

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Concept
Customer not
charged for fruits &
vegetables in box
Customer charged
only for non-perishable goods

Box can be sold at

low price
Image of supermarket enhanced
Waste made
valuable

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Prototyping & User Testing

Aqua Vega
Tags Aquaponics
DIY

Client Personal Project

Aqua Vega is a small-scale aquaponic system which enables its users to grow vegetables and spices straight
from their home. The artefact allows vegetables and spices to be grown with their roots planted in water in which
fish deposit waste. This fish waste enables the plants
to get all the nutrients they require for survival. Whats
unique about Aqua Vega, is that it can be constructed
straight from home with easily purchasable materials.

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Plants / Vegetables

Nutrients
for
Plants

The floating
cubicles have
a hole at their
base in order
to allow the
plants roots to
reach the water
where it gets all
its nutrients and
needs.

Produce Oxygen

Aquaponics
Fish

Fish Waste

PLANTS
WATER : ROOTS &
FISH HABITAT
FISH

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DIY
2 x acrylic
circles

1 PVC
pipe

1 smaller PVC
pipe cut to make
the cubicles

Waterproof
polystyrene to make
the cubicles float

Aqua Vega

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2. GRAPHIC
DESIGN

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HUISARTSENPRAKTIJK

DEKER

Corporate Branding

William Deker, huisarts

www.huisdodeker.com
huis@huisartsinfo.com
072-3570390

Tags Logo

Branding
Client Deker Huisartsenpratijk
Look Over your Shoulder

John Duke

General Manager

LOOK

OVER YOUR
SHOULDER

The following two projects involve the branding of two

clients : Deker Huisartsenpratijk , ( a general practicitoner/family doctors practice) and Look Over Your
Shoulder, an organisation working with cyber safety.
For both of these clients, a logo was created in order to
represent their organisations to the wider public.

www.loys.com
j.duke@loys.com
0617928585

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HUISARTSENPRAKTIJK

General Practitioners

DEKER

www.huisdodeker.com

HUISARTSENPRAKTIJK

General Practitioners

DEKER

072-3570390

HUISARTSENPRAKTIJK

DEKER

William Deker, huisarts

www.huisdodeker.com
huis@huisartsinfo.com
072-3570390

HUISARTSENPRAKTIJK

General Practitioners

DEKER

www.huisdodeker.com
072-3570390

HUISARTSENPRAKTIJK

DEKER

William Deker, huisarts

www.huisdodeker.com

072-3570390

www.huisdodeker.com
huis@huisartsinfo.com
072-3570390

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LOOK
OVER YOUR

SHOULDER

John Duke

John Duke

General Manager

General Manager

LOOK

OVER YOUR
SHOULDER

www.loys.com
j.duke@loys.com
0617928585

LOOK

OVER YOUR
SHOULDER

www.loys.com
j.duke@loys.com
0617928585

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Menu Design
Tags Food & Drinks

Playful Design
Client Big Tree Backpackers & Bistro,
Vietnam

The following drinks and food menus were designed

for a Bistro located on the beach in Vietnam. Big Tree
Backpackers & Bistro was in need of a more welcoming
and playful menu which is why I adapted this style to
the menus created.

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MENU
Entree
Crumbed Calamari
, herbed mayonnai
se 60
Roasted Eggplan
t, mushroom sauce.
..... 90
Pizza Da Lat, egg,
cheese, onion..........
.. 60
Crispy Prawn Panca
kes, fresh herbs......
. 80
Home-Made Humm
us, sesame cracke
rs 60
Spring Rolls, pork/
tofu 50, crispy fish
..... 60
Hand-cut Fries, ma
yonnaise................
.... 50
Spicy Chicken Wi
ngs, barbeque sau
ce... 90

BAGUETTE
Large

Fried Noodles, chi

cken/beef/seafood
/tofu 95
Fried Rice, chicke
n/beef/seafood/to
fu........95
Pasta, fresh tomato
sauce, cheddar.......
......90
+ bacon or chicke
n 30 or prawn 40
Fish & Chips, tartar
sauce.....................
.....120
Burger & Chips.....
..............................
.........95
add cheese,bacon
,egg, pineapple.....
...10
Tofu, tomato, tam
arind or lemongra
ss.
........85
Beef, soy, lemon
& pepper sauce,
rice...... 120
Chicken, tamarind
or coconut, rice.....
.......120
Tuna Steak, tomato
or pepper sauce,
rice 120
Squid, fried or sw
eet & sour, rice.....
..100/120
Prawns, steamed
or sate sauce, rice
..........120
Pho, chicken/beef
/seafood/tofu......
.............95

salads/vegetables

Green Mango Sal

ad.........................
....... 70
+noodles 25, chicke
n 30 or prawn 40
Stier Fried Vegetab
les.........................
... 55
Salad la Frana
ise, sesame cracke
rs.....65
+ tuna or chicken3
0
Mango & Tomato
Salad, crackers.......
.... 70

Please see blackboar

d for specials !
please inquire if you
are interested in a
home-style dinner
(6 pax minimum) !

Grilled Sausage &

Roasted Onion...
55
Cheese & Salad.....
............................
55
Tuna & Salad..........
............................
55
Bacon, Lettuce &
Tomato...............
.. 55
Soy & Chili Chick
en.........................
.. 55
Prawn & Wasabi
Mayonnaise...........
70

Breakfast

(Served all Day)

Cornake...............
...........................
30
Bread, Butter &
Jam........................
30
Fruits & Yoghurt
..............................
. 60
Muesli, fruits, yog
hurt & milk............
60
Bread & Eggs, frie
d or scrambled....
40
Pancake, banana
or mango............
.. 50
Bread, Bacon & Eg
gs.......................
70
The Big Breakfast
, bacon, eggs,
pancakes, fruit &
coffee/tea.............
110

desserts
Ice Cream,cocon
ut, chocolate, straw
berry 15
2 scoops.............
........................25
Yoghurt...............
..............................
..........10
Crpes + sugar,lime
..............................
..... 25
+ ice cream..........
..........................40
+ mango.................
....................... 40

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Cold drinks

Drinks

Beer : Saigon La
ger, Lowen Pils
20 Tiger... 30
Soda,Tonic, Coke
, Diet Coke, Fanta
, 7UP... 20
Water................
............................
.............. 15
Homemade Ging
er Beer.............
.............. 40
Basil Lime Soda
............................
.............. 30
Lemon Lime Bit
ters......................
............. 30

Cocktails

Juices,smoothies, m

Haven Passion
Cream, rum,lim
e,sweetened pa
Dark & Stormy,
ssion fruit......70
rum, homemade
ginger beer, bit
Basil Smash, Vie
ters............60
tnamese basil, lim
e,soda,vodka or
Big Tree Sunrise
gin.....70/80
, tequila,mango
,peach liqueur.....
Haveluna, vodk
................. 70
a, kahlua, banana
,passion fruit......
Moscow Mule,
................. 70
vodka,lime, home
made ginger be
Bourbon Sour,
er.............. 80
Jim Beam,lime,s
ugar.....................
Jacks Lemonade
.................. 80
, Jack Daniels,C
ointreau,lime,7up
Cocoloco, fresh
............... 90
coconut topped
with rum............
..................60

spirits

Son Ha Rhum or
Ha Noi Vodka wit
h mixer..............
Jim Beam, Smirn
40
off, Gordons Gi
n, Bacardi,
Campari, Kahlu
a, Cointreau or
Ricard with mixe
Tequila, Jack Da
r...60
niels, Johnnie Wa
lker with mixer..
70

ilkshakes

Fresh Juices : pa
ssion fruit, pinea
pple, watermelon
Smoothies : ba
, carrot 40
nana, mango or
mixed..................
V-Fresh Juices:
............... 40
apple, orange..
............................
Lime Juice........
................ 25
............................
............................
Coconut Juice....
.............15
............................
....
Milkshakes: choc
............................
olate,strawberry
.......30
,coconut...........
................40

Tea and coffee

Black tea, w/mi

lk.........................
................15
Green tea, hot
or iced..............
...................15
Vietnamese co
ffee, hot, cold,
w/milk........ 25

wine
Da Lat White, gla
ss 50, bottle........
.............. 200
G7 Cabernet Sa
uvignon, glass 75
, bottle....360
G7 Sauvignon Bla
nc, glass 75, bo
ttle...........360

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Fact Sheet & Annual Report

GLOBAL FACTS
Enactus is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring
students to improve the world through entrepreneurial action. We
provide a platform for teams of outstanding university students to create
community development projects that put peoples own ingenuity and
talents at the center of improving their livelihoods. Guided by educators
and supported by business leaders, our students take the kind of entrepreneurial approach that empowers people to be a part of their own
success. Our work transforms both the lives of the people we serve, and
in turn, the lives of our students as they develop into more effective,
values-driven leaders.

Our projects are all built with the

aim of meeting certain Enactus
Criterion to ensure that we are
creating projects that empower
people in need by applying business and economic concepts and
an entrepreneurial approach to
improve their quality of life and
standard of living.

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Countries

450

Corporate & Organizational Partners

1,650

University Programs

6,100
Projects

70,500
Students

Tags Corporate Documents

Report & Flyer/Brochure

Client Enactus THUAS, Netherlands

Enactus THUAS expressed the wish to have a rather
unique annual report in order to be distinguished from
the other organizations in its franchise. Following which
the Enactus THUAS Annual Report 2015 was created with an interactive form, its readers could fold it in
different manners and also stand it up on their desks.
Accompanying this annual report is a fact sheet which
was also designed by me.

2,8 Million
People Impacted

To do as such we need to consider

the relevant social, environment
and economic impacts.

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Factsheet

Enactus
Annual
Report
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an lao

Jungle
experience

Jungle Tour Brochure

Tags Brochure

Promotion
Client Big Tree Backpackers & Bistro,
Vietnam
The Jungle Tour Brochure is a promotional one, presenting
the tour offered by Big Tree Backpackers & Bistro in Vietnam.
It is also informational, including all the details of the adventure together with some insights of what is to be expected.

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Itinerary & Travel

an lao options
Quy nhon
bai xep

Bai Xep

Quy Nhon own bike or taxi

120k

quy nhon
an lao
an lao

an lao own bike or bus

60k
jungle own bike or rent a bike
w/driver 80/120k
quy nhon way back last bus leaves @ 16:00 60k

and if you wish to go to hoi an after the trip...

an lao
hoi an - Bus @ 05:00 AM 120k
option to stay at a hotel in an lao for 1 night 200k

our local guides

lead you into the
wildnerness of an
laos jungle where
you set up the
camp for the night
nearby a waterfall.
leave big tree @ 6;45
Bring :

sleep in a hammock,
catch your own food,
help build the camp,
make a fire
and
explore all nature
has
to
offer.

700 k
includes 3 meals, accomodation,
and your local guide.

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3. FUTURING

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Independent Living in 2030

Tags Future Scenarios

Research
Client Beta Factory, Living Labs Center
of Expertise, Netherlands
Creating future visions and scenario planning helps
companies and organizations to sharpen their strategies and
prepare for the future demands and unpredictable changes
that will occur in markets and society. The aim of our project was
to create a plausible future vision of 2030 for our client Living
Labs, in order to help them become aware of the possibilities
and their value in researching health care products and services,
which are supporting independent living in the future. We also
created an insightful manual, a roadmap to stir Learning Labs to
make the right actions on their way to achieve their future goals.

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WHAT MAKES THE

ELDERLY HAPPY ?
Mobility
Independence
Relationships
DEPENDENCE

30%

In 2009,
of doctors
in the EU were 55+. By
2020, more than
doctors will retire per
year.

60,000

Number of health
proffesionals
decreasing

High
Acceptance
of Technology

Community
focused society

Individualistic
Society

Low
Acceptance
of Technology

MOBILITY

UNHAPINESS

Limitation in
Mobility

Decline in social
interactions

+
=
Loneliness

Future Focus :
Technology & Community oriented

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40

Future Roadmaps..

Society

For Exoskeletons
aiding elderly

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Technology

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Communication

Beta Factory Award

Trends & drivers

Future trends and drivers

In 15 years, the percentage of elderly people will
double going from 11.8% to a 24,5%. This increase
is caused by a raise in life expectancy. According
to the 2014 Volksgezondheid Toekomst Verkenning
(VTV) 1
the dutch will raise from 79 to 82 for men and 83
to 85 for women. Moreover, an increase in chronic
illnesses faced by elderly is also noted in the report.
This implies that as a consequence of early detection
of illnesses in the future, people live with chronic diseases for longer.

PRIZE

The question of whether people will be more independently oriented our community focused in the
future is yet to be known, as several trends suggest
both possibilities. Research has proven that the
amount of lonely elderly has increased in the past
decade and will most probably follow this trend in
the future. This suggests that the elderly are and will
be (may it be by default or not) living and being
individual rather than community oriented.
Furthermore, In the future, the rise of the old population will have an impact on public healthcare.
The taxes paid by the active population will not be
enough to cover all the expenses for the elderly
people.
cover the needs of the population which will help
the transition to a more self-care population. Rather
than going to the doctor, people could take care of
themselves where possible.
Indeed, according to the Action Plan for the EU
Health Workforce 2 , In 2009, about 30% of all
1
health-forecast-2030

ticed. Due to the lack of replacement for the doctors

that are retiring , society will move towards the use
of technology to replace some tasks that used to
be done solemnly by doctors, such as monitoring.
Moreover, society will become community oriented
due to the fact that it will become an ultimate need
in the future to have to take care of each other
because of the lack of medical staff in hospitals,
nursing homes and medical institutions.

doctors in the EU were over 55 years of age and

by 2020 more than 60 000 doctors or 3.2% of all
European doctors are expected to retire annual -

Such a trend could thus suggest that society could

become community oriented. The trend noted towards a collective society is not caused only due to
the decline in medical staff but also because several
other factors. Due to resource depletion increasing
every year, some people prefer to share rather than
own many products , thus, less waste is created.
Moreover, people have adopted the practice of get ting rid of the things that they dont use. Via second
hand markets they can obtain money in return for
the things they sell. Global Consumers Embrace the
Share Economy, published by NIELSEN, provides
evidence that this modern practice has become a
trend, through their survey of which the results stated that 35% of Millennials and 7% of Generation
Z are more willing than older generations - 17%
of Generation X and 7% of Baby Boomers 3 to use
or rent products.

supply of doctors as compared to the increasing

demand caused by the increasing population and
increasing life expectancy of the elderly will be no -

the strUcture of the population

in the netherlands

2015

It has been observed that people have begun in

the past few years also rent out their underused

population

sharing is made possible these days through social

media and technology such as Facebook which is
ubiquitous. Sharing technology is also a tendency
which has recently become popular. Open Source
software available via internet and accessible to all
as a result of its free price clearly hints that society
may be moving towards priming collaboration and
collectiveness, and access over ownership.

16.844.000

Since Internet was created, one of the biggest fears

of the ones using it is that all them privet things
come to light. We can take as an example Face book, company who stores all the things that are
posted. This is why they say that when something
is uploaded to the cloud it cant be erased. This is
why people in the future will be more careful about
where they store the personal data and who has

2030
population

17.268.000

3 Global Consumers Embrace the Share Economy. Nielsen. May 28, 2014.

healthcare_workforce_en.pdf

al-consumers-embrace-th...

the main DRIVERS

acceptance of technology
interaction of people
access to. As an example that personal information
has become something very important we can notice that before thieves used to rob banks, now they
also still personal data.
Now in the technological era, we all are connected
by a single device that allows you to interact with
nearly everyone. But what happens when people
are not using this technology, like the elderly people. Well they get disconnected from the world. Old
people have a tendency to become lonely people
not just because of the lack in skill in technology but
also because of natural restrictions. There is already
some solutions that are being develop, such as ro botic pets. So is easy to believe that this subject will
After some research about the main trends that may
affect the evolution of the healthcare industry, we
focus on which driver should we take to create the
future scenarios. We found that technology was one
of our main drivers because everything is related to
this subject. So we decided after a long discussion
that we should focus in the social aspect of the technology, which means how people will react to the
impact of this one. This is the reason why we choose
as one of our two drivers the acceptance (low/high)
of technology.
For our second driver we thought about how people
will interact among them. For example if people will
become more open-minded and will start helping
the other, or in the opposite case, they will become
fore we decided to base our second driver on this
aspect, leading us to individualism/collectivism as
our second driver.

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4. RESEARCH &

PUBLICATIONS

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The rise of the

disabled through
cyborg technology

Basics of Technology
Tags Future Scenarios

Research
Client Beta Factory, Living Labs Center
of Expertise, Netherlands

Emilie Langlois
2015

Cyborg technology envolves the combination of technology

and nature within the boundaries of the human body.
This report focuses on the use of cyborg technology by the
disabled, and how more and more disabled are becoming
cyborgs as a measure to surpass their disabilities and
be independent. Many disabled have mobility problems due
to their disability, and through the various products and solutions developed within the field of cyborg technology, the
lives of the disabled have been revolutionized.

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CONTEXT
The world comprises of more than 1 billion
disabled, representing 15% of the worlds
population. 1
A person is considered disable if he or she is
limited in their movements, senses, or activities and is prevented or unable to perform
certain actions or movements. People can be
attained by a disability either from the very
moment they are born or as a consequence
of having an accident or being attained by a
disease which can affect their natural body
capabilities and functioning.
Many developments are undergoing within
disabled to retrieve their full body capabilities. Mankind has not accepted limits and has
forever been determined to look for solutions
directing ourselves towards technological and
problems rather than biological and natural
ones whos scope of limits are much narrower.
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WHO Disability and Health Fact sheet

Indeed, as Nico Person states in our interview, there is a need for new technology, the
old products are at the end of there lifecycle.
As a result, we now live in a world where not
only nature is driving design (biomimicry),
but design is also driving nature.
Through this new way of designing and developing, people with a disability, are now able
to augment that disability with technology.
Such applications range from wheelchairs,
and more recently exoskeletons to enable
mobility, retinal implants to allow visually
impaired to see or cochlear implants for the

Artificial
solutions and
alternatives
rather than
natural ones

With such advances in technology, the

dependence and limitations of people
attained with physical disabilities has
decreased. The way our culture and society regard and think about the disabled
is also undergoing change. Indeed, what
it now means to be disabled has evolved
and will continue to do as such with time.
One of the main drivers that plays a cruhas accounted for most of the change in
nology.

for disabilities are being developed within a

For every 10
adults in t he
world, 2 live with
a disability

nanotechnology and implantables. These are

all contributing and enabling the disabled to
extensively retrieve the natural capabilities
the human body has .
5% of the worlds
population (360 million
people) have disabling
hearing loss

12.1 million disabled in

the world require
assistance for day to
day tasks

Eighty per cent of the

disabled live in
developing countries.

1,OOO,OOO,OOO
12.1

THE NUMBER
OF
DISABLED IN THE WORLD

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Eutrophication caused by domestic waste water

disposal in urban Vietnam.
Emilie Langlois
The Hague University of Applied Sciences
14000849

Abstract: The environment is a topic of increasing interest in todays world. The

following paper reports on a research project in which the vicious cycle of
EutrophicaDon was explored in the context of Vietnam, with regards to domesDc
wastewater disposal. A considerable amount of experts and organisaDons were
consulted, locals surveyed and observaDons conducted. The results proclaim that
Vietnam is rapidly destroying its environment and it is its inhabitants themselves who
are contribuDng to the creaDon of eutrophic water bodies with their daily acDviDes.
The country needs a unique and tailored approach to bring about a change to the
vicious cycle of EutrophicaDon as it is inuenced and retained by several factors not
of concern in developed countries where successful waste management and
treatment systems are in use. Due to the economic and infrastructural limitaDons
present, a natural or nature inspired approach is recommended to be introduced
towards the end of the cycle to treat the already eutrophic waterbodies, coupled with
the conDnuos educaDng of local communiDes to give them the means to contribute
to generate the change needed, in a sustainable manner.

Keywords: Change, Cycle, EutrophicaDon, Vietnam, WasteWater.

1. Introduc<on

International Research Project

Tags Waste water management

Eutrophication in Vietnam
Client The Hague University of Applied Sciences
Vietnam Association of Nature & Environment
As part of an International Research Project I went to Vietnam to investigate the waste water situation and the phenomenon of Eutrophication over a period of 10 weeks.

Have you ever wondered what happens when you ush the toilet, take a shower , or wash
your dishes ? If you live in a developed country , chances are you probably dont have to
worry about where all this domesDc wastewater goes. Indeed, this is because in such
countries, near to every urban household is connected to municipal sewerage systems which
swallow all our household wastewater and treat it accordingly.
However, in many SouthEast Asian countries, this is not the case. In the context of Vietnam,
the majority of wastewater at the household level is untreated, and simply discharged into
surrounding water bodies. This pracDce can have many repercussions on the environment
and populaDon of Vietnam, especially as it gives rise to a process called EutrophicaDon.
ExisDng literature portrays and also suggests that the issue has been acknowledged as a
problem by both the populaDon (Pham Thi Tuong Vi , A. Terry Rambo 2003) and the

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Emilie Langlois
14000849

Context & Problem..

In Vietnam, the majority of wastewater at the household level is untreated, and simply discharged into
surrounding water bodies. Indeed, of the 2,032,000
m3 municipal wastewater produced per day,only a
shameful 10% of it is treated.

VIETNAM PRODUCES

2,032,000 m

EUTROPHICATION LEADS TO :

This practice can have many repercussions on the

environment and population of Vietnam, especially
as it gives rise to a process called Eutrophication.
The high phosphorous and nitrogen content found
in household wastewater lead to algae blooms in the
lakes,rivers or ocean in which they are discharged.
The rapid growth and decay of the algae results in a
disruption of ecosystems.

DISRUPTION IN THE ECOSYSTEM

OF THE WATERBODY

TOXICITY OF THE WATER AND SPECIES :

ONLY

AFFECTING THE FOOD CHAIN

10%

Moreover, the water and the species living in a

eutrophic lake/river/ sea, are intoxicated due to the
proliferation of cyanobacteria. This results in adverse
health effects for the population who will at a later
stage in the food chain consume these species
(mainly fish), and drink water (although it has been

OF IT IS
TREATED

DECREASED AESTHETIC
VALUE OF THE WATER BODY.

MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER PER DAY

WHICH IS MAINLY
DISCHARGED INTO RIVERS, LAKES &
PONDS WITHOUT TREATMENT

EXCESS OF NUTRIENTS
AS A RESULT,
WATERBODIES BECOME

[2]

EUTROPHIC

+
LEAD TO ALGAE BLOOMS
AND CONSEQUENTLY
EUTROPHICATION

While some plants and species thrive in these conditions others die due to the lack of oxygen (consumed by the thriving organisms).
The aesthetic value of an eutrophic water body is
affected as the turbidity of the water increases, a
strong smell of algae rises and the water body
changes color (usually becoming green or reddish
brown).

Lakes are polluted by an increased development alongside them. The government ignores
this because they benefit financially from this
development.
[4]

treated it will contain many chemicals).

Indeed, water in eutrophic bodies need a
lot of treatment, this implies using chlorine
and other carcinogenic products to eliminate the toxins present.

ONLY

50%
OF THE RESPONDENTS SURVEYED
SAID THEY WERE CONNECTED TO
THE MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SYSTEM

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LED LIGHTING AS A STARTING

POINT AND DRIVER
while designing buildings

Lighting in the design of buildings

Tags Retail Lighting
Research

Client Invent Design

This piece of research is focused on Lighting in the field of
retail. It explores the society and how design affects
peoples behaviour and decisions in regards to shopping
malls. With a client who specialises in the design of lighting
it was important to explore the effect visual design has in the
environment of shopping centres, and do this with the interest of the direct target group in mind, the shoppers.

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Industrial Design Engineering
2015

5. DESIGN

EXHIBITIONS

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Open Innovation Expo

Tags Future Scenarios

Research
Client Beta Factory, Living Labs Center
of Expertise, Netherlands
I was the Coordinator
of the Open Innovator Design Agency of the Industrial Design Engineering program at The Hague University of Applied Sciences.
I managed six teams with a total of +-20 people. We organised
the annual IDE Expo to showcase our student projects and network with professionals within the design/engineering field.

See more of the expo at : www.openinnovator.nl

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Pictures from the Open Innovation Expo 2015

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IDE Expo 2016

Noomi Exposed

Nooomi, the portable energy generating toy

for refugee camps was exhibited at three different expos this year. These included TEDx
Delft and the 2016th edition of IDE Expo.

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EMILIE LANGLOIS

langlois_emilie@outlook.com