The delft design for end of life lab

Marieke Sonneveld

doi:10.35199/epde2019.87

The delft design for end of life lab

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Applied Ergonomics and Design

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In the future, medical technology will prolong our lives significantly, thereby changing our perspectives on death and dying, and will question the quality of life in its final stage. It might well be that we not only prolong life, but the dying process as well. More and more, people will need to make decisions about how they envision their end of life. The Delft Design for End-of-Life lab addresses these questions from a design perspective: how could design support the quality of life in its final stage, and how could design support people in preparing for that final stage and communicating about it? And more in general: how could design contribute to death awareness and literacy in our societies? This paper introduces the different aspects of End-of-Life care as a foundation for the Delft Design for End-of-Life Lab, describes the lab illustrated with several design examples, and concludes with the lessons learned from Design for End-of-Life that may be relevant for other domains of design.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education
Subtitle of host publication	Towards a New Innovation Landscape, E and PDE 2019
Editors	Erik Bohemia, Ahmed Kovacevic, Lyndon Buck, Ross Brisco, Dorothy Evans, Hilary Grierson, William Ion, Robert Ian Whitfield
Publisher	Institution of Engineering Designers, The Design Society
ISBN (Electronic)	978-191225405-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.35199/epde2019.87
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	21st International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2019: the 21st International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2019) - University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 12 Sep 2019 → 13 Sep 2019 https://www.designsociety.org/publication/42217/DS+95%3A+Proceedings+of+the+21st+International+Conference+on+Engineering+and+Product+Design+Education+%28E%26PDE+2019%29%2C+University+of+Strathclyde%2C+Glasgow.+12th+-13th+September+2019

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Towards a New Innovation Landscape, E and PDE 2019

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Conference	21st International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2019
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	12/09/19 → 13/09/19
Internet address	https://www.designsociety.org/publication/42217/DS+95%3A+Proceedings+of+the+21st+International+Conference+on+Engineering+and+Product+Design+Education+%28E%26PDE+2019%29%2C+University+of+Strathclyde%2C+Glasgow.+12th+-13th+September+2019

Keywords

Design for end-of-life
Design lab
Design reflections
Quality-of-life

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Sonneveld, M. (2019). The delft design for end of life lab. In E. Bohemia, A. Kovacevic, L. Buck, R. Brisco, D. Evans, H. Grierson, W. Ion, & R. I. Whitfield (Eds.), Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Towards a New Innovation Landscape, E and PDE 2019 (Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Towards a New Innovation Landscape, E and PDE 2019). Institution of Engineering Designers, The Design Society. https://doi.org/10.35199/epde2019.87

Sonneveld, Marieke. / The delft design for end of life lab. Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Towards a New Innovation Landscape, E and PDE 2019. editor / Erik Bohemia ; Ahmed Kovacevic ; Lyndon Buck ; Ross Brisco ; Dorothy Evans ; Hilary Grierson ; William Ion ; Robert Ian Whitfield. Institution of Engineering Designers, The Design Society, 2019. (Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Towards a New Innovation Landscape, E and PDE 2019).

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Sonneveld, M 2019, The delft design for end of life lab. in E Bohemia, A Kovacevic, L Buck, R Brisco, D Evans, H Grierson, W Ion & RI Whitfield (eds), Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Towards a New Innovation Landscape, E and PDE 2019. Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Towards a New Innovation Landscape, E and PDE 2019, Institution of Engineering Designers, The Design Society, 21st International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2019, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 12/09/19. https://doi.org/10.35199/epde2019.87

The delft design for end of life lab. / Sonneveld, Marieke.

Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Towards a New Innovation Landscape, E and PDE 2019. ed. / Erik Bohemia; Ahmed Kovacevic; Lyndon Buck; Ross Brisco; Dorothy Evans; Hilary Grierson; William Ion; Robert Ian Whitfield. Institution of Engineering Designers, The Design Society, 2019. (Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Towards a New Innovation Landscape, E and PDE 2019).

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Sonneveld M. The delft design for end of life lab. In Bohemia E, Kovacevic A, Buck L, Brisco R, Evans D, Grierson H, Ion W, Whitfield RI, editors, Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Towards a New Innovation Landscape, E and PDE 2019. Institution of Engineering Designers, The Design Society. 2019. (Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Towards a New Innovation Landscape, E and PDE 2019). doi: 10.35199/epde2019.87

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