About me.
I'm a fourth (and last) year Communication & Multimedia Design student on the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, where I specialize in User Experience Design. I'm graduating in 2009 and I'm currently looking for a graduation internship.
For my graduation project I'm looking into the balance between tangible and intangible interactions in a product, process or environment. Tangible interactions are much richer. Things like textures, smells and other stimuli play a role here. I believe that in every product there's a optimal balance between tangible and intangible interactions which will result in a more optimal user experience.
In the past I did my internship at Fabrique at which I afterwards worked as a junior interaction designer. Now I work on self-initiated projects. I always try to incorporate the WOW-factor in design while staying user-centered. I believe design should be engaging (also on a emotional level) and shift paradigms when the oppertunities are there.
Drop a line
- Tel: + 31 (0)619726251
- mail@denniskoks.com
Where I speak my mind.
That's on Johnny Holland. Johnny is all about interaction and experience design. It's a collaborative initiative from the Johnnies where we talk, discuss and share our findings, questions and curiosities with the rest of the world.
On Johnny I write mostly about physical (tangible) interactions and psychology and I'm also the editor of both these categories. If you feel the uncontrollable need to share your knowledge on experience design with Johnny, don't hesitate to drop a line.
Latest stuff on JohnnyHolland.org
Work & Play.
Web | Mobile | Installation | Research
- Project: Transparent Spaces
- Through: Self-initiated
- Job: Co-founder | Designer | Researcher
A project which explores how we can use online data and data from the physical environment, to improve social cohesian in physical spaces. Important issues are the relationships between, and different interpretations of, data. As well as providing interaction triggers based on this social data. This is an ongoing project.
Web
- Client: Gerritse
- Through: Fabrique Communication & Design
- Job: Intern Interaction/Visual designer | Junior Interaction Designer
Gerritse is a big hardware supplier in the Netherlands which is targeted at the construction industry. Fabrique designed a webshop for them which is focussed on the workflow of the industry. I worked on it for four months.
Web
- Client: Amsterdam Tourist board
- Through: Fabrique Communication & Design
- Job: Junior interaction designer
For the Amsterdam Tourist Board Fabrique designed a website which provides all the information you need to plan your trip to Amsterdam. I worked on it for 3 to 4 weeks.
Application
- Client: Thiememeulenhoff
- Through: Fabrique Communication & Design
- Job: Visual designer
Thiememeulenhoff is a large publisher of educational material in the Netherlands. I created the designproposals for the application that's part of their music teachingmethod.
Physical
- Client: Sophia Childhospital
- Through: HRO
- Job: Concept | Research
For the Sophia Childhospital we came up with a concept for children between the age of 3 and 8 who need to be isolated. We developed a 'buddy' which monitors the child's health 24/7. Next to that it learnes from gestures, sound and touch and comes up with an response. Thereby providing the patient also with a playmate.
Web
- Client: Artstart
- Through: Thieme Grafimedia Groep
- Job: Visual designer | Concept | Positioning
Artstart is busy with building the largest digitalist art library in the Netherlands. We came up swith a concept to make this accesible. We've broken the traditional trail of artist-galleryholder-consumer and connected the artist directly to the consumer. Hereby we made the market more transparent and the process of buying art more accesible.