Tamara van de Kruisweg

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My work

Reflecta

Reflecta – Interactive Mirror for People with Dementia

Reflecta is an interactive mirror designed to support people with dementia in their daily routines.
When someone stands in front of the mirror, a sensor activates step-by-step instructions to help them get dressed. When the user steps away, the guidance automatically pauses.

I was responsible for the concept, design, and functionality of the product.

During the expo, I had the opportunity to pitch our idea to representatives from Alzheimer Nederland and to people living with dementia, from whom we received valuable insights. Our concept was selected as one of the best ideas and that is something I’m very proud of.

This project made me realize that my true passion lies in designing for the medical field, a direction I want to continue developing myself in.

Blind Wall Gallery, The big escape

  • This is the start of the extention for the Blind Walls Gallery, The big escape
  • Here the player can select de level of difficulty, depending on the kind of players he is with. For example with kids
  • This is the overall info the player gets about the escape room
  • This is the adres for the first art work. You get that from the app and there the puzzles begin.
  • Here you find the puzzles
  • When you solve the puzzles at a wall you get this screen
  • After you completed a wall with the puzzles, you get some information from the artist themself
  • You get this clue screen when you go to the next art wall. and have to solve that riddle to get there.
  • So to check if you are by the right new art work you get this
  • This is the end screen of the game, where you can see your score
This is my latest project, which I created together with a classmate for our client Burg Burg.
They asked us to design an extension for the Blind Walls Gallery website that would encourage people from two target groups (ages 16–25 and 50–70) to make more use of the free walking route along the various art murals scattered throughout the city.

We came up with the idea of an escape room–style app aimed especially at the 50–70 age group, to motivate them to engage more with the platform. In developing this concept, we focused on creating an intuitive and user-friendly UX design keeping the functionality simple, yet giving the interface a cheerful and engaging look.

Bloombox

Project: The Bloombox

The Bloombox is an interactive experience aimed at young people, allowing them to create their own beats by planting a flower. With this project, we wanted to engage young people in making Tilburg greener in a playful way.

Next to this, you can see the prototype our group developed. Each hole where a flower was placed produced a different beat. By planting multiple flowers, you could create a unique rhythm each time. In this way, we aimed to give plants their sound back to the city of Tilburg.