Continue reading Voice PoC sprint for publishing company

Voice PoC sprint for publishing company

As spin off of our innovation practice I was the creative and strategic lead for a Dutch voice project proof of concept sprint for a big publishing house. In order to create proof for a go-to-market strategy of the application of voice interfaces in the Netherlands we create Proof of Concepts. Goal was to go…

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Continue reading Digithon’s mini human centered design bootcamp in 20 minutes

Digithon’s mini human centered design bootcamp in 20 minutes

To profile Cognizant as an intersting employer and graduating company I helped organise a part of the Digithon. It was a huge success with over 80% followup after the event. My contribution was a 20 minutes bootcamp that I organised with my two colleagues Daniëlle and Marcha (coincidentally also the former graduates that joined my…

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Continue reading A true conversation with your event guests

A true conversation with your event guests

We believe that presenting yourself on events can be more fun, thought provoking and interactive with the help of conversational interfaces. That’s why we build a voice driven survey that engages and guides your booth or event guests through interesting and always relevant topics. We find ourselves quite often on events organized by our clients,…

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Continue reading Innovation practice: AI Garden

Innovation practice: AI Garden

Part of my responsibilities at Mirabeau/ Cognizant is to be the creative free radical for the Innovation Practice. That means: leveraging the power of technology and human centered design and story telling to our search for new opportunities. A.I. Garden was a wonderful project thought up by my colleague Dimitri and implemented by various workstudents…

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Continue reading Human Centered Design training #2, 3, 4 en meer

Human Centered Design training #2, 3, 4 en meer

Dit jaar komen er diverse Human Centered Design training onder de vlag van Mirabeau. We hebben ene flink plan neergelegd voor alle nieuwe graduates die binnenkomen bij Cognizant en een snelle verse voor de Mirabeau collega’s. Zoals het hoort besteden we veel aandacht aan de mensen en wat de mensen dagelijks zien als je bij…

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Continue reading Smart Building Data visualisation with a 3D printed controller

Smart Building Data visualisation with a 3D printed controller

Sometimes data cannot be easily read through graphs, lists or maps. Sometimes we need 3D. That’s why we mapped our climate sensor data onto a realtime 3D model. To control this ‘digital twin’ we also created a physical controller, shaped after our office building (KBF). This is the KBF-controller. Please note: I wrote this article…

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Continue reading ARrrrr, Happy ‘Talk Like A Pirate’ day!

ARrrrr, Happy ‘Talk Like A Pirate’ day!

We love all kinds of excuses to explore and learn new design tools and technology. This year we took ‘Talk Like A Pirate’ day as an excuse to explore Apple’s new AR Kit, because you can’t talk like a pirate without AR(rrrr)! Please note: This article was written by me, posted on the now defunct…

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Continue reading Reading between the lines, empathetic design with A.I.

Reading between the lines, empathetic design with A.I.

What if we could give people and companies the superpower to better see what other people truly mean when they’re chatting with each other. That was our mission about a year ago and we’ve got some wonderful results: we can now read between the lines, well, sort of. Please note: This article and it’s materials…

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Continue reading AM:Innosurance – De rol van verzekeraars binnen het Smart Home ecosysteem

AM:Innosurance – De rol van verzekeraars binnen het Smart Home ecosysteem

De potentiële impact en implicaties op en voor verzekeraars van smart home lijkt groots, met mogelijkheden om schade in, om en aan het huis flink te reduceren. Consumenten lijken van hun verzekeraar te verwachten deze (r-)evolutie te verrekenen door het verlagen van premies en te komen met slimme waardeproposities. Maar hoe kunnen verzekeraars een relevante…

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Continue reading Explore your next holiday with the Transavia Voice Assistant

Explore your next holiday with the Transavia Voice Assistant

Together with Transavia we created the Transavia Voice Assistant: by talking to your Google Home or Amazon Alexa, passengers can easily explore travel destinations and book their tickets. And in doing so, we enhanced the current flight search experience so that it perfectly suits the passengers’ need for effortless orientation and ticket booking. We are…

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Continue reading Human Centred Design Popup Store

Human Centred Design Popup Store

Energy, optimism and a lot of unexpected insights, that sums up our Human Centered Design pop-up store in Amsterdam! 🌈😎🙌🏻 @peetsneekes & @lisavic share their learnings and experiences with HCD #linkinbio👉💻 mirabeau_#mirabeau#humancentereddesign #hcd#designthinking #digitalagency#amsterdam #creatives #cognizant#graduates #innovation #popupstore#workingatmirabeau #agencylife#goals #digitaltransformation #tech#technology #digital #ai #innovation#creative #marketing #retail#dutchdigitaldesign #digitaldesign#coffee #ux #cx

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Continue reading Our Human Centered Design pop-up center

Our Human Centered Design pop-up center

Energy, optimism and a lot of unexpected insights, that sums up our two-day Human Centered Design boot camp. This time we created a pop-up Human Centred Design center in the heart of Amsterdam teaching 25 of our Young Graduates what Human Centred Design actually means. In this article we share our experiences and learnings. What…

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Continue reading AR Hackaton

AR Hackaton

Cool stuff! During our #ARHackathon last Friday, we created AR solutions and prototypes for air traffic controllers. Tons of creative power! ⚡🕶💡🔨 mirabeau_#augmentedreality#mirabeau #agencylife #mirabeaulife#ar #sig #specialinterestgroup #3D #vr#virtualreality #creatives#humancentereddesign #office#digitalagency #tech #technology#digital #innovation #digitaldesign#dutchdigitaldesign#digitaltransformation

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Continue reading Applied Innovation: The power of creativity, AR, AI in BeerRecognition

Applied Innovation: The power of creativity, AR, AI in BeerRecognition

We created something wonderful and kind of nerdy. It’s called BeerRecognition. It’s an immersive experience with a central role for beer bottles. To do so we mixed pattern recognition, augmented reality and beer brands together in one concept. A recipe for success. Please note: This article was written by me, posted on the now defunct…

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Continue reading Improve service with emojis and reading between the lines

Improve service with emojis and reading between the lines

Can we transform visual- and auditive emotional cues into emoji’s? And if so, can we improve your digital experience by reading between the lines? I think so. This is the pitch I send my colleagues to get them to research the subject. Please note: This article was written by me, posted on the now defunct…

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Continue reading MLP Sessie Cognizant

MLP Sessie Cognizant

Organisaties willen in het kader van digitalisering graag veranderen, vernieuwen en hun eigen datagoudmijnen ontginnen. Tijdens een unieke bijeenkomst in het Cognizant Digital Works Collaboratory in Amsterdam werd onder leiding van digitaal strateeg Paul de Leer een groep vooraanstaande CDO’s, CEO’s en CIO’s op weg geholpen met het ontwikkelen van ‘minimum viable products’. Samenwerking op…

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Continue reading Easily purchasing tickets with Transavia’s new chatbot

Easily purchasing tickets with Transavia’s new chatbot

The goal: To be where the customers are Leading airlines like Transavia, know that in order to remain competitive, they need to be where their customers are. The challenge: Adopting cognitive services Through cognitive services, customers can interact with companies from their messenger platforms –something Transavia somehow must adopt. Our approach: Exploring customer interactionFinding the key points…

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