{"id":1267,"date":"2009-01-30T17:33:30","date_gmt":"2009-01-30T15:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leapfrog.nl\/blog\/?p=1267"},"modified":"2026-09-21T09:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T07:56:37","slug":"the-2nd-dutch-this-happened-is-coming-this-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leapfrog.nl\/blog\/archives\/2009\/01\/30\/the-2nd-dutch-this-happened-is-coming-this-way\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2nd Dutch &#8216;This happened&#8217; is coming this way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re less than four weeks removed from the second edition of &#8216;This happened \u2013 Utrecht&#8217;. As you may know, this is an event I am organizing and curating together with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.data-overload.com\/\">Alexander<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forinspirationonly.com\/\">Ianus<\/a>. We\u2019re trying to offer an alternative to flashy product-focused (and fuzzy theory-based) sessions that are prevalent in the interaction design event landscape. &#8216;This happened&#8217; presentations are short stories about how a project came to be, warts and all. Think of them as the DVD extras for interaction design.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leapfrog.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/flickr-3001723831.jpg\" title=\"This happened \u2013 Utrecht #1 by Yohan Creemers\" data-orig-href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yohancreemers\/3001723831\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leapfrog.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/flickr-3001723831-500x333.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"This happened \u2013 Utrecht #1\" class=\"wp-image-4874\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3071\/3001723831_79a435382e.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leapfrog.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/flickr-3001723831-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/leapfrog.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/flickr-3001723831-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/leapfrog.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/flickr-3001723831-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/leapfrog.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/flickr-3001723831-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leapfrog.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/flickr-3001723831.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Monday February 23, we\u2019ll return to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaterkikker.nl\/\">Theater Kikker<\/a> in Utrecht, the Netherlands for #2. Our first edition was a success, and I\u2019m really looking forward to continuing the experiment. Here\u2019s who we\u2019ve invited this time to come and shed light on one of their projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Niels Keetels, a game design researcher at the HKU, will be talking about <a href=\"http:\/\/softbody.hku.nl\/\">Softbody<\/a>. A game that is interesting because of its lush expressive visuals, as well as the clever balancing of open-ended and goal-directed play. Oh, and how many games fo you know that had their mechanics inspired by honest-to-goodness field research?<\/li>\n<li>Sanne Kistemaker of Muzus will present <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LIKv7SX-AW0\">Piece of Family<\/a>, which was developed in collaboration with Vodafone. It\u2019s a communication device designed for the elderly, composed of a sketchpad and a scanner, which instantly posts whatever\u2019s written to a blog. The design won a prestigious Dutch Design Award. <\/li>\n<li>Irene van Peer, a celebrated product designer, will talk about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/14\/magazine\/14Ideas-Section2-C-t-007.html?partner=rss&#038;emc=rss\">Mahlangu Hand-washer<\/a>, which was featured in the New York Times 8th Annual Year in Ideas. It is both a product (developed as part of a sanitation project in Africa) that involves converting the cap of an empty bottle into a homemade tap, as well as a set of instructions that can be passed on from person to person. <\/li>\n<li>Finally, we have Naomi Schiphorst and Mieke Vullings of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mimoa.eu\/\">MIMOA<\/a>, who will show how their free and open online guide to modern architecture came into being. The site is aimed at a broad audience, not just architects, and aims to build a durable community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Head over to <a href=\"http:\/\/thishappened.nl\/\">the This happened \u2013 Utrecht website<\/a> for expanded descriptions of the talks (in Dutch). The registration will open on Monday February 9. I hope to see you there!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re less than four weeks removed from the second edition of &#8216;This happened \u2013 Utrecht&#8217;. As you may know, this is an event I am organizing and curating together with Alexander and Ianus. We\u2019re trying to offer an alternative to flashy product-focused (and fuzzy theory-based) sessions that are prevalent in the interaction design event landscape. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/leapfrog.nl\/blog\/archives\/2009\/01\/30\/the-2nd-dutch-this-happened-is-coming-this-way\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The 2nd Dutch &#8216;This happened&#8217; is coming this way<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[625],"tags":[15,11,10,130,674,673,614],"class_list":["post-1267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-events","tag-interaction-design","tag-ixd","tag-netherlands","tag-nl","tag-this-happened","tag-utrecht"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leapfrog.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leapfrog.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leapfrog.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leapfrog.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leapfrog.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1267"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/leapfrog.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4880,"href":"https:\/\/leapfrog.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267\/revisions\/4880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leapfrog.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leapfrog.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leapfrog.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}