The Icarus Idea

From building with LEGO’s to building LEGO, a surprising story of how our guest applied to LEGO. Apart from an interesting story he enlightens us with what he has learnt along the way. I can’t even begin to describe everthing that’s in here. !Hope you enjoy listening to LEGO design manager Jonathan Bennink. Let us know what your takeaway from the episode is! Jonathan’s baby LEGO Super Mario: https...

How to win the Hema Design contest? Claudia Bleeker tells Jens and Joris about her first steps on the journey to toddler toy designer. Her enthusiasm for hands-on design work will inspire you! Let us know what you learned and what you think of the episode! Have a look at Claudia’s website for all her projects: https://www.studiovanclau.com/ (personal favourites: “Houtje Touwtje” and “Voelvriendjes...

Timo creates designs that you've probably seen somewhere, at least if you go to festivals? What does he design? Find out in this episode. It’s time for our first seasons Swan Song, that’s right, our 10th and final episode of the Icarus Idea Season 1! In this episode Joris and Jean’s guest is Timo Lejeune. He is an Eindhoven Design alumni that’s working with huge music festivals in the Netherlands...

Tip: Let anger determine your career path and go work for IKEA, Douwe Egberts and Bo Weevil. It’s the first Friday of the month so we hope you’re ready for the 9th episode of the Icarus Idea! This time your boys Joris and Jean are speaking with Nienke Kea. She’s an allrounder who’ll let anger and passion determine her career path. That’s why she already worked at IKEA, Douwe Egberts and this momen...

What do you do at Festivals? Marian found her idea for the women urinal and became THE toilet expert of the Netherlands. This is the 8th episode of The Icarus Idea Podcast! Our guest this month is the amazing Marian Loth! Joris and Jean sit down and talk with The Toilet Expert of The Netherlands to learn about how she launched her career and how important specializing yourself is as an Industrial...

How can you do 'small' projects at 'big' companies such as KLM? Become a researcher! This is the 7th episode of The Icarus Idea Podcast! Our guest this month is the incredible Jornt van Dijk! Joris and Jean hang on the edge of their seats to learn about the University of Twente’s own Fraunhofer Project Center and how Jornt is helping smaller and larger companies modernise their production methods...

This is the sixth episode of The Icarus Idea Podcast! Jean and Joris discover what it's like to be a working professional industrial design engineer at Danone and Nedap with their guests this week: Robin Vermeulen and Hieu Nguyen! This episode is full of laughs, stories about the student lifestyle, the importance of recycling, Tibetan symbolism and a whole host of other random stuff to keep you en...

Is a Solar Powered Car a good project for an Industrial Designer? Of course it is, Frances tells all about her year in the Solarteam Welcome to the fifth episode of The Icarus Idea podcast! This week, Frances van Elburg on her experiences with the Solar Team as Marketing and Events manager. What can an Industrial Design engineer offer to a student team? What did she learn and how do you choose? Tu...

This is the fourth episode of The Icarus Idea podcast! Thanks so much for listening and let us know what you think in the comments! Today we are in Eindhoven (for the second time…) to talk about how to bring leftovers to haute-cuisine using a 3D-printer! Elzelinde van Doleweerd and Vita Broeken are travelling the world after a very successful Bachelor thesis assignment that got out of hand. They a...

From a IDE bachelor student to running a million dollar company? Bas tells the boys his path to succes This is the third episode of The Icarus Idea podcast! Thanks so much for listening and let us know what you think in the comments! Today we talk about how to drop out of school and become a millionaire! Our guest, Bas Buursma, put his studies on hold a year ago to run an online code editing platf...

Sander shows the boys a super efficient robotic fish in the deep seas. Today Jean and Joris are finding Nemo in Delft. Together with a graduate of the TUDelft, Sander van den Berg, they dive in to discover what can be found in the deepest seas: a super efficient robotic fish. Furthermore, they encounter self-conscious robots, lamps fueled by blood and shape shifting wings. Drop us a line at Icarus...

What kind of innovations can a IDE'er create with Virtual Reality?  This is the first episode of The Icarus Idea podcast! Jean and Joris discover what is happening at the forefront of Virtual Reality which the consumer market does not see yet. They do this together with an expert from the University of Twente, former Industrial Design Engineering student, assistant professor in Virtual Realit...