Publications
2010
van Rijn, H., Sleeswijk Visser, F., Stappers, P.J., Osakar, A.D., Understanding users: A comparative study about informing designers by different sources of information, International conference on Design and Emotion, October 4-7, Chicago, USA.
Nijhof, N., van Gemert-Pijnen, J.E.W.C., van Rijn, H., van Hoof, J., Seydel, E., The Chitchatters: a leisure activity for people with dementia to stimulate social interaction, poster presentation at ISG2010, May 27-30, Vancouver, Canada.
van Rijn, H., van Hoof, J., Stappers, P.J.Designing Leisure products for people with dementia: developing ‘the chitcatters’ game. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease & other dementias. view
2009
van Rijn, H., Sleeswijk Visser, F., Stappers, P.J. Connecting through interacting: Toys that help designers learn from children with autism by playing with them. International Association of Societies of Design Research 2009: Rigor and Relevance in Design, 18-22 October, 2009, Seoul, South Korea. download PDF
2008
Stappers, P.J., van Rijn, H., Kistemaker, S., Hennink, A., Sleeswijk Visser, F. Designing for other people’s strengths and motivations: Three cases using context, visions, and experiential prototypes. Advanced Engineering Informatics, A Special Issue on Human-Centered Product Design and Development.
van Rijn, H., Stappers, P.J. Motivating users in a co-design process. PDC2008: Experiences & challenges, Bloomington, IN, USA, October 1-4, 2008. download PDF
van Rijn, H., Stappers, P.J. The puzzling life of autistic toddlers: Design guidelines from the LINKX project. Advances in Human Computer Interaction, special issue child and play. download PDF
van Rijn, H., van Hoof, J., Stappers, P.J. Designing De Klessebessers: a Leisure Game for People with Dementia. ISG08: Smart technology for active longevity, Pisa, Italy, June 4-6, 2008. download PDF
2007
van Rijn, H., Stappers, P.J. “Codesigning LINK”: A case of gaining insight in a “difficult-to-reach user group”. IASDR07: International Association of Societies of Design Research 2007, Emerging Trends in Design Research, 12-15 November 2007. download PDF
van Rijn, H., Stappers, P.J., Getting the shy to talk: scripts and staging for contextmapping. Include 2007: designing with people, strategies, stories and systems for user participation in design. Proceedings of the international conference on inclusive design at the Royal College of Art, London. download PDF
van Rijn, H. (unpublished M.Sc. Thesis) LINKX a language toy for autistic toddles, developed in co-creation with parents and pedagogues For more information and documentation, see http://studiolab.io.tudelft.nl/vanrijn/LINKX or http://www.helmavanrijn.nl/LINKX
2006
van Rijn, H., Bahk, Y.N., Stappers, P.J., Lee, K.P. Three factors for contextmapping in East Asia: Trust, control and nunchi. CoDesign: International Journal of CoCreation in Design and Arts, Vol.2 No 3. page 157-177, Taylor and Francis. download PDF