Anne Marleen Olthof

Lecturer - researcher

Ir. Anne Marleen Olthof is PhD-onderzoeker Human Enhancement for Health & Well-being aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam en de Universiteit Antwerpen. Haar onderzoek richt zich op hoe digitaal-fysieke producten het menselijk lichaam kunnen versterken om de kwaliteit van leven te verbeteren voor mensen met een progressieve of permanente handicap. Geïnspireerd door haar eigen ervaringen met ondersteunende technologie tijdens haar jeugd, studeerde zij Industrial Design Engineering aan de TU Delft en ontwikkelde een passie voor mens-machine interactie. Naast haar onderzoek doceert Anne Marleen Immersive Design XR aan de Hogeschool van Amsterdam, waar ze medeoprichter is van het XR-lab. Ze heeft meer dan tien jaar ervaring als designdocent en is gastdocent in Mixed Reality en eXtended Reality in Oostenrijk en België.

mobiel:06-21157113

e-mail: a.m.olthof@hva.nl

Publications

Anne Marleen Olthof, Jouke Verlinden, Somaya Ben Allouch

Attuned Design Practice: a design vocabulary for embodied knowing Proceedings Article

In: Chang, C. Y., Chen, C. H., Hsu, Y. (Ed.): IASDR 2025: Design Next, 02-05 December, Taiwan, pp. 1-11, 2026.

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title = {Attuned Design Practice: a design vocabulary for embodied knowing},

author = {Anne Marleen Olthof and Jouke Verlinden and Somaya Ben Allouch},

editor = {C.Y. Chang and C.H. Chen and Y. Hsu},

url = {http://retroproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Publication-Attuned-Design-Practice_-a-design-vocabulary-for-embodied-knowing-1.pdf},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2025.947},

year  = {2026},

date = {2026-03-17},

urldate = {2026-03-17},

booktitle = {IASDR 2025: Design Next, 02-05 December, Taiwan},

pages = {1-11},

abstract = {This poster introduces Attuned Design Practice (ADP), a concept that examines how design practice can be used to interpret and articulate alternative understandings of studying human-computer relationships, by prior it ising ‘embodied knowing’ as an alternative design vocabulary. We shortly introduce the current state of scientific research in general, explain the notion of ‘attunement’, and show an existing framework that has inspired us to start an eighteen-months field study of body-based inquiry in the domains of Design, Art and Technology. In our field study, we have explored developmental paths of scientific and artistic inquiry towards constructing embodied knowledge, and have employed per formative techniques to examine affective, temporal, and somatic qualities in human-computer relationships. As a follow-up to our field study, we propose an Open Rehearsal framework that integrates (1) the preparation of design tools and instruments, (2) the enactment of per formative techniques at the intersection of artistic-scientific inquiry, and (3) the development of notation methods that attract, respond, and release compositional or per formative activity. Through a dynamic interplay of human intentionality, algorithmic responsiveness, and material agency, we investigate how embodied knowledge can be produced and mediated through Attuned Design Practice. We conclude by outlining our future research to produce alternative ways of understanding the body in human-computer relationships.},

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