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Sleeping in a monastery

Tech From Here: NL · Dutch Design Week 2026

The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.

Research cited

  1. Yair N, Yiapanis C, Ben-Amotz R, Milgram J. The effect of joint orientation on passive movement of the dog's stifle. Front Vet Sci 2023 frontiersin.org
  2. Abako J, Holak P, Głodek J, Zhalniarovich Y, et al. Usefulness of imaging techniques in the diagnosis of selected injuries and lesions of the canine tarsus. A review. (excerpt) pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  3. Miao H, Fu J, Qian Z, Ren L, Ren L. How does the canine paw pad attenuate ground impacts? Biol Open 2017 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  4. BNA, DOMUSDELA: transformation of the Mariënhage monastery complex in Eindhoven (project sheet, PDF, in Dutch) bna.nl
  5. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Giles of Rome plato.stanford.edu

Other sources

  1. Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, monument register: Rijksmonument 14627 (in Dutch) monumentenregister.cultureelerfgoed.nl
  2. Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, monument register: Rijksmonument 518791 (in Dutch) monumentenregister.cultureelerfgoed.nl
  3. OpenStax, Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §9.6 Anatomy of Selected Synovial Joints openstax.org
  4. OpenStax, Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §8.4 Bones of the Lower Limb openstax.org
  5. Innovation Origins, De Augustijnen in Eindhoven: het verhaal gaat door (June 2016, in Dutch) ioplus.nl
  6. NOS, Klooster in Eindhoven heeft nieuwe functie: gelukkig geen sportschool (8 Nov 2019, in Dutch) nos.nl
  7. Visit Brabant, DOMUSDELA visitbrabant.com
  8. bedevaart.meertens.knaw.nl/gallery/201/973 bedevaart.meertens.knaw.nl
  9. marienhage.com/en marienhage.com
  10. Hotel marienhage (thisiseindhoven.com) thisiseindhoven.com

Images, slide by slide

Slide 1
An arched stained-glass window shows a friar in a black habitPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 2
Through a window, a courtyard lawn and hedges lead to a brick monastery wingPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 3
An arched stained-glass window shows a figure in a black habit and white headclothPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 4
Through a window, a red-brick building with white windows stands over a green courtyard gardenPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 5
A woman in a black hoodie looks up in a white atrium under skylights and a hanging light installationPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 6
A dark-tiled hotel bathroom with round mirrors ringed in blue light above two white basinsPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 7
A black four-legged robot with an arm for a head, painted in among peaches, grapes and a basket in a dark old still life, with a tennis ball by its front footPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 8
Labeled diagram marked Diagram: a human leg and a dog hind leg side by side, seen from the sideImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Yair et al. 2023, Front Vet Sci 10:1207164 (stifle); Abako et al. 2021, Animals (Basel) 11(6):1834, PMC8234438 (hock = tarsus, ankle); Miao et al. 2017, Biol Open, PMID 29170241, PMC5769641 (paw pads, digitigrade); OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, sections 8.4 and 9.6 (human knee, ankle, calcaneus). Source lines drawn on the graphic
Slide 9
Labeled diagram marked Diagram: a human lower leg and foot beside a dog lower hind leg, seen from the sideImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Miao et al. 2017, Biol Open, PMID 29170241, PMC5769641 (dogs stand on the paw pads under the digits); Abako et al. 2021, Animals (Basel) 11(6):1834, PMC8234438 (hock = ankle). Source lines drawn on the graphic
Slide 10
A smiling woman in a check cap stands at a tall window, red-brick buildings outsidePhoto: RN Collins
Ring frame
Church tower clock movement (1928) from the Adventskerk, Alphen aan den Rijn, Den Hartogh Ford MuseumFrame: Alf van Beem, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record
Quotes and video (1)
RN's phone photos behind this postRN's own footage, 15 Oct 2026, Hotel Mariënhage, Eindhoven
Quotes and video (2)
RN's video of her room on the second nightRN's own footage, 16 Oct 2026, Hotel Mariënhage, Eindhoven
Quotes and video (3)
RN's spoken lines in this post (whispering in the corridors), from her own cameraRN's own footage, 17 Oct 2026, Hotel Mariënhage, Eindhoven
Quotes and video (4)
RN's video of the hotel corridors behind this postRN's own footage, 18 Oct 2026, Hotel Mariënhage, Eindhoven

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