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Your skin in a Dutch October

Tech From Here: NL · Dutch Design Week 2026

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Slide 1
A street of cafés at night: red-lit terraces with high tables and a wooden barrel, string lights and glowing signs above a herringbone brick streetPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 2
Labeled diagram marked Diagram: a block of skin cut through, with the stratum corneum as the thin outermost layer at the top of the epidermis and the dermis belowImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, section 5.1. Source line drawn on the graphic
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Labeled diagram marked Diagram: the top of the epidermis magnifiedImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, section 5.1. Source line drawn on the graphic
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Labeled diagram marked Diagram: a block of skin with blood vessels and capillary loops only in the dermis and none in the epidermis aboveImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, section 5.1. Source line drawn on the graphic
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Labeled diagram marked Diagram: two cards, low humidity (dry air) and low temperature (cold air), joined by a plus sign, with an arrow to a skin block whose barrier is labeled weakerImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn
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Kleine Berg in Eindhoven on a Saturday night: brick houses, a lit glass garage door and cafe terraces with plants and candles along a paved streetPhoto: RN Collins
Ring frame
Philips Infraphil infrared lamp (1950s)Frame: FaceMePLS, CC BY 2.0, croppedMuseum or journal record
Quotes and video (1)
RN's spoken lines in this post, from her own cameraRN's own footage, 16 Oct 2026, Hotel Mariënhage, Eindhoven
Quotes and video (2)
RN's spoken lines in this post, from her own cameraRN's own footage, 17 Oct 2026, Art House United Cowboys, Kleine Berg, Eindhoven

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