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Build a patient out of red squares

Tech From Here: NL · Dutch Design Week 2026

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

The workThe other you: anatomy of a digital patient, a research installation by Tilburg University and Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital (ETZ), researchers Eva Alvarães, Jan de Wit, Barbara Maat, Guus Schoonman and Emiel Krahmer, at the Young Graduates HUB, DDW x Design Perron (F4), Kennedyplein 300. Dutch Design Week 2026 ddw.nl

Research cited

  1. Emiel krahmer (research.tilburguniversity.edu) research.tilburguniversity.edu
  2. Jan de wit (research.tilburguniversity.edu) research.tilburguniversity.edu
  3. Guus schoonman (research.tilburguniversity.edu) research.tilburguniversity.edu
  4. Symposium de weg naar een elektronisch patientendossier (research.tilburguniversity.edu) research.tilburguniversity.edu

Other sources

  1. OpenStax, Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §1.6 Anatomical Terminology openstax.org
  2. Dutch Design Week programme: HUBs ddw.nl
  3. also site.ddw.nl
  4. Phd candidate for improving digital representations of patients in the hospital (academictransfer.com) academictransfer.com

Images, slide by slide

Slide 1
A long table printed with dense code, with a red transparent square and a blue square on itPhoto: Cleo Goossens/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
Slide 2
Diagram of a long table seen from above, a body silhouette drawn in dashed outline under rows of colored code, eight dashed squares over the silhouette, a tray of red transparent sheets and a small board marked 0 to 10Image: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against DDW programme page, The other you: anatomy of a digital patient, Tilburg University and Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital, (read 24 Oct 2026)Museum or journal record
Slide 3
Diagram in three panels: a square of colored code, the same square under a red transparent sheet, and the red square with a plain body outline and a label reading patient dataImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against DDW programme page, The other you: anatomy of a digital patient, Tilburg University and Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital, (read 24 Oct 2026); abstract shapes, the installation's own anatomical drawing is not shownMuseum or journal record
Slide 4
Diagram of a flow: a box reading revealed, a piece of patient data, an arrow into a folder labeled the persona's EHR, three people labeled the group decides, together, then two outcomes, stays in the EHR or not keptImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against DDW programme page, The other you: anatomy of a digital patient, Tilburg University and Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital, (read 24 Oct 2026), including the table sign "anything you reveal will go to their Electronic Health Record"Museum or journal record
Slide 5
Diagram of a human figure in anatomical position, palms forward, with the abdomen split into four quadrants by lines crossing at the navel: right upper, left upper, right lower and left lowerImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, section 1.6 Anatomical Terminology (abdominopelvic quadrants, Figure 1.16; anatomical position), checked 23 Oct 2026 (source line drawn on the graphic)
Slide 6
Diagram with two parts: a body outline in anatomical position with orange lines crossing at the navel, labeled learned fast, the body map, and a chart page split by a dashed line into in the chart and kept out, the patient's wish, labeled takes yearsImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, section 1.6 Anatomical Terminology (abdominal quadrants, lines crossing at the umbilicus), ; the chart side is RN Collins's teaching view (opinion)Museum or journal record
Slide 7
Diagram of a board with a scale from 0 to 10, minimally documented patient at 0 and fully dynamic, detailed digital replica in the EHR at 10, and a yellow note reading I place myself at number, blank, because, blankImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against DDW programme page, The other you: anatomy of a digital patient, Tilburg University and Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital, (read 24 Oct 2026); scale ends and the note wording as DDW gives themMuseum or journal record
Ring frame
Old X-ray tube on display, VU hospital, AmsterdamFrame: Alf van Beem, CC0, croppedMuseum or journal record

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