Sources of Inspiration

All new ideas build on previous ones. These are my source of inspiration. Here I reflect on previous work. Both for your inspiration for future projects and for my inspiration looking back into my old images folder and getting re-energized.

Dreams and Obsessions on Shelf and ScreenJanuary 2008
In which Huib van Opstal gives an analysis of the groundbreaking innovations made over a century ago in the strip series ‘Dream of the Rarebit Fiend’.
CabinetFebruary 2004
In which I talk about the final prototype from the PhD project that finalized my research and sparked the company For Inspiration Only.
Public internet polesJuly 1996
In which I talk about the development of the public information and communication poles at Landmark Design & Technology in 1996.
Pregnancy testMay 1996
In which I talk about designing a product where interaction and empathy are of extreme importance, with a kind of product that really gets the user's full attention.
Apple Interface Design ProjectJuly 1994
In which I look back on the first interface design concept I developed in 1994: a portable Internet-enabled device for hospitalized patients called Nightingale.

If the site is filled up beyond this list, I will put the nicest gems of inspiration right here. For now I will suggest some other sites that I am part of.

Claimid.com/ianus
Forinspirationonly.net the thesis site
Cabinet the prototype site
For Inspiration Only at Flickr the pictures for this site and for my thesis
Ianus, Anneke, Kris & Boris Keller the family page
Ianus at Flickr
ianus personal page: my first homepage over at Luna
bookmarks page
del.icio.us/ianus
Ianus on 43 Things