Method in their madness: Explaining how designers think and act through the cognitive co-evolution model

Designers often face situations where the only way forward is through the exploration of possibilities. However, there is a critical disconnect between understanding of how designer's think and act in such situations. We address this disconnect by proposing and testing (via protocol analysis) the cognitive co-evolution model. Our model...

Introduction: Building New Capabilities in an Organization

There is an increasing need for organizations to adapt to rapid changes in society. This need requires organizations’ and the leader within them, to explore, recognize, build and exploit new capabilities. Researching such capabilities has drawn attention from the design management research community in recent years. Dominantly, research...

Applying design thinking elsewhere: Organizational context matters

In this contribution design thinking is taken as a transfer of design methods from product development to other domains. It is argued that the success of this transfer depends on the organisational context offered to design thinking in these other domains. We describe the application of design methods in product development and in two new...

Overstap van RD naar ETRS89: Kans of dreiging?

De voortgaande digitalisering en globalisering hebben ertoe geleid dat steeds vaker hardop de vraag wordt gesteld of Nederland voor de opslag en uitwisseling van gegevens zou moeten overstappen van het nationale RD-stelsel naar het meer internationaal georiënteerde ETRS89.

Quantified and applied sea-bed dynamics of the Netherlands Continental Shelf and the Wadden Sea

Sedimentary coasts and shallow-sea beds may be dynamic. The large-scaled spatial variation in these dynamics and the smaller-scaled behaviour of individual marine bedforms are largely unknown. Sea-bed dynamics are relevant for the safety of shipping, and therefore for monitoring strategies, and for offshore engineering projects and...

Lowest Astronomical Tide in the North Sea derived from a vertically referenced shallow water model, and an assessment of its suggested sense of safety

In this study, LAT will be modeled relative to a geoid, after which the ellipsoidal heights of LAT will be obtained by adding geoid heights to the modeled LAT values. The use of a geoid instead of MSL has the advantage that the former can be realized everywhere and does not leave a gap along the coast as satellite radar altimetry does. Modeling...

Falling aprons at circular piers under currents

Traditional guidelines on rock protection at circular piers predominantly focus on preventing shear failure (by choosing a sufficiently large rock size), winnowing failure (by designing an appropriate filter) and edge failure (by selecting a sufficient extent). In particular areas (e.g. in an eroding river channel or in an area with large-scale...

Interface stability of granular filter structures under currents

Granular filters are used for protection of structures against scour and erosion. For a proper functioning it is necessary that the interfaces between the filter structure, the subsoil and the water flowing above the filter structure are stable. Stability means that there is no transport of subsoil material through the filter to the water above...

Stability of pattern placed revetment elements

A revetment of pattern placed elements, or a so called pitching, is used worldwide to protect shorelines and embankments. Also in The Netherlands more than 500 km of river, lake and sea dikes is protected by pitchings. Until the 60’s the design and construction of pitchings was based on experience. After the first damages on pitchings and the...

Designing stone pitchings

Lecture notes on dikes and revetments, part on stone pitching revetment design. Design rules for concrete block revetments.

Designing Stone Pitchings

Design guide for stone pitchings. The following subjects are covered in this report: - Construction - Failure Mechanisms - Stability of individual elements - Transport of material - Sliding - Design of other construction parts - Required parameters

Describing Design - A comparison of paradigms

Research in design Thinking

Proceedings of a Workshop meeting held at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, May 29-31, 1991.

Discrete straight line segments: Parameters, primitives and properties

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