De innerlijke kracht van de ontwerper: De rol van intuïtie in het ontwerpproces

The aim of this research is to clarify the role of intuition in the design process. For this purpose, nineteen in depth interviews with designers were recorded and analysed. Through these interviews, it has been revealed that both rational as well as intuitive aspects play a part in the design process. This research shows a way of designing in which the development of the designer, the development of the designers intuition and the design process, all combines together. Conditions for a similar design methodology is the designers readiness to learn to consciously manage his inuition, through which he learns more about himself and his way of designing. Not only is he then capable of using his intuition in a more conscious manner, but also able to more consciously call on his rational cognition. In this way, a symbiosis can be created between the supposed conflicts in the design process, and the designer can develop a non-dualistic method of design