{"id":533,"date":"2022-01-27T09:41:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T09:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drybench.nl\/?page_id=533"},"modified":"2025-08-07T15:39:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:39:40","slug":"het-droge-bankje-design-proces","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drybench.nl\/en\/het-droge-bankje-design-proces\/","title":{"rendered":"Design process"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"533\" class=\"elementor elementor-533\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2dace9f6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2dace9f6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-39081f8d\" data-id=\"39081f8d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22d86332 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22d86332\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.4 - 23-01-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0scThanks for visiting this page! I would like to tell you more about how the DryBench was developed. First of all: I am a fan of design thinking*. From &#8216;it arises while you make it&#8217; and from &#8216;learning by creating&#8217;. The DryBench\u2122 has been developed according to the design thinking mindset and principles. On this page I gladly describe the innovation journey of this &#8216;folding sofa&#8217;\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p> It starts with walks through the Utrecht Zocherpark. I always go outside as soon as possible after a rain shower. But enjoying the sun from a bench is not one of them. The benches are (and will remain for a long time) soaking wet. Often there are also imprints of muddy feet of runners who tie their shoe laces. Or bird droppings.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>This problem with street furniture requires a solution, I think the outdoor space could be better and smarter. I &#8216;frame&#8217; the problem \u2013 as it is so beautifully called in design thinking. On intuition I choose a mindset for the solution and start experimenting within this &#8216;frame&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>I immediately skip the first logical frame: a dispenser with drying cloths next to each bench. Pointless. But such a &#8216;shindogu&#8217; <em>does<\/em> get creativity going.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>My first serious frame concerns the surface of the seat. All my solutions \u2013 including thin vertical slats, a water-repellent coating, a seat made of a water-permeable material (the inspiration is ZOAB) \u2013 appear not to sufficiently solve the problem or are not feasible.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Time for a different frame. My focus now is on keeping the seat out of the rain. I devise a seat that hinges. It doesn&#8217;t make it because you cannot expect a sofa seater to manually fold the seat for the next sofa seater. There are different types of foldable benches around which are connected to a wall and have to be folded by the owner by hand<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The frame becomes even more specific: it does fold up, but then automatically, like a cinema seat. The next experiment concerns an automatically folding seat by means of a spring. That only works, it turns out that it is not maintenance-free in the open air. The solution is technically feasible but not sustainable and\/or low maintenance.<br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px; text-transform: inherit;\"><br \/>Then the (last) frame: &#8216;Automatic folding using existing laws of nature&#8217;. And that&#8217;s where the folding bench comes from, which uses gravity through a counterweight. Prototyping of the counterweight position. This must be at the top of the carrier, so that the seat &#8216;folds through&#8217; against the backrest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>And then the endless design, experimentation and reflection begins in collaboration with industrial designer Marc Platschorre and the technical talents of STEDON. Until there is a dry bench that is so logical that you wonder why it doesn&#8217;t exist yet and that we baptize <em>DryBench<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:separator --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- \/wp:separator --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>From this moment on, the users will hook up. The people who will use the bank. And the people who are going to buy the bank. Based on the feedback from the municipality of Utrecht \u2013 &#8216;The DryBench foldingseat not only stays dry but also nice and narrow so that it fits well in narrow (shopping) streets&#8217; \u2013 we decided to literally narrow our frame. The sofa and family members should take up as little space as possible. This means, among other things, a redesign of the counterweight (a piece of art by Jan Ate Zijlstra of STEDON) that now protrudes too far back and the addition of special brakes.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:image {\"id\":799,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} --><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/drybench.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DryBench-familie-frame-smal-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figcaption>First sketches for the &#8216;narrow&#8217; frame during the further development of the DryBench sofa in a\u00a0family<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading, I hope it was inspiring.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Best regards,<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Gerjon Zomer<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>* In my professional life I am a <a href=\"https:\/\/mooimakerij-schilders.nl\/house-painter-utrrecht-centre-inside-and-outside\/\">house painter with De mooimakerij painters in Utrecht<\/a> and next to it an innovator, entrepreneur and (Agile) coach. I provide workshops for organizations and teams that want to improve, accelerate or change. And I have written a series of light-hearted e-books that are about, among other things, Lean, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Self-management, Design thinking and Storytelling. In other words: about all aspects of innovation in a rapidly changing world. You can find this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bol.com\/nl\/nl\/s\/?searchtext=gerjon+zomer\">Inspiration Series here <\/a>(both Dutch and English).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0a4e79\" data-id=\"c0a4e79\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bd42c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5bd42c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.4 - 23-01-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/drybench.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/nattebank-detail-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drybench.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/nattebank-detail-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/drybench.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/nattebank-detail-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drybench.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/nattebank-detail-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/drybench.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/nattebank-detail-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/drybench.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/nattebank-detail-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/drybench.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/nattebank-detail-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/drybench.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/nattebank-detail-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/drybench.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/nattebank-detail-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/drybench.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/nattebank-detail-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/drybench.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/nattebank-detail-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/drybench.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/nattebank-detail.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A regular bench two hours after a rain shower.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06813d0 elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"06813d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/embed\\\/pHxl3fpThVw&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.4 - 23-01-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-video .elementor-widget-container{overflow:hidden;-webkit-transform:translateZ(0);transform:translateZ(0)}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-open-inline .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;-webkit-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;background-position:50%}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay{cursor:pointer;text-align:center}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay:hover .elementor-custom-embed-play i{opacity:1}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay img{display:block;width:100%}.elementor-widget-video .e-hosted-video .elementor-video{-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0scThanks for visiting this page! 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