Implementing design for sustainability in product design practices: A Case Study: A case study
Translated title
Implementing design for sustainability in product design practices: A case study
Authors
Gregersen, Hjalte ; Justesen, Halfdan Keller
Term
4. Term
Education
Publication year
2019
Submitted on
2019-06-07
Pages
82
Abstract
Dette speciale er resultatet af et designprojekt i samarbejde med to produktdesignstudier. Projektet undersøger, hvordan produktdesign kan skabe mere bæredygtig effekt, og hvordan praktikere kan koble deres daglige arbejde til mere overordnede, strategiske indsatser i design for bæredygtighed. Med en tilgang fra Science and Technology Studies (STS), som undersøger, hvordan videnskab, teknologi og samfund påvirker hinanden, studerede og understøttede forskerne denne omstilling i praksis. To casestudier baseret på interviews og deltagerobservation kortlagde forskellige designprocesser og identificerede muligheder for at indarbejde mere bæredygtige valg. Med afsæt i etableret viden og indsigter fra casene præsenterede teamet en ramme for bæredygtighed i produktdesign og udarbejdede en designspecifikation for en designløsning. Gennem en systematisk og iterativ designsynthese i samarbejde med projektets partnere udviklede de også en tredelt ramme for undervisning i bæredygtighed i produktdesign kaldet Sustainable Thinking.
This thesis reports on a design project carried out in collaboration with two product design studios. The project explores how product design can create more sustainable impact and how practitioners can connect their day-to-day work to higher-level, strategic efforts in design for sustainability. Using an approach from Science and Technology Studies (STS), which examines how science, technology, and society shape each other, the researchers studied and supported this transition in practice. Two case studies based on interviews and participant observation mapped different design processes and identified opportunities to include more sustainable choices. Drawing on established knowledge and insights from these cases, the team presented a framework for sustainability in product design and developed a design specification for a design solution. Through a systematic and iterative design synthesis with the project collaborators, they also created a three-tier framework for teaching sustainability in product design called Sustainable Thinking.
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