Product Design for Sustainability: A New Assessment Methodology and Case Studies

This study examines sustainable tourism products in tourism destinations. Based on concepts of sustainable product design, our study proposes a framework for sustainable tourism products by adapting an existing Design for Sustainability Framework to consider and analyze the characteristics and themes of sustainable (tourism) products as well as their impact and scope. Using a pragmatic qualitative approach, 15 semi-structured interviews with destination managers from the German-speaking Alpine region formed the empirical basis of the study. The results emphasize key themes and multiple characteristics associated with sustainable tourism products in tourist destinations, addressing all sustainability components and design innovation levels. This study is the first to apply existing sustainable product design concepts to destination contexts and discuss their applicability for sustainable tourism products. For practitioners, this study provides support for the development of sustainable tourism products and contributes to a better understanding of the effects and levels of these products as well as sustainability marketing.

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Interview with Stuart Walker

Pós Revista do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo da FAUUSP ◽

10.11606/issn.2317-2762.v24i43p12-20 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 24 (43) ◽

pp. 12

Author(s):

Marilia Riul ◽

Ingrid Moura Wanderley ◽

Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos

Keyword(s):

Product Design ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Mass Production ◽

Social System ◽

Design Research ◽

National Policy ◽

Human Values ◽

Research Centre ◽

Design For Sustainability ◽

The University

Stuart Walker is Professor of Design for Sustainability and Co-Director of the Imagination Lancaster design research Centre at Lancaster University. Focused on design for sustainability; product aesthetics and meaning; practice-based design research and product design that explores and expresses both human values and notions of spirituality. He was interviewed in his second visit to Brazil to attend the Conference and Workshop "Design and the national policy of solid waste: dialogues on sustainability," held in the Sustainability Laboratory (Lassu) at the University of São Paulo (USP) in 2013, an activity of the research project sponsored by CNPq: Product design, sustainability and national policy on solid waste, coordinated by Professor Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos. Through the suggested questions, Professor Stuart Walker built a severe critique of our social system of mass production and reminded us that values really matter to our journey.

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Integrated management systems based on risk assessment: Methodology development and case studies

Advances in Production Engineering & Management ◽

10.14743/apem2020.1.352 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 93-106

Author(s):

S. Vulanovic ◽

M. Delic ◽

B. Kamberovic ◽

I. Beker ◽

B. Lalic

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Case Studies ◽

Integrated Management ◽

Management Systems ◽

Assessment Methodology ◽

Methodology Development ◽

Risk Assessment Methodology ◽

Integrated Management Systems

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Learning the unlearned: product design for sustainability

Product-Service System Design for Sustainability ◽

10.9774/gleaf.978-1-909493-69-8_25 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 471-488

Author(s):

Benny Ding Leong ◽

Brian Y.H. Lee

Keyword(s):

Product Design ◽

Design For Sustainability

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Product design for sustainability: A collaboration example between the public, private and vulnerable community

Journal of Physics Conference Series ◽

10.1088/1742-6596/1418/1/012020 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1418 ◽

pp. 012020

Author(s):

L Muñoz Pérez

Keyword(s):

Product Design ◽

The Public ◽

Design For Sustainability ◽

Vulnerable Community

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Medical Device Sterilization Modality Selection Decision Process

Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology ◽

10.2345/0899-8205-54.s3.6 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 54 (s1) ◽

pp. 6-14

Author(s):

Jami McLaren

Keyword(s):

Product Design ◽

Case Studies ◽

Medical Device ◽

Decision Process ◽

Selection Process ◽

Selection Decision ◽

Key Aspects ◽

Intended Use ◽

Selection Of

Abstract Selection of an appropriate sterilization modality requires an understanding of certain key aspects of the product under consideration. Primary aspects to be considered include understanding of the product's intended use and details of the product design. This article reviews these primary considerations for sterilization modality selection and demonstrates the sterilization modality selection process through several example case studies.

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