scholarly journals Evolution of design for sustainability: From product design to design for system innovations and transitions

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 118-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabrizio Ceschin ◽  
Idil Gaziulusoy
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design For Sustainability

scholarly journals Sustainable Tourism Product Development: An Application of Product Design Concepts

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7957
Author(s):  
Marco Haid ◽  
Julia N. Albrecht
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Sustainable Product Design ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Design For Sustainability ◽  
Tourism Product ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
Multiple Characteristics ◽  
Sustainable Product

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.

scholarly journals Interview with Stuart Walker

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.

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

2007 ◽  
pp. 25-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. H. Jaafar ◽  
A. Venkatachalam ◽  
K. Joshi ◽  
A. C. Ungureanu ◽  
N. De Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Assessment Methodology ◽  
Design For Sustainability

scholarly journals Design for Sustainability: Current Trends in Sustainable Product Design and Development

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 409-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Garrette Clark ◽  
Justin Kosoris ◽  
Long Hong ◽  
Marcel Crul
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Sustainable Product Design ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Design For Sustainability ◽  
Sustainable Product

A STEP-Based Approach Toward Cooperative Product Design for Sustainability

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunpeng Li ◽  
Utpal Roy
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Product Life Cycle ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Product Model ◽  
Geometric Information ◽  
Cad Tools ◽  
Design For Sustainability ◽  
Automation Systems ◽  
Material Process

Industries often employ heterogeneous computer aided tools (CAD/CAE/CAM) to carry out complex product designs and simulations resulting in a need for data sharing, data exchange, and computational activities. Nowadays the concept of “Design for Sustainability (DfS)” heightens this challenge, as most DfS approaches especially the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) involve large amounts of data collection, sharing and computation tasks throughout the product life cycle. ISO 10303, also known as STEP (STandard for the Exchange of Product model data), has evolved for several decades and provides a set of standards for industrial automation systems and integration. In this paper, we propose a STEP-based collaborative framework to integrate heterogeneous CAD tools, LCA tools and other necessary computational tools to support cooperative product design for sustainability. The geometric information from CAD tools and the material/process information from material/process databases are formally represented in suitable STEP application protocols (APs). An agent is implemented to parse the geometric and non-geometric information encoded in STEP data format, and compose them into a complete product tree represented with a NIST CPM (Core Product Model) based information model. The information in the product tree is then evaluated by a LCA tool to obtain environmental impact score. The feasibility and benefits of the proposed methodology have been illustrated with a typical stapler product.

Development of an Information Model for the Integration of Product Design and Sustainability Evaluation

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heng Zhang ◽  
Utpal Roy
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Information Integration ◽  
Complete Information ◽  
Information Model ◽  
Design System ◽  
Sustainability Evaluation ◽  
System A ◽  
Design For Sustainability ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
Green Product Design

Sustainability evaluation is an important activity for product designers to make “green” decisions when applying the rules for “Design for Sustainability”. It allows the designers to have a quantifiable conception of sustainability about his/her design in the real time. The successful evaluation mechanisms necessitate a closed and complete information integration between the product design methodology and sustainability evaluation techniques. In this paper, we propose an integration framework, which brings the environmental impact assessment into the early product design stages for design sustainability analysis. An information model, which is based on the current CAD systems, has been developed to link the essential components in the framework for building a successful green product design system. A case study that simulates a part design scenario has been given to demonstrate the use of the proposed information model.

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