A multi-objective optimisation methodology towards product design for sustainability

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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Multi-Objective Optimisation of Ship Hull With Distributed Applications

Volume 2: 29th Design Automation Conference, Parts A and B ◽

10.1115/detc2003/dac-48732 ◽

2003 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alessandro Giassi ◽

Fouad Bennis ◽

Jean-Jacques Maisonneuve

Keyword(s):

Genetic Algorithm ◽

Product Design ◽

Concurrent Engineering ◽

Distributed Applications ◽

Asynchronous Communication ◽

Ship Hull ◽

Innovative Approach ◽

Communication Tool ◽

Multi Objective ◽

Multi Objective Genetic Algorithm

In the context of concurrent engineering, this paper presents a quite innovative approach to the collaborative optimisation process, which couples a multi-objective genetic algorithm with an asynchronous communication tool. To illustrate this methodology, three European companies’ collaboration on the optimisation of a ship hull is described. Our study demonstrates that when multi-objective optimisation is carried out in a distributed manner it can provide a powerful tool for concurrent product design.

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