Design research applicability on Portuguese industry

Abstract

The present paper works on the potential applicability of design The present paper works on the potential applicability of design research based on a practical experience with the Portuguese company Recipor -Recuperação e Valorização de Resíduos (residues recovery and valuation), S.A., who's mission is to collect, metals, with domestic or industrial origins. The ecological appeal, the economical recovery process and the innovation investment corporate identity and in the implementation of design culture and thinking. The empirical search on collecting processes, treatment and application of residues took place at the company's premises.products we developed a quality based methodology study. The results denoted a strong relation between the company's vision, the organizational strategy and the market's affection for recycled products. This triangulation allowed a favourable environment for a temporary inclusion of a design investigating team, and leads to the understanding that, as the high-level project orientations were exposed, the expectation increased and acquired a more instrumental format with strategic effects. Grounded on data from made in collecting and recycling; the birth of a European network this material on artefact production. This project's boundaries were established by practical challenges introduced by the company's direction; namely the optimization of the plastic reel products. The team's proposals were the result of the adopted design process. Categories and Subject Descriptors4. Design culture and thinking in industry (on design culture); 5. Organizing design in industry (on design management and processes).