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

Ceschin, Fabrizio; Gaziulusoy, İdil

doi:10.1016/j.destud.2016.09.002

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“…For example, several new fields address user and experience design (Redström, 2006); the business side of design, design thinking and design management, has also contributed to the general field of design (Cooper, Junginger, & Lockwood, 2009). Other fields include service design (Goldstein, Johnston, Duffy, & Rao, 2002), ecodesign (Brones & de Carvalho, 2015), the simultaneous design of Product Service Systems (PSSs) (Morelli, 2006), and more recently design for sustainability (Ceschin & Gaziulusoy, 2016). This expansion seems to have broadened the scope from products to include services and now systems (ibid).…”

Section: Early Stages Of Designingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Early stages of designing resource-efficient offerings : An initial view of their analysis and evaluation

Brambila‐Macias

2018

Linköping Studies in Science and Technology. Licentiate Thesis

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The increasing use of natural resources and the pollution it causes calls for new ways of addressing customer needs. Additionally, a more uncertain and complex world also presents new challenges. In this thesis, these new challenges are tackled through inter and transdisciplinary research, which require more interaction across disciplines to tackle complex phenomena.The manner in which companies address customer needs starts from the designing (a multiplestakeholder perspective) of offerings where companies rely on different types of support (guidelines, standards, methods and tools). In this thesis, these offerings, include products, services, systems, and solutions. This plays an important role in the use of natural resources and its impact on the environment. In this Licentiate, I present results to show initial cues on how to design resource-efficient offerings, and more specifically their analysis and evaluation in the early stages of the design process. This type of offerings is suggested to be crucial for the circular economy, which can be understood as a paradigm shift towards sustainability. In this paradigm shift, designing is carried out by taking into account reuse, remanufacture and recycling of products as strategies by multiple stakeholders and companies. Other strategies include providing services, a function or a solution through dematerialization and transmaterialization.The methods used in this research are narrative and systematic literature reviews, thematic analysis and a case study. The results show a lack of interdisciplinary research in the academic literature in subjects relevant to the design of resource-efficient offerings. The results also show a need to clarify what transdisciplinary research entails. Moreover, current practice shows that support used by companies needs to consider several factors for it to be useful, for example, the vision of the company, participation of potential users of the support and everyday operations, among other characteristics. Finally, more practical support coming from academia is necessary to improve its use in industry.

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Section: Early Stages Of Designingmentioning

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“…(International Organization for Standardization, 2011). Similarly, Ceschin and Gaziulusoy (2016) suggest that "the overall goal of ecodesign is to minimise the consumption of natural resources and energy and the consequent impact on the environment while maximising benefits for customers" pp. 121-122.…”

Section: Ecodesignmentioning

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Early stages of designing resource-efficient offerings : An initial view of their analysis and evaluation

Brambila‐Macias

2018

Linköping Studies in Science and Technology. Licentiate Thesis

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“…Design in the context of futures and at the level of systems is currently at the frontier of design for sustainability field specifically (Ceschin & Gaziulusoy, 2016) and of design research and practice in general (Jones, 2014). Vision and scenario development to strategise for systemic transformations have been used only for a couple of decades (Young et al, 2001;Manzini & Meroni, 2007;Ryan 2008;Neuvonen et al, 2015).…”

Section: Reflectionsmentioning

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Shifting Conversations for Sustainability Transitions Using Participatory Design Visioning

Gaziulusoy

Ryan

2017

The Design Journal

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Sustainability transitions require structural changes in society. There is a need for utilising new and established methods of futures inquiry. This paper presents how design visioning has been used to initiate, stimulate and shift stakeholder conversations in the Visions and Pathways 2040 project which aimed to develop innovation strategies and policies to achieve low-carbon, resilient futures in Australian cities. We recommend that teams working in sustainability transitions research should ideally have internal design capacity or, they regularly engage with outsourced design capacity throughout the project. Since it is not possible to directly engage all stakeholders in transition projects, the research teams should reflect on the extent of participation and the implications of this extent on the politics of the project on an ongoing and transparent way. We identified exploring the implications of thinking styles, professional backgrounds and organisational associations in visioning exercises as a future research direction.

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“…Responsible interior design solutions should present a logical and sequential process for creating healthy, functional, comfortable, and sustainable interiors without compromising aesthetic factors, while meeting the clients' needs, budget, schedule, and design vision [19], [12]. Designers should articulate sustainability in all aspects of their design solutions and ensure healthier indoor air quality by choosing materials and construction methods that prevent indoor air pollution, harmful chemical reactions, and gas emissions [8].…”

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“…Interior designers should review different certifications issued through multiple regulatory entities to ensure that this information is reliable, and they should be updated as new, relevant data emerges [29]. This will help designers classify green chemicals, sustainable substances, and environmentally preferable products to avoid harm to the health and environment [3], [19]. Numerous certification bodies are working to advocate and implement sustainable precautionary principles through comprehensive product databases.…”

Section: Sustainable Product Certificationsmentioning

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Criteria for Sustainable Interior Design Solutions

Rashdan¹,

Ashour²

2017

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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Interior designers around the world have developed a greater awareness of sustainable strategies as the demand for sustainable interior design solutions has increased. Most traditional interior design construction processes have an adverse environmental impact due to the significant consumption of natural resources during manufacturing and installation. In this context, interior designers have the opportunity to adopt sustainable design practices and enhance healthy indoor air quality. They can adhere to sustainable solutions through their choices during the design realization phase, including decisions on materials selection, construction methods, furnishing, and lighting. Despite the abundance of sustainable design research, few studies have addressed the criteria for interior design sustainability. Determining selection criteria for sustainable interior design solutions is important in assisting responsible interior designers. Hence, the objective of this research is to propose a set of criteria for selecting sustainable interior design solutions based on a comprehensive literature review. The paper concludes by reinforcing the importance of having a functional and effective set of criteria to ensure consistent sustainable interior design solutions.

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

Cited by 647 publications

References 111 publications

Early stages of designing resource-efficient offerings : An initial view of their analysis and evaluation

Early stages of designing resource-efficient offerings : An initial view of their analysis and evaluation

Shifting Conversations for Sustainability Transitions Using Participatory Design Visioning

Criteria for Sustainable Interior Design Solutions

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