Product longevity and shared ownership: Sustainable routes to satisfying the world’s growing demand for goods&amp;nbsp;

Rogers, John; Cooper, Samuel; Cooper, Simone; Tingley, Danielle Densley; Braithwaite, N; Moreno, Mariale; Rodrigues, A Teixeira; Salvia, and Giuseppe

doi:10.3934/energy.2015.4.547

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“…In contrast, consumption is derived from the French consumereto take up completely, devour, waste, spend (Williams, 1985), which seems apt for the take-makewaste economy. This model offers product owners no incentive to learn how products work, and discourages regular maintenance and mending (Graham and Thrift, 2007;Gregson et al, 2009;Salvia et al, 2015). In this way, the design and manufacture of products has introduced a generational shift in how people think about the products they buy and use.…”

Section: Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, connections should be mechanical rather than bonded with adhesives, 4. Longevity is a key strategy to minimise the environmental impact of products (Cooper, 1994;Rogers et al, 2015;Van Nes and Cramer, 2006). Design for upcycling, with supporting information and resources, should enable high quality, well designed upcycled objects to be created that will last.…”

Section: Designing For Creative Reusementioning

confidence: 99%

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Creative upcycling: Reconnecting people, materials and place through making

Bridgens

Powell

Farmer

et al. 2018

Journal of Cleaner Production

115

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Short 'product lives' and disposable packaging result in premature disposal of valuable resources. Industrialisation, mass production and global supply chains have resulted in a disconnect between people, places, materials and design. Upcycling is reuse of discarded materials which results in an increase in 'value'. We discuss the potential for creative upcycling to reconnect people with materials and establish cultures and communities of making. The reaction of the public to creative reuse is explored by creating a café structure made entirely from recycled materials, and this provides the starting point to consider the contexts in which upcycling occurs, the motivations for (and barriers to) reuse and upcycling, the potential benefits of upcycling in the context of affluent Western 'consumer' societies, and the scope for designers to imbue objects with the potential for creative reuse. We argue that designing to enable creative upcycling allows the future lives of objects to be contingent on context and culture, rather than being prescribed by the designer, with potential for widespread social, economic and environmental benefits.

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Section: Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Designing For Creative Reusementioning

confidence: 99%

Creative upcycling: Reconnecting people, materials and place through making

Bridgens

Powell

Farmer

et al. 2018

Journal of Cleaner Production

115

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“…In addition to product longevity, many approaches to the circular economy involve implementation of new 'Product Service Systems' which transition from private ownership of products to provision of services, leasing, or shared ownership (Bardhi and Eckhardt, 2012;Rogers et al, 2015). A key consideration is that whilst material change may be viewed positively for a product that is owned by an individual, traces of use on the material surface are more likely to be perceived as 'contamination' when the object is shared, changes owner or is in public ownership (e.g.…”

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Ageing (dis)gracefully: Enabling designers to understand material change

Lilley

Bridgens

Davies

et al. 2019

Journal of Cleaner Production

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From the moment of purchase, pristine objects are subjected to an array of stimuli including wear, impact, heat, light, water and air which alter their tactile and aesthetic properties. Material change is often regarded as 'damage' or 'degradation' and contributes to premature obsolescence but has potential to be used as a tool to engender emotional engagement with an object and extend product lifetimes. However, materials resources for designers rarely provide information about how materials will change in use. In this paper we draw on a combination of literature and user studies to elucidate the complex web of factors which contribute to changes in material surfaces, which we present in a 'framework for understanding material change'. We go on to explore the role that changes to product material surfaces, and the design of objects to change in particular ways with use, could have on the transition to circular modes of consumption. A range of resources which aim to increase designers' understanding of material change are presented, and the challenges of creating, utilising and developing these resources are discussed.

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“…A means of environmental sustainability is making products more durable, thereby minimising the need for new products. Product durability is also a precondition for recent sustainability approaches based on ideas of the 'sharing economy' and the 'circular economy' (Rogers at al., 2015;Oguchi et al, 2016). Since consumer products are often replaced long before they become physically non-functioning, the emotional durability aspect in particular has received increased attention in recent design literature (Cooper, 2004;van Nes and Cramer, 2005;Mugge et al 2005;Chapman, 2009;Fletcher, 2012;Salvia et al, 2015).…”

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Defining ‘Resilient Design’ in the Context of Consumer Products

Haug

2017

The Design Journal

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In recent decades, a widely discussed means of achieving environmental sustainability is to design more durable products, thereby reducing the need for the production of new products. In particular, the emotional perspective on product durability has received attention in recent design literature, since consumer products are often replaced long before they become physically non-functioning. The literature includes many accounts of causes of product replacement and means for making products more durable. Such classifications, however, include different sets of causes and means, making 'product durability' a concept that involves different understandings, depending on the underlying literature. Furthermore, this paper argues that only using the term 'durability' may cause certain aspects to be neglected in the effort to make consumer products longer lasting. The paper addresses these issues by defining the concept of 'resilient design', providing a detailed classification of causes of product replacement and organising means to extend product longevity. With this, the paper offers a more structured basis for designers to design resilient consumer products and for researchers to engage in further studies.

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Product longevity and shared ownership: Sustainable routes to satisfying the world’s growing demand for goods

Cited by 8 publications

References 7 publications

Creative upcycling: Reconnecting people, materials and place through making

Creative upcycling: Reconnecting people, materials and place through making

Ageing (dis)gracefully: Enabling designers to understand material change

Defining ‘Resilient Design’ in the Context of Consumer Products

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