A User Perspective on Product Life-Cycles
Research Project, 2016
– 2019
The objective of the project is to develop methods and tools to support companies to develop cirkular products and services, that benefit companies, consumers, and the environment.
The number of avaliable product development methods and tools for supporting sustainable consumption is low. Moreover, the exisiting methods focus on issues of production and business rather than the consumers and their needs. Addressing the needs of the consumer has large potential and it makes it relevant to discuss questions such as: How can products be designed for shared use? How can we encourage people to pass thier products on to someone else once they no longer have use for them? How can we design products for multiple use-cycles?
A first verison of a tool to address such questions has been developed. The tentative tool lets companies explore the process of obtaining, using, and ridding products, in order to identify opportunities for supporting circular paths of consumption from a user-perspective.
Participants
Oskar Rexfelt (contact)
Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Design and Human Factors
Sara Renström
Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Design and Human Factors
Anneli Selvefors
Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Design and Human Factors
Helena Strömberg
Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Design and Human Factors
Collaborations
Hultafors Group
Hultafors, Sweden
Transformator Design
Stockholm, Sweden
Funding
Kamprad Family Foundation
Funding Chalmers participation during 2016–2019
Related Areas of Advance and Infrastructure
Sustainable development
Driving Forces