From Industrial Waste to Product Design
Paper i proceeding, 2012

To use waste as a starting point for new product development would be a sustainable use of material resources that alleviates waste handling loads. So far, products that use waste as a starting point have not been able to significantly affect waste trends. This shows a need for methods that facilitate using waste materials for product development. With this in mind, the project “From Industrial Waste to Product Design” was initiated. Industrial design engineering students are encouraged to do their master theses on exploring product development with currently unused waste. This article suggests a methodology to help designers achieve this. Two approaches were undertaken: a product study to review the state of the art in designing with waste; and an analysis of traditional design processes. In the end, an expanded design process was proposed, since a description of a systematic process for this issue was lacking among researchers or practitioners.

industrial waste

closed-loop

product development

Författare

Isabel Ordonez Pizarro

Göteborgs universitet

Chalmers, Produkt- och produktionsutveckling, Design and Human Factors

Stiftelsen för miljöstrategisk forskning (Mistra)

Oskar Rexfelt

Chalmers, Produkt- och produktionsutveckling, Design and Human Factors

Göteborgs universitet

Stiftelsen för miljöstrategisk forskning (Mistra)

Ulrike Rahe

Stiftelsen för miljöstrategisk forskning (Mistra)

Göteborgs universitet

Chalmers, Produkt- och produktionsutveckling, Design and Human Factors

DesignEd Asia conference proceedings, "Incorporating Disciplinary Dynamics Into Design Education"

65-77
9789881672124 (ISBN)

Drivkrafter

Hållbar utveckling

Ämneskategorier (SSIF 2011)

Design

Styrkeområden

Produktion

ISBN

9789881672124

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