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The growing global challenges such as rising global population and youth unemployment have devastating impacts
on developing countries. Many not-for profit organisations strive to reduce unemployment by running volunteer
programmes for the youths while socially and economically improving communities. The aim of this research is to
provide sustainable information and communication technology (ICT) solutions within the Sustainable Product
Service System (S.PSS) framework to facilitate social innovation of volunteer organisations in order to scale social
impact of developmental programmes in South Africa. The paper adopts the theoretical principles of S.PSS to design
the proposed solutions. A qualitative case study approach is followed. Multiple methods of data collection were
used to gather rich data from the volunteers and their mentors, allowing to better understand the extent to which
an ICT based intervention could sustain developmental programmes for social impact. The findings show that the
developmental programmes proposed by volunteer organisation presents challenges at different levels.
Authors: Arnaud Nzawou, Ephias Ruhode.
In recent years, bioplastics have been massively introduced in the food-packaging field. However, users erroneously dispose them, causing the contamination of recycling chains. From this, emerged the need for a user centred research investigating: the gestures and senses involved in packaging exploration before disposal, the perceptual attributes of different packaging materials, the possible correlation between such attributes and waste streams. This research aims at expanding current knowledge of compostable materials perceptual attributes and suggest design hints to encour-age sustainable behaviour practices. The understandings led to a design that induces a sustainable allocation of waste of Single-Use Products (SUPs). Avoiding waste stream errors by recognisability of the packaging material and make the compostable packaging distinguishable for users through the perception of them can contribute to reduce the overall impact of single-use products.
Authors: Romina Santi, Agnese Piselli, Graziano Elegir, Barbara Del Curto
The teaching of sustainable strategies for product design should be structured to propose a fast transition to circular
production models, more suitable for the optimal management of resources currently available. These models must
be articulated from the academy in each of the stages of product design and allow an open collaborative development
of the knowledge generated, so that it be appropriated quickly with tools that facilitate the integration of sustainable
methods, concepts and objectives. Mod+Re+Co+De is an exercise that unites diverse concepts, seeking that
this transition takes place sooner in the academy and that can transcend to the design of circular products.
Authors: Willmar Ricardo Rugeles Joya, Sandra Gomez Puertas, Nataly Guataquira Sarmiento.
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Design education has been evolving to meet the needs of the future world which is shaped around the sustainability
issue. Specialized courses about sustainability are integrated into curriculum but, the integration of sustainability
into whole curriculum is vital to root sustainability in design profession. In this paper, model-making courses and
approaches of design schools from Turkey are examined to determine the integration of sustainability into design education
in Turkey. Six model-making instructors from chosen universities in Turkey are conducted semi-structured
interviews to evaluate the relationship between sustainability and model-making courses. In the light of the findings,
the solutions are offered in order to make the model-making courses more sustainable.
Author: Necla Ilknur Sevinc Gokmen