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Sustainability concerns often stem from human behaviour and practices, and needs sustained change. Product and
service design, while driving solutions, are also influential in bringing about change in human behaviour. Yet most
designers do not have adequate design guidance based on the established behaviour change theories. The proposed
‘CraftChange’ Behaviour Progression Framework enables designers through a choreographed process and toolkit
of canvases and cards, to arrive at ideas and service concepts which facilitate a user’s behaviour progression—from
an unaware state to being an advocate of change. The usefulness and effectiveness of this framework was evaluated
through a case study aimed at designing a service design solution to “encourage continual learning within a
multi-cultural setting”. Initial results are encouraging and show the promise of being the preferred toolkit for service
designers aiming at sustainability initiatives like encouraging smart transport, promoting healthy food habits, and
amplifying sensitivity towards the environment.
Authors: Shivani Sharma, Ravi Mahamuni, Sylvan Lobo, Bhaskarjyoti Das, Ulemba Hirom, Radhika Verma, Malay Dhamelia
Craft beer is the fastest growing network of enterprises in the craft food and beverage sector of Manitoba, Canada. Craft breweries are emerging as a space that potentially links urban consumers to rural producers through ingredient sourcing chains. Our research considers whether craft breweries are resulting in small, local, open and connected (SLOC) craft food and beverage systems.
Through a series of interviews with craft brewers we found that there is a desire to source ingredients locally but that barriers exist. Challenges include a lack of consistent supply of regionally produced quality ingredients and the industrial scale of malting barley, which makes it difficult to preserve the identity of barley produced by small farmers. While craft brewers are supportive of a sourcing network linked to farmers in the region, this transition requires attention to adequately scaled malting enterprises and increased production by farmers of hops and barley in the region.
Authors: Iain Davidson-Hunt, Kurtis Ulrich, Hannah Muhajarine
The age of climate breakdown brings with it an uncertain future, even within our collective imagination we are presented with increasingly dystopian visions of the future. This tendency towards dystopian futures can also be seen in Speculative and Critical Design (SCD) process which emerged as a disciplinary response to challenge commercial design by envisioning radical futures scenarios and artefacts that so far has been limited to museum exhibits. This paper suggests a solution-driven SCD method exploring a ‘designerly' reimagining of existing solar technology as a “back-casted” design solution into the present—a 3D printed optical solar cell. The solar cell is proposed as a possible, speculative alternative for existing solar cells exploring the “what if” possibilities of technological forecasting in a futures-oriented practise, ways in which product design can contribute to climate action today while still looking towards visions of better, more thriving paradigms of futures beyond ‘business as usual’.
Authors: Jomy Joseph
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This paper reflects on an international collaborative project “Critical Sciencing Zone,” along with works from the
Kochi biennale (2018), which responded to the flood and landslides in Karnataka and Kerala. The critical condition
of the thin layer of the earth crust is of immense concern in this paper. I am tracing the inclination for vertical
movements and aspirations to reach the sky that accelerated technology, to the detriment of the Earth. Postmodern
theories that specifically use elements from nature, will be useful to frame radical shifts in perspective, and hence rethink
our relation to the earth. This paper will speculate through art works and fundamentally emphasizes learning
through cognitive, experiential and affective processes in order to acknowledge and recognize Nature. In short, my
aim is to examine and discover perspectives and manufacture discourses.
Authors: Dr. Vasanthi Mariadass