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In the sphere of sustainable design, a holistic design approach emphasises the context of a larger system of environmental,
social, cultural and economic components and how these four components interact with one another. In the
higher education context of South Africa, these components might not be enough to make an effective impact on
the way in which lecturers, students and industry react to or actively engage with sustainability. Social sustainability
is complex and specifically the political (or socio-political) aspects, apart from the environmental, socio-cultural and
economic components, should be taken into consideration. Without understanding the complexity of the interlinking
or often opposing aims of the social, cultural and political, it would be difficult to facilitate deep learning
for a more sustainable way of being in the world. Engaging critically with theories such as critical citizenship, social
justice and decolonisation can facilitate understanding of the complexity involved in socially sustainable and decolonised
design education.
Authors: Elmarie Costandius, Neeske Alexander.
ICT can play a role in environment preservation, to face degradation of the ecosystem, and innovation, to satisfy emerging needs. This research focuses on experimental application of interaction design methodologies and digital technologies to foster the transition towards sustainability in the framework of a wider interdisciplinary research about the development of a system for recycling water at home to grow edible plants. An iterative design process, articulated in prototyping-evaluating-improving cycles, has been implemented, with the involvement of different stakeholders, to develop the interaction system applied to manage waste water and information flows needed to control water decontamination, plant irrigation and lighting. The paper reports the main features of the system and the main outcomes of the user studies.
Authors: Fiammetta Costa, Marco Aureggi, Luciana Migliore, Paolo Perego, Margherita Pillan, Carlo Emilio Standoli, Giorgio Vignati
Due to the behavioral changes of society in a dynamic and interconnected world, workspaces have gotten a new
meaning. Designers must understand the needs and desires of the final users in order to create something that fulfills
them and creates a whole experience out of it. By adopting living systems “ecological” worldview, design will require
a higher level of interrelationships between natural, human and built systems, and the disciplines within them
(Boecher et al, 2009, p xii) describe the achievement of a broader integration of systems within the sustainability
movement as an “Integrative Design Process (IPD)”.
The aim of this paper is to comprehend how Product-Service System Design methodologies can be applied in
Interior Design with the means of designing a workspace that by being co-created by the users, can become more
sustainable and that can satisfy better the end user. Besides, the relation of Interior Design and Sustainability, that
comes after the comprehension of it in two levels. The first one is a social level, associated to the well-being of the
end user in a workspace (lighting, insulation and many other specs of the spaces), while the second level is the study
of the environmental design of the spaces (materials & products) supported by Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) studies,
to cognize about the carbon footprint left in the world through all the life cycle phases. These different studies
become crucial on the decision making, since they can change the perception we have about materials or furniture
chosen within a project.
Finally, with means of supporting the ideas exposed and to have a better understanding of it, we expose some
case studies. The aforementioned research is part of the outcome of an ongoing thesis held for a Master of PSSD at
the Design Department of Politecnico di Milano and part of the Farb Research (ISBN: 9788891777201).
Authors: Susana Soto Bustamante, Elena Elgani, Francesco Scullica.
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In thispaper,we present a brief overview of the garment waste situation in Brazil, the potential design-based strategies for minimizing the environmental, social and economic problems caused by the incorrect disposal of this material and for revaluing it. Based on our own nine years’ experience investigating this problem, we then situated our activities in an evolutionary framework of Design for Sustainability (DfS), built based on a previous model proposed by Ceschin and Gaziulusoy (2016). As result, it was possible to present a clear and comprehensive overview of how design can contribute to the garment waste issue, in terms of evolutionary innovation levels.
Authors: Cláudio Pereira de Sampaio, Suzana Barreto Martins