Skin deep. Perceptions of human and material ageing and opportunities for design

Bridgens, Ben; Lilley, Debra; Zeilig, Hannah; Searing, Caroline

doi:10.1080/14606925.2019.1595022

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“…This can allow them to consider and engineer multiple and proportionate speeds on the basis of products' environmental impacts in different stages of their lifecycle and, in turn, support them in more effectively retaining the value of materials. Lastly, some scholars examined the characteristics of construction materials in light of circular production models or the use of waste as a core development material [22,68,69,[84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92]. For instance, Turrini explored the tradition of creating objects and furniture out of cardboard as a manner in which short and circular production chains can be activated [93].…”

Section: Design For Circular Production Processesmentioning

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Circular Economy in Industrial Design Research: A Review

Dam¹,

Simeone

Keskin

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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In the past decades, industrial design practice and research have focused extensively on how to optimize production and consumption, as a way to prevent negative environmental impacts, such as resource depletion, pollution, and excessive waste. Recently, the “circular economy” concept is increasingly used to achieve environmental benefits and economic growth simultaneously. Industrial design can contribute to a circular economy by fostering systems changes to achieve durability, optimal reuse, refurbishment, remanufacturing, and recycling of products and materials. Indeed, researchers have examined both the theoretical and practical aspects of how design knowledge can support the transition to a circular economy. However, this body of knowledge has not been systematically analyzed yet. To address this critical gap, this paper poses the following question: How has industrial design research so far contributed to advancing the circular economy knowledge? Accordingly, we survey relevant design literature focusing on the circular economy, through a review of contributions published in 42 scientific journals. Based on our results, we discuss how industrial design practices can potentially contribute to a circular economy across four thematic areas: (1) design for circular production processes, (2) design for circular consumption, (3) design to support policy towards the circular economy, and (4) design education for the circular economy.

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