Sustainability: Methods and Practices

Bhamra, Tracy; Hernandez-Pardo, Ricardo J.; Mawle, Richard G.

doi:10.5040/9781474294102.ch-007

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“…To analyse and help identify the sustainability of products, we will use some methods and tools suggested in D4S (design for sustainability) approaches. These provide techniques for boosting an environmental observance in products, systems and services; they promote efficient energy use, encourage recycling, and consider all the social benefits related to usability, fair-trade practices, and social responsibilities (Bhamra et al, 2013). Benjamin (2017) explains how sustainable design methods have the goal of decreasing the negative impact of human activities on the environment.…”

Section: Reading the Past With Current Sustainable Design Parametersmentioning

confidence: 99%

The HfG Ulm and Sustainable Design: a comparative analysis

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Ferrari²

2020

Proceedings of DRS

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Section: Reading the Past With Current Sustainable Design Parametersmentioning

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The HfG Ulm and Sustainable Design: a comparative analysis

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Ferrari²

2020

Proceedings of DRS

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“…One of the many reasons for this application is the need to develop more innovative solutions as a response to the complexity of design problems, as Charnley [38] has stated. Bhamra, Hernandez, and Mawle [39] also recognized this relationship: a higher level of design for sustainability is reached through innovation at a systems level-a more radical and strategic approach that involves many stakeholders, such as communities, governments, companies, and customers.…”

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A Systemic Design Method to Approach Future Complex Scenarios and Research Towards Sustainability: A Holistic Diagnosis Tool

2019

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This article aims to frame the role of Systemic Design (SD) as an alternative design model for the future of design for sustainability, by defining and assessing a structured process to execute Holistic Diagnosis (HD), an innovative context framework. Taking as its background a deep understanding of the design for sustainability and systems thinking concepts that frame SD as a field where HD is rooted, multiple case-study analyses were performed. HD demonstrates its ability to overcome the design boundaries in different fields such as industrial production, local communities, and policy-making, thereby providing a more in-depth understanding of complex environments with an iterative process: assess, research, collect, visualize, and interpret. This framework is a relevant tool for designers to address problem framing in complex scenarios to obtain future sustainable solutions with an innovative and transdisciplinary approach, thereby promoting a horizontal dialogue among all involved components.

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“…However, in this same study, the need for a more systemic view of the solutions emerged and methods used to pursue more sustainable development were outlined. During the 2000s, many other authors and organizations have outlined the same need and research has focussed on a systemic view of the environmental and social challenges faced in the search of a more sustainable society (Manzini & Vezzoli 2002;UNEP 2009;Bhamra, Hernandez & Mawle 2013).…”

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Thirty years of design for sustainability: an evolution of research, policy and practice

Bhamra

Hernández

2021

Des. Sci.

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This paper builds on the lead author’s keynote address to the Design Society’s 22nd International Conference on Engineering Design in 2019, and in doing so provides a personal perspective on the development of the field of design for sustainability. It begins by describing some of the history of the research from the late 1980s until the present day. This is followed by an analysis of the way in which design for sustainability has been reflected within the International Conference on Engineering Design over the last 30 years, highlighting the way in which the focus has shifted over this time from a focus on recycling and end of life to today where sustainability is playing a leading role in the research. The analysis compares the evolution of the subject with the wider policy and practice perspectives linked to global recognition of the need to move towards Sustainable Development. Finally, the paper reflects on the lessons to be learned from this work and their implications for design research illustrating that engineering design has an opportunity to take more leadership within design for sustainability research and use this to enable change within industry.

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Sustainability: Methods and Practices

Cited by 15 publications

References 5 publications

The HfG Ulm and Sustainable Design: a comparative analysis

The HfG Ulm and Sustainable Design: a comparative analysis

A Systemic Design Method to Approach Future Complex Scenarios and Research Towards Sustainability: A Holistic Diagnosis Tool

Thirty years of design for sustainability: an evolution of research, policy and practice

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