Product-Service System Design for Sustainability

ISBN-13: 9781906093679 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 502 str.

Carlo Vezzoli;Cindy Kohtala;Amrit Srinivasan

Opis

* State-of-the-art examination of the theory and practice of system innovation
* Introduces the concept of PSS innovation and outlines the characteristics
* Examines a wide range of potential research directions on sustainable PSS design
* Valuable resource for design students, teachers and practicing designers

This book is a state-of-the-art examination of the theory and practice of system innovation through Product-Service System (PSS) design for sustainability from a trans-cultural viewpoint. PSS design incorporates innovative strategies that shift businesses away from designing and selling physical products to developing integrated systems of products and services. The book provides background, advice and tools for designers and design students interested in sustainable PSSs and has a wealth of case studies for practitioners to digest. The first part of the book introduces the concept of PSS innovation, outlining the characteristics and features of such innovation, how different types of PSS can be classified, and which are the related benefits, drivers and barriers. It argues that such innovation has the capability to potentially bring radical reductions in the current levels of resource consumption, without minimizing consumer levels of satisfaction.

The second part of the book examines a wide range of potential research directions on sustainable PSS design including:

- Sustainable PSS in different socio-economic contexts (industrialized, emerging and low income)
- Sustainable PSS in different organizational bodies (companies, public administrations, NGOs)
- Sustainable PSS and consumption patterns
- Sustainable PSS and social innovations
- Sustainable PSS and aesthetics
- Sustainable PSS and distributed economies
- Sustainable PSS and social enterprises
- Sustainable PSS and socio-technical transitions
- Sustainable PSS and the sufficiency economy: combining efficiency with sufficiency

This book is the outcome of the LeNS, the Learning Network on Sustainability, a project funded by the Asia Link Programme, EuropAid, European Commission, for curricula development and teaching diffusion in worldwide design Higher Education Institutions. It is a hugely important teaching resource for undergraduate, graduate and PhD design students, design teachers and practicing designers worldwide.

Spis treści

ForewordIntroduction: sustainability in designDesign and sustainability: an increasing roleThe structure of this bookPART 1: CONSOLIDATED KNOWLEDGE AND KNOW-HOW ON PRODUCT-SERVICE SYSTEM DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY1. Sustainable development and system discontinuity2. PSS innovation and sustainability3. Product-Service System design for sustainability4. Methods and tools for system design for sustainabilityPART 2: THE NEW DESIGN FRONTIERS OF PRODUCT-SERVICE SYSTEM DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITYSection 1: New Ways to Deliver Satisfaction and Manage the Transition1. An aesthetic for sustainable interactions in Product-Service Systems?2. Sustainable consumer satisfaction in the context of clothing3. Developing new products and services in entrepreneurial contexts4. The societal embedding of sustainable Product-Service Systems: looking for synergies between strategic design and transition studies5. Our common nature: insights from the ‘moral faculty’ and its potential role in system design for socially and environmentally sustainable outcomesSection 2: New Perspectives on Sustainable PSS in Low-Income and Emerging Contexts6. PSS in waste: lessons from the Indian informal economy7. Sustainable Product-Service Systems in the informal economy of poor urban contexts: India and the case of press workers in clothes care system in Delhi8. Sustainability at work, sustainability at play: the consequences of an urban horticulture project involving underprivileged children in IndiaSection 3: New Ways to Leverage Social Innovation for Sustainability9. Design for Chinese social innovation: pilot PSS design experiences for sustainable lifestyles10. Design and social innovation: design practice and methods based on networks and communities11. Catalysing social resources for sustainable changes: social innovation and community-centred designSection 4: New Ways to Design for Moderation12. A brief introduction to the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy13. The principle of self-reliance in design for a sufficiency economy14. MATTEROLOGY: a Chinese method for sustainable design thinking15. Modern Product-Service System design and the concept of an ecological civilisation: a traditional Chinese viewSection 5: New Ways to Educate16. New ways of educating: articulating experience17. Creative sustainability: the role of (design) education18. Transdisciplinary platforms: teaching sustainability to design students19. Learning the unlearned: product design for sustainability20. Bringing streamlined LCA into the sustainable PSS design process

O autorze

Vezzoli, Carlo; Kohtala, Cindy; Srinivasan, Amrit; Xin, Liu; Fusakul, Moi; Sateesh, Deepta; Diehl, J.C.