Post on 21-Jan-2015
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Product Design
Gareth Barham[in-a-relationship (several)]
Gareth Barham[in-a-relationship (several)]
Product Designour relationship with things
Examples of MP3 players
Apple iPod
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Sustainable Designwhat we could change in the
Design and Manufacture of Products
ECODESIGN IS GOOD DESIGN
98% recyclable
98% of products are thrown away within 6 months
source: Edwin Datschefski & United National University
“Designing a product is designing a relationship”.
Steve Rogers
iPhone 4 iPhone 5
“Our enormously productive economy…demands that we make consumption
our way of life, that we convertthe buying and use of goods intorituals, that we seek our spiritualsatisfaction, our ego satisfaction,in consumption…we need things
consumed, burned up, replaced anddiscarded at an ever accelerating rate”.
Story of Stuff, Full Version; How Things Work, About Stuffhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLBE5QAYXp8
BBC.co.uk/news: 21 September 2012 “People ignore design that ignores people”.Frank Chimera
“There is little point designing physicalDurability into goods if consumersLack the desire to keep them”.Jonathan Chapman
this means that the choices
designers makecan have long-term impacts
design for…. recycling/reusedisassembly, servicing, upgrade, reduced material mix
image source: Hermann Miller
design for…. manufacture &assemblylean manufacturing, cleaner
production, servicing, upgrade,
image source: steelcase
image source: Panasonic
design for…. disassemblyrecycling, servicing, end-of-life,
upgrade, lean manufacturing,
cleaner production, down-cycling,
material segregation,
design for…. eco-packagingnatural, returnable, reusable, multifunction, biodegradable
design for…. low impact materialsrecycled, recyclable, bio materials, compatibility,
compostable, renewable, sustainable
image source: inhabitat, Worn Again, Moscardino, Remarkable, Sony
design for…. durabilitylongevity, durability, desire
image source: dualit, kitchenaid