1st Edition
Product-Service System Design for Sustainability
By Carlo Vezzoli, Cindy Kohtala, Amrit Srinivasan, Liu Xin, Moi Fusakul, Deepta Sateesh, J.C. Diehl
Copyright 2014
528 Pages
by
Routledge
524 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book, based on a huge European and Asian research project, 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 simply designing and selling physical products to developing integrated systems... Read more
ForewordIntroduction: sustainability in designDesign and sustainability: an increasing roleThe structure of this book PART 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 sustainability PART 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
Biography
Vezzoli, Carlo; Kohtala, Cindy; Srinivasan, Amrit; Xin, Liu; Fusakul, Moi; Sateesh, Deepta; Diehl, J.C.
