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Some Experiences from Using 3D-printing in the Modelling of a New Product

Ottosson, Stig; Skogsrřd, Torbjřrn // 2016
In the development of new tangible (hardware) products, creative modelling can be used in the chain from the ideation (idea generation) to the testing of user and customer opinions of new product ...

SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

Laxasa, Enrique; Santolaya, José Luis; Roche, Carlos; Velasco, Carlos // 2016
Sustainable product development initiatives have been evolving for some time to support companies
improve the efficiency of current production and the design of new products and services ...

THE ACADEMIC-ENTERPRISE EXPERIENCES FRAMEWORK AS A GUIDE FOR DESIGN EDUCATION

Martins, Joăo Carlos; Pereira, Joăo Luis; Oliveira, Marcelo; Coelho, Cristina // 2016
The establishment of support platforms for the development of a new culture in design education, in
order to achieve both research exploitation and its results, as an approach to the industrial ...

The best way to predict the future is to design it

Fossland, Alexander Jayko; Sigurjónsson, Jóhannes B. // 2016
This article discusses perspectives, and principles of R. Buckminster Fuller´s philosophy and possible implications on the future role of industrial design. The article is aimed at professional ...

THE ELASTIC OCTOPUS: A CATALOGUE OF FAILURES FOR DISRUPTING DESIGN EDUCATION

Hall, Ashley; Bahk, Yoon; Wright, James // 2016
Elastic Octopus was inspired by a perceived increased reluctance in student attitudes towards taking
risks and failure in design innovation. In particular, recent trends in funding and risk-aversion ...

The Humanitarian Innovation lab dialogue series: Defining the 'how's' of humanitarian innovation at NTNU

Nielsen, Brita Fladvad // 2016
Humanitarian crises are expanding in frequency and the humanitarian system is overwhelmed by the difficulties of linking sustainability, resilience and urgent response through humanitarian action. ...

THE NATURE AS AN INSPIRATION TO ENCOURAGE USERS TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF PACKAGING

Johansen, Linn Victoria; Berg, Arild // 2016
Biomimicry depends on three key principles: nature as a model, nature as a goal and nature as a
mentor. By studying nature, there may be several answers to challenges that have already been ...

THE NEED FOR A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY IN NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT FROM THE DESIGNERS PERSPECTIVE

Ford, Peter; Meadwell, James; Terris, David // 2016
There are a growing number of tools available to the Product Designer to assist them in making
informed decisions on the implications of the choices they make in specifying materials ...

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN USER AND PRODUCT: DURABLE DESIGN THROUGH PERSONALISATION

Fossdal, Maria; Berg, Arild // 2016
There is an increased focus on emotional design in order to build more sustainable attitudes towards
the design of products. According to Dieter Rams, a German industrial designer known for ...

The ‘Nordic Approach’ and how it may support Design for Sustainability

Ali, Faheem; Verhulst, Elli; Boks, Casper // 2016
The Nordic industries have been considered to be one of the first movers on sustainability related topics. This research work aims at exploring the ‘Nordic Approach’ in a Design for Sustainability ...

UNANSWERED QUESTIONS IN CONCEPTUAL DESIGN TOWARDS CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Widgren, M.; Sakao, T. // 2016
Manufacturing industry faces challenges in implementing design methods for Circular Economy into practice, since much is unanswered due to its complexity and insufficient research. This conference ...

VALIDATION OF THE ECO-TRANSFORMITY METHOD

Midžić, I.; Štorga, M.; Marjanović, D. // 2016
This paper presents validation of a method for qualitative environmental evaluation of product concepts. The basis of the Eco-transformity method are five environmental criteria. Criteria outcomes ...

WHICH HYGIENIC PRODUCTS FOR WHICH CONTINENT? DESIGN FOR USAGE AND SUSTAINABILITY

Leroy, Y.; Yannou, B.; Murthy, L.; Lallmahomed, A.; Yannou-Le Bris, G. // 2016
All women have to deal with menstrual cycles.The paper proposes to investigate usage and sustainability performances of four hygienic solutions, i.e. environmental, economic, hygienic, comfort and ...

‘What Ideality Tool’ (The WIT) for Product Design Briefs Fusion and Confluence in Design Management

Weiss, Alon; Avital, Iko; Das, A.K.; Gedalya, Mazor // 2016
This article presents the essential advantages in using an innovative design tool that enhances the values of sustainable design management, applicable for product designers and design managers, ...

A BAYESIAN NETWORK APPROACH TO IMPROVE CHANGE PROPAGATION ANALYSIS

Lee, Jihwan; Hong, Yoo S. // 2015
Predicting and analysis of change propagation is one of the important issues in engineering change management. In this paper, we illustrate how the Bayesian network (BN), which is emerging tool for a ...

A GENERIC APPROACH TO SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS IN GEOMETRIC VARIATIONS MANAGEMENT

Schleich, Benjamin; Wartzack, Sandro // 2015
Engineering design teams are increasingly required to consider sustainability in the design of products and related manufacturing and assembly processes. In this regard, the economic and ecological ...

A MODEL OF IDEA EVALUATION AND SELECTION FOR PRODUCT INNOVATION

Stevanovic, Milan; Marjanovic, Dorian; Storga, Mario // 2015
Product innovation is one of key strategic guidelines for sustainable business and competitive advantage. The process of innovation takes significant resources, and it is extremely important during ...

A SENSOR DESIGN AND DATA ANALYSIS FOR AUTOMATIC DRUM BEATER WINDING

Zhao, Yuchen; Johson, Teegan; Goh, Yee Mey // 2015
In the percussion music industry, drum beater manufacturing requires a skilled operator to manually wind the beater with acrylic yarn. Tacit skill is used to control and adapt tension during the ...

A SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT MODEL

VADOUDI, Kiyan; TROUSSIER, Nadège // 2015
There are major challenges for the designer to include Sustainable Development aspects into product design activities; particularly related to the social and wider environmental aspects. One way of ...

A WATER SAVING SOLUTION WITH A TRIZ BASED METHOD

Russo, Davide; Spreafico, Christian; Mores, Nicola // 2015
The number and breadth of eco-improvement methods has been steadily rising over the past deCADes. However a lot of eco-friendly product are struggling to find their collocation on the market. This ...

ADVANCED BUSINESS COACHING APPROACH IN COMBINATION WITH SYSTEMIC CONSTELLATION WORK TO IMPROVE THE BUSINESS ENGINEERING PROCESS

Burchardt, Carsten. // 2015
Business coaching and consulting as a systemic constellation approach is a solution-focused process, which helps leaders of organizations to identify the complex, often informal, relationships and ...

AIDING DESIGNERS TO MAKE PRACTITIONER-LIKE INTERPRETATIONS OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT RESULTS

Uchil, Praveen; Chakrabarti, Amaresh; Fantke, Peter // 2015
Detailed Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) provide tools to quantitatively illustrate the environmental impacts of a product throughout its life cycle. Effectively interpreting the results of a detailed ...

AN APPROACH TO ANALYSING INTERFACE UNCERTAINTY USING THE CONTACT AND CHANNEL MODEL

Freund, Tillmann; Kloberdanz, Hermann; Lotz, Julian; Wuertenberger, Jan // 2015
The authors give a short introduction to uncertainty and introduce uncertainty terms for modular systems: Interface Uncertainty and Configuration Uncertainty. In order to control these forms of ...

AN INTEGRATED RFBSE MODEL FOR MANAGING AND REUSING ENGINEERING DESIGN KNOWLEDGE

Qin, Hao; Wang, Hongwei; Liu, Yusheng // 2015
Design efficiency has significant influence on a company s sustainable competitiveness. Reusing part of the previous product design can undoubtedly improve design efficiency, and thus the need of ...

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