When confronted with the problems of contemporaneity, designers often tend to use their own creativity as an answer to a specific need, maintaining divided design fields and methods, this leads to a lack of attention to actual society problems and goals, which have already been defined and highlighted from UN – with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals – and from the theoreticians of the industry 4.0. The research method proposes the convergence between innovative production technology – such as open technologies – and different design approach, the parametric one and the participatory one, because their hybridiza- tion could lead to the design of artifacts through a unique system and, as well, customized on the need of each user emerged through the participation of the same. It is clear that a convergence like this will have an important impact on the society, thanks to the attention on sustainability, inclusivity and iterability, of the process and products.
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN 4.0: METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF THE CONTEMPORARY DESIGNER IN THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
Gabriele Pontillo;Roberta Angari
2019
Abstract
When confronted with the problems of contemporaneity, designers often tend to use their own creativity as an answer to a specific need, maintaining divided design fields and methods, this leads to a lack of attention to actual society problems and goals, which have already been defined and highlighted from UN – with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals – and from the theoreticians of the industry 4.0. The research method proposes the convergence between innovative production technology – such as open technologies – and different design approach, the parametric one and the participatory one, because their hybridiza- tion could lead to the design of artifacts through a unique system and, as well, customized on the need of each user emerged through the participation of the same. It is clear that a convergence like this will have an important impact on the society, thanks to the attention on sustainability, inclusivity and iterability, of the process and products.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.