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Design-Technology and Sustainability

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The chapter explores the use, purpose and appropriateness of technology in the design process. From a sustainability perspective, factors such as diversity, creativity and skill are fundamental for innovation (competition and survival). In addition to formalizing guidelines for the role of technology in the design process, the chapter discusses the role of both the designer and the design-technology in the co-operative complex involved in generating, capturing and storing ideas. In addition, capability approach has been adopted to discern this relationship further.

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  1. Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India

    Sudhir Rama Murthy

  2. Centre for Sustainable Technologies and Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India

    Monto Mani

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  1. , Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560 012, Karnataka, India

    Chiranjit Mukhopadhyay

  2. , Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Gulmohar Marg, Mathikere, Bangalore, 560012, Karnataka, India

    K B Akhilesh

  3. , Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Gulmohar Marg, Near-Centre For Neroscience,Mathikere, Bangalore, 560012, Karnataka, India

    R. Srinivasan

  4. , Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Gulmohar Marg, Near-Centre For Neroscience,Mathikere, Bangalore, 560012, Karnataka, India

    Anjula Gurtoo

  5. , Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Gulmohar Marg, Mathikere,, Bangalore, 560012, Karnataka, India

    Parthasarathy Ramachandran

  6. , Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Gulmohar Marg, Mathikere, Bangalore, 560012, Karnataka, India

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  7. , Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Gulmohar Marg, Mathikere, Bangalore, 560012, Karnataka, India

    M Mathirajan

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    M H Bala Subrahmanya

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Murthy, S.R., Mani, M. (2013). Design-Technology and Sustainability. In: Mukhopadhyay, C., et al. Driving the Economy through Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Springer, India. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-0746-7_7

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