Editors:
Introduces the concepts of Sustainable Product-Service Systems (S.PSS) and Sustainable Distributed Economies (S.DE)
Provides a comprehensive framework and also practical tools to support the S.PSS applied to DE design process
Demonstrates the book’s approach with case studies from Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Africa, and Europe
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering (LNME)
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About this book
This open access book introduces design for Sustainable Product-Service Systems (S.PSS) and for Sustainable Distributed Economies (S.DE). These are introduced as technical and operative tools for the development of a new generation of designers, responsible and capable of designing environmentally, socially and economically sustainable solutions, accessible to all.
The book provides a comprehensive framework and also practical tools to support the system design for sustainability process. It overviews methodologies, tools and strategies for Sustainable PSS design applied to Distributed Economies (DE) and provides strategies and design guidelines. All of these are highlighted and expanded upon with international case studies.Keywords
- Design for Sustainability
- Product-Service System (PSS)
- Sustainable Development
- Distributed Economies (DE)
- Circular Economy
- Social Equity and Cohesion
- Open Access
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Carlo Vezzoli
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Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico
Brenda Garcia Parra
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Department of Design, Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Espoo, Finland
Cindy Kohtala
About the editors
Carlo Vezzoli is Full Professor of Design at the Politecnico di Milano University and within this Institution for 20 years he has been researching and teaching on design for sustainability. Nowadays he holds the courses of product Design for environmental Sustainability and System Design for Sustainability, he is the head of both the research group Design and system Innovation for Sustainability (DIS) and the research lab LeNS_Lab Polimi. He has delivered worldwide (outside Italy) courses and lectures in universities in Africa (Botswana, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda), Asia (China, India, Japan and Thailand); The Americas (Brazil; Colombia and Mexico), and Europe(Estonia, Finland, France, Norway, The Netherlands and United Kingdom).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Designing Sustainability for All
Book Subtitle: The Design of Sustainable Product-Service Systems Applied to Distributed Economies
Editors: Carlo Vezzoli, Brenda Garcia Parra, Cindy Kohtala
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66300-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021
License: CC BY
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-66299-8Published: 22 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-66300-1Published: 21 April 2021
Series ISSN: 2195-4356
Series E-ISSN: 2195-4364
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 142
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 71 illustrations in colour
Topics: Engineering Design, Management, Development Studies, Industrial and Production Engineering