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Upcycling is a portmanteau term that researchers have filled with a range of ideas and practices. Many of these remain restless in terms of consistent use and stability of definition. ‘Design’ is one of those unsettled terms, and this chapter explores that restiveness by considering, (i) design in upcycling literature, (ii) design in upcycling practice, (iii) the relationship of design to other common upcycling terms including waste and value, (iv) and to provide some notion of what ‘design for upcycling’ might include.
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Maycroft, N. (2021). Scapegoat or Saviour: The Role of Design in Upcycling Research. In: Sung, K., Singh, J., Bridgens, B. (eds) State-of-the-Art Upcycling Research and Practice . Lecture Notes in Production Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72640-9_5
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