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Design and Sustainability - for iPad/Mac/PC
by The Open University
Are you aware of the environmental impacts of the stuff you buy? Is that chair you bought made from wood from a sustainable forest, or was it illegally logged ? Or perhaps your TV set's inner parts are too difficult to recycle or cause pollution when it’s dismantled at the end of its life. All this adds up to a huge amount of damage to the planet. This album looks at how designers must respond to the increasingly urgent need for sustainability in product design. Designers now need to come up with not only better, more efficient designs, but must also consider the impacts in all stages in the life cycle of a product to minimise negative social and environmental consequences. This album also reveals how new product ideas and inventions are tested before they’re turned into commercially viable products. You may also want to explore the albums "Energy and Sustainability" and "Sustainable Communities". This material is taken from The Open University Course T307 Innovation: designing for
Episodes
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Design and Sustainability
A short introduction to this album.
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Consumer product testing
Representatives of Intertech, a product-testing company, discuss their methods of testing.
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Testing standards
Emphasising the importance of standards in consumer testing.
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The five principles of sustainability
The three layers of sustainability and the five principles to reduce the impact of products on the environment.
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The history of a chair
An example of what is meant by the term 'hidden ugliness'.
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The designer's role in sustainable development
Issues that a product designer should consider in order to make a product sustainable.
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Incorporating sustainability in product design
The future challenges of sustainability that designers face and how these could be resolved.
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The five principles in design project work
In support of how the five principles of sustainability can help in design project work.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Are you aware of the environmental impacts of the stuff you buy? Is that chair you bought made from wood from a sustainable forest, or was it illegally logged ? Or perhaps your TV set's inner parts are too difficult to recycle or cause pollution when it’s dismantled at the end of its life. All this adds up to a huge amount of damage to the planet. This album looks at how designers must respond to the increasingly urgent need for sustainability in product design. Designers now need to come up with not only better, more efficient designs, but must also consider the impacts in all stages in the life cycle of a product to minimise negative social and environmental consequences. This album also reveals how new product ideas and inventions are tested before they’re turned into commercially viable products. You may also want to explore the albums "Energy and Sustainability" and "Sustainable Communities". This material is taken from The Open University Course T307 Innovation: designing for
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Are you aware of the environmental impacts of the stuff you buy? Is that chair you bought made from wood from a sustainable forest, or was it illegally logged ? Or perhaps your TV set's inner parts are too difficult to recycle or cause pollution when it’s dismantled at the end of its life. All this...
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