Chapter 1
Industrial Designers Towards Design
Concepts Based on the Water and Fire
Themes—A Review and Comparison
of Sustainability Considerations
Ueda Edilson
Abstract The preliminary research contributes to an initial discussion in the field
of industrial design regarding the natural resources of water and fire for sustainability. It reviews and compares the aptitudes of industrial designers from around
the world and submitted to the respected International Design Competition, Osaka
organized by the Japanese Design Foundation and supported by Japanese Ministry
of Economy, Trade, and Industry. It contributes to efforts to support and promote the
importance of natural resources of water and fire sustainability from an industrial
design perspective. According to the results, the large number of design concepts
in differents categories suggests that industrial designers had the most flexibility to
express their design concepts in this manner. The respective themes of water and
fire had a relationship with each product design fields. The products design from
water theme were characterized by common elements of evolutions, like methods of
utilizing the nature, non consumption energy, clean use and so on. While in the fire
theme was characterized by products design that produce energy through sunlight
and products design that previne and protection from accidents caused by fire.
Keywords Water · Fire · Product design concepts · Industrial design ·
Sustainability · Sustainable design · Ecodesig
1.1 Introduction
This preliminary research examines the dimensions of sustainability and sustainable
design strategies considered by industrial designers. The water and fire design are
explored in its conceptual phase, the stage at which industrial designers have the
greatest freedom to generate ideas and design solutions with the fewest constraints.
The lack of information and concrete recommendations to address the sustainability
of natural resources has kept industrial designers from demonstrating their skill and
creativity in environmental product design.
U. Edilson (B)
Department of Industrial Design, Faculty of Engineering, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
e-mail: edilsonsueda@faculty.chiba-u.jp
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Y. Kishita et al. (eds.), EcoDesign and Sustainability I, Sustainable Production, Life Cycle
Engineering and Management, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6779-7_1
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Industrial Designers Towards Design
Concepts Based on the Water and Fire
Themes—A Review and Comparison
of Sustainability Considerations
Ueda Edilson
Abstract The preliminary research contributes to an initial discussion in the field
of industrial design regarding the natural resources of water and fire for sustainability. It reviews and compares the aptitudes of industrial designers from around
the world and submitted to the respected International Design Competition, Osaka
organized by the Japanese Design Foundation and supported by Japanese Ministry
of Economy, Trade, and Industry. It contributes to efforts to support and promote the
importance of natural resources of water and fire sustainability from an industrial
design perspective. According to the results, the large number of design concepts
in differents categories suggests that industrial designers had the most flexibility to
express their design concepts in this manner. The respective themes of water and
fire had a relationship with each product design fields. The products design from
water theme were characterized by common elements of evolutions, like methods of
utilizing the nature, non consumption energy, clean use and so on. While in the fire
theme was characterized by products design that produce energy through sunlight
and products design that previne and protection from accidents caused by fire.
Keywords Water · Fire · Product design concepts · Industrial design ·
Sustainability · Sustainable design · Ecodesig
1.1 Introduction
This preliminary research examines the dimensions of sustainability and sustainable
design strategies considered by industrial designers. The water and fire design are
explored in its conceptual phase, the stage at which industrial designers have the
greatest freedom to generate ideas and design solutions with the fewest constraints.
The lack of information and concrete recommendations to address the sustainability
of natural resources has kept industrial designers from demonstrating their skill and
creativity in environmental product design.
U. Edilson (B)
Department of Industrial Design, Faculty of Engineering, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
e-mail: edilsonsueda@faculty.chiba-u.jp
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Y. Kishita et al. (eds.), EcoDesign and Sustainability I, Sustainable Production, Life Cycle
Engineering and Management, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6779-7_1
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