1 Industrial Designers Towards Design Concepts …
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designers considered only the element not emit waste and toxic substances, showing
basic knowledge and concern about the lifecycle principle. The production phase
was few considered by industrial designers.
From the general view of 44 product design concepts with fire theme, the majority
of design concepts implemented the ecodesign strategies as new concept development
(29.4%) and use phase (45.1%), which they were represented by the category of active
products.
Other ecodesign strategies as selection of materials (7.8%), production phase
(7.8%) and end-of-life (9.8%) stages had low consideration by industrial designers.
During the use phase of these products, the non-renewable energy consumption were
most common. The fire design concepts with a cultural dimensions were characterised
as lighting and cooking design fields, while the social dimension were characterised
as safe emergency and protection design fields. Finally, the environmental dimension
concepts were characterised as new method of energy production through sunlight.
1.7 Limitations of Research
Unfortunately the JDF has closed its activities in 2008, which the theme “Water”
was not realized for second time, and also a specific main theme with “Water”
approach has not been proposed by others national and international design competitions from 1989 until at the present moment. These facts did not permit up-to-date
of design works with water theme by industrial designers (Woodham 2006; Ecodesign Symposium 1999; Japanese Society for Science of Design—JSSD 1997; JSSD
2011).
1.8 Example of Strategies on the Water and Fire Themes
Based on the main findings of the previous sections, examples of main strategies
design concept based on the water and fire themes are illustrated in Table 1.7. It
shows the examples of key characteristics of products design with water and fire
themes from social, cultural and environmental viewpoints. These examples could
to stimulate industrial designers to explore new way of generation ideas to intigate
new sustainable design solution. This proposal will be tested in the practical modules
of the industrial design course.
15
designers considered only the element not emit waste and toxic substances, showing
basic knowledge and concern about the lifecycle principle. The production phase
was few considered by industrial designers.
From the general view of 44 product design concepts with fire theme, the majority
of design concepts implemented the ecodesign strategies as new concept development
(29.4%) and use phase (45.1%), which they were represented by the category of active
products.
Other ecodesign strategies as selection of materials (7.8%), production phase
(7.8%) and end-of-life (9.8%) stages had low consideration by industrial designers.
During the use phase of these products, the non-renewable energy consumption were
most common. The fire design concepts with a cultural dimensions were characterised
as lighting and cooking design fields, while the social dimension were characterised
as safe emergency and protection design fields. Finally, the environmental dimension
concepts were characterised as new method of energy production through sunlight.
1.7 Limitations of Research
Unfortunately the JDF has closed its activities in 2008, which the theme “Water”
was not realized for second time, and also a specific main theme with “Water”
approach has not been proposed by others national and international design competitions from 1989 until at the present moment. These facts did not permit up-to-date
of design works with water theme by industrial designers (Woodham 2006; Ecodesign Symposium 1999; Japanese Society for Science of Design—JSSD 1997; JSSD
2011).
1.8 Example of Strategies on the Water and Fire Themes
Based on the main findings of the previous sections, examples of main strategies
design concept based on the water and fire themes are illustrated in Table 1.7. It
shows the examples of key characteristics of products design with water and fire
themes from social, cultural and environmental viewpoints. These examples could
to stimulate industrial designers to explore new way of generation ideas to intigate
new sustainable design solution. This proposal will be tested in the practical modules
of the industrial design course.