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and global design justify detailed review and study of submitted design concepts for
the benefit of current and future professional industrial designers.
From an academic perspective, no similar or specific research has examined the
elements of nature water and fire competition from an industrial design perspective, even in the papers published from 1999 to 2013 by the International Symposium on EcoDesign (Ecodesign Symposium 1999) and in the special, environmentally focused issues from Japanese Society for Science of Design—JSSD (Japanese
Society for Science of Design—JSSD 1997; JSSD 2011).
1.3 Design of Research
Given the facts, the sustainability aspects of design concepts are examined from the
industrial design perspectives. An inventory of sustainable design strategies from
viewpoints of industrial designers are considered in their concepts. They are formulated based on the three sustainability dimensions: social, cultural and environmental.
To do so, the tools available for industrial designers are extensively reviewed, with
the most relevant found to be the ecodesign strategies. Special reports (Japan Design
Foundation (JDF) 1987, 1989) of IDCO contribute to the analysis of the submitted
design concepts.
1.3.1 Ecodesign Strategies
Concept design works are analyzed based on the Ecodesign Strategy by Brezet
(Brezet and val Hemel 1997), which is useful at both the early and late stages of
the product-development process, including for re-evaluation after improvements.
The strategy, which helps to identify on which areas to prioritize, is based on the
lifecycle, which is a technical approach.
New factors and elements of evolution are adapted in this research to analyze the
design concepts in order to explore the new characteristics that the early stage of
design development commonly explores.
These factors and elements were found through the review of each design work
by the author and also by two Phd experts in Ecodesign.
Each design works were reviewed based on the description as the title and subtitle
and also the contents summarized with 300 words by the design author. The design
categories of each design work were also defined by the design author through choice
options of IDCO application form, e.g.: (A) poster, (B) Transportation, lighting and
others (C) Furniture, toys and others (D), Urban Planning, Landscape and others
(E) Design research and others. These design categories were based on the recommended by the ICOGRADA (International Council of Graphic Design Association), the ICSID (International Council of Societies of Industrial Design) and the IFI
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and global design justify detailed review and study of submitted design concepts for
the benefit of current and future professional industrial designers.
From an academic perspective, no similar or specific research has examined the
elements of nature water and fire competition from an industrial design perspective, even in the papers published from 1999 to 2013 by the International Symposium on EcoDesign (Ecodesign Symposium 1999) and in the special, environmentally focused issues from Japanese Society for Science of Design—JSSD (Japanese
Society for Science of Design—JSSD 1997; JSSD 2011).
1.3 Design of Research
Given the facts, the sustainability aspects of design concepts are examined from the
industrial design perspectives. An inventory of sustainable design strategies from
viewpoints of industrial designers are considered in their concepts. They are formulated based on the three sustainability dimensions: social, cultural and environmental.
To do so, the tools available for industrial designers are extensively reviewed, with
the most relevant found to be the ecodesign strategies. Special reports (Japan Design
Foundation (JDF) 1987, 1989) of IDCO contribute to the analysis of the submitted
design concepts.
1.3.1 Ecodesign Strategies
Concept design works are analyzed based on the Ecodesign Strategy by Brezet
(Brezet and val Hemel 1997), which is useful at both the early and late stages of
the product-development process, including for re-evaluation after improvements.
The strategy, which helps to identify on which areas to prioritize, is based on the
lifecycle, which is a technical approach.
New factors and elements of evolution are adapted in this research to analyze the
design concepts in order to explore the new characteristics that the early stage of
design development commonly explores.
These factors and elements were found through the review of each design work
by the author and also by two Phd experts in Ecodesign.
Each design works were reviewed based on the description as the title and subtitle
and also the contents summarized with 300 words by the design author. The design
categories of each design work were also defined by the design author through choice
options of IDCO application form, e.g.: (A) poster, (B) Transportation, lighting and
others (C) Furniture, toys and others (D), Urban Planning, Landscape and others
(E) Design research and others. These design categories were based on the recommended by the ICOGRADA (International Council of Graphic Design Association), the ICSID (International Council of Societies of Industrial Design) and the IFI