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U. Edilson
Product Design based on the Fire Theme
In the same Table 1.5 shows the general approaches of ecodesign strategies of 56
product design concepts based on the fire theme.
The sub-categories of product design concepts with fire theme in Table 1.4 are:
(B): equipment, lighting and appliances; (C) pot, cooking utensils and toys: and (D)
public art and urban planning.
Analyzing basic phases of ecodesign strategies in relation to the total percent
item (T%) of fire theme in Table 1.5, industrial designers gave attention on the
use phase (45.1%) and new concept (29.4%) stages were the most important aspects
considered by industrial designers. However, others strategies of lifecycle principles,
such selection material (7.8%), production phase (7.8%), end-of-life phase (9.8%),
had low consideration by industrial designers (details in Table 1.3).
Reviewing in details the 44 product design concepts of categories B and C, the
majority of concepts (86.4%) were characterised as active products. As such, in their
lifecyle during the use phase, they used non-renewable energy sources that will run
out or will not be repleshided, such as the fossil fuels, natural gas and nuclear energy.
Only a small percent (13.6%) did not use any kind of energy during the use phase.
In Table 1.6, the sustainability dimensions of the 44 samples, the design concepts
with a symbolical culture of fire and social aspect of fire (37.0%) were the most significant approach explored by industrial designers in their proposal designs. Industrial
designers had the intention to reintroduce fire to ceremony and domestic utility. Other
approaches such as lifestyle, warm feeling, and leisure aspects were also explored
by designers in their product design concepts.
From the social dimension, the product design concepts with fire safety was
the most important aspects explored by industrial designers in their product design
concepts. The most significant example were a public life guard mask and proposal
of a fire fighting and emergency guidance system using a sensor robot.
Local and global approaches were also explored by industrial designers in their
product design concepts, which they were related with energy or power production,
such as a biogas and a the offshore solar hydrogen farm, with the latter characterized
as global and the former as local approaches to energy solutions.
From the environmental dimension, the majority of product design concepts
exploited the natural resources of sunlight, which industrial designers viewpoints
they used as method of energy production through the active solar energy and passive
solar energy.
The product design concept that used passive solar energy was the designbased
on solar heat-storage cooker, which used the energy of direct for sunlight for heating
and cooking.
U. Edilson
Product Design based on the Fire Theme
In the same Table 1.5 shows the general approaches of ecodesign strategies of 56
product design concepts based on the fire theme.
The sub-categories of product design concepts with fire theme in Table 1.4 are:
(B): equipment, lighting and appliances; (C) pot, cooking utensils and toys: and (D)
public art and urban planning.
Analyzing basic phases of ecodesign strategies in relation to the total percent
item (T%) of fire theme in Table 1.5, industrial designers gave attention on the
use phase (45.1%) and new concept (29.4%) stages were the most important aspects
considered by industrial designers. However, others strategies of lifecycle principles,
such selection material (7.8%), production phase (7.8%), end-of-life phase (9.8%),
had low consideration by industrial designers (details in Table 1.3).
Reviewing in details the 44 product design concepts of categories B and C, the
majority of concepts (86.4%) were characterised as active products. As such, in their
lifecyle during the use phase, they used non-renewable energy sources that will run
out or will not be repleshided, such as the fossil fuels, natural gas and nuclear energy.
Only a small percent (13.6%) did not use any kind of energy during the use phase.
In Table 1.6, the sustainability dimensions of the 44 samples, the design concepts
with a symbolical culture of fire and social aspect of fire (37.0%) were the most significant approach explored by industrial designers in their proposal designs. Industrial
designers had the intention to reintroduce fire to ceremony and domestic utility. Other
approaches such as lifestyle, warm feeling, and leisure aspects were also explored
by designers in their product design concepts.
From the social dimension, the product design concepts with fire safety was
the most important aspects explored by industrial designers in their product design
concepts. The most significant example were a public life guard mask and proposal
of a fire fighting and emergency guidance system using a sensor robot.
Local and global approaches were also explored by industrial designers in their
product design concepts, which they were related with energy or power production,
such as a biogas and a the offshore solar hydrogen farm, with the latter characterized
as global and the former as local approaches to energy solutions.
From the environmental dimension, the majority of product design concepts
exploited the natural resources of sunlight, which industrial designers viewpoints
they used as method of energy production through the active solar energy and passive
solar energy.
The product design concept that used passive solar energy was the designbased
on solar heat-storage cooker, which used the energy of direct for sunlight for heating
and cooking.