From BoP to ToP and vice versa daily practices in settings with limited resources to inspire designers

Conference paper (2014)
Department
Design Engineering (IDE) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2014 Design Research Society, Umeå Institute of Design, and the authors
Culture Design methods Base of the pyramid (BoP) Daily practices Top of the pyramid (ToP) Bottom-up innovations
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Published Date

31-12-2014

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Source:

Proceedings of DRS 2014: Design's big debates, 1301-1315. (2014), 16-19 June 2014, Umeå, Sweden

ISBN:

978-91-7601-068-6

Faculty

Industrial Design Engineering

Department

Design Engineering

Abstract

This paper reviews the methods and practices that reflect subconscious behaviours of people in daily lives. Cases, studied for this paper, show how practices of people living in poor settings, who are members of the base of the economic pyramid, contribute to designers, belonging to the top of the economic pyramid, in designing better products and systems. A new approach to the bottom-up innovation is suggested where the source of inspiration comes from the BoP populations to be implemented by ToP designers to generate ideas for BoP or ToP products.

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