Rapareren als aandrijver van de circulaire economie

Demonteerbaarheid: essentieel om te kunnen repareren

Hoe ontwerp de consument kan aansporen tot repareren

Repareerbaarheid voorbij: Ontwerpstrategieen die de levensduur van producten verlengen

Additive Manufacturing for Design in a Circular Economy

This PhD project explored how the use of 3D printing can support design in a circular economy. 3D printing is an emerging technology and is viewed as a promising production process for the circular economy because of its unique additive and digital character. The aim of design in a circular economy is to preserve the value of products and...

Using data analytics to extract knowledge from middle-of-life product data

Data analytics needs dedicated tools, which are getting complex. In this paper we summarize the results of our literature research done with special attention to existing and potential future tools. The attention is paid mainly to processing big data, rather than to effective semantic processing of middle-of-life data (MoLD). The issue of...

Taking Advantage of Data Generated by Products: Trends, Opportunities and Challenges

Now that all kinds of products are increasingly getting connected to the Internet, it is expected that it will become easier to collect data on how they are actually used during the middle-of-life stage of their product lifecycles. At the same time, a growing number of data analytics technologies offers opportunities to transform this data into...

Typically the Best? Perceived Typicality and Aesthetic Appraisal of Product Appearances

In this dissertation, it is investigated how the current knowledge that people possess about a certain product category influences perception and aesthetic appraisal of product appearances within this product category. Through the reoccurring exposure to product appearances in everyday life people form Internalized Product Appearances (IPA) of...

The practice of ecodesign: A study of small product design consultancies

This paper reports on an ongoing study that explores how UK based designers, in small design consultancies (SDCs), locate information and learn new skills. Semi-structured interviews were used to improve understanding of the context within which these designers operate and how their design process works. The interviews also helped to construct a...

Meanings of Materials

This book is about meanings we attribute to materials of the objects around us. Materials convey meanings: they look traditional, they express luxury, they are associated with factories, or they conjure up one’s childhood. How do materials obtain these meanings? How do they interact with other elements of product design in expressing certain...