Designing a product-service for repair & maintenance of medical imaging equipment in Africa

Up to 40% of medical equipment in the developing world is broken, largely due to lack of repair and maintenance. This report investigates the possibility of improving repair by making use fo remote communication technologies. Research is performed at a User Interaction and Systems level and combined to create the design of a remote servicing...

Stimulating circular behaviour through design strategy

Mobile phones are undoubtedly an important part of our daily lives and activities. With the avid use and rapid upgrade patterns of mobile phones in current consumer lifestyle comes a wasteful disposal process. The high speed at which mobile phones are left for obsolescent makes the electronic waste problem that they bring with them a target of...

Applying service design to the circular economy: A case study on Fairphone

This graduation project was set out to explore how service design could be applied to the circular economy. The report outlines a framework for applying the process to projects on circular system transitions. A case study was conducted on designing a service for Fairphone, in which the framework was applied. Fairphone has been a leading example...

Human-Centered Systemic Innovation to a Circular Economy: A Case Study in Male Grooming

This thesis explores a human-centered approach to innovating towards the circular economy, using the design concept of product-service-economic systems (PSES)