Design in Context Product Design through Local Initiatives

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2002-07-17

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Doğan, Çağla

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Current notions of sustainability within the field of product manufacturing largely depend on business strategies that are predominantly 'top-down ' approaches. However, it is theoretically and practically naive and also unworkable for conventionally structured large manufacturing businesses to simply put on the vestments of sustainability. Many of the structures, philosophies and raisons d'etre are inherently and systemically in conflict with an holistic understanding of sustainability. In order to positively and significantly affect and contribute to the three main principles of sustainability (ecology, economy and ethics) a fundamental rethinking and restructuring must be considered. New companies, products and processes born out of a sustainable ethos, such the e.Volution car, can contribute to the three E's of sustainability through a 'distributed ' structure that enables and encourages involvement and commitment at the local level. This contrasts starkly with the more traditional globalized manufacturing that is also ‘distributed ’ – but not in ways needed for sustainability. Sustainably oriented manufacturing initiatives that embrace the concept of ‘localization ’ have great potential to create

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Local initiative, Context product design, New company, Holistic understanding, Large manufacturing business, Current notion, Product manufacturing, Business strategy, Main principle, Volution car, Fundamental rethinking, Sustainable ethos, Traditional globalized manufacturing, Local level

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http://cfsd.org.uk/Sustainable20Innovation/cfsd_si-proceedings.html
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/72945

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IDSA National Design Education Conference (17 - 20 Temmuz 2002)

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Department of Industrial Design, Conference / Seminar

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Ç. Doğan, “Design in Context Product Design through Local Initiatives,” San-Jose, Kostarika, 2002, p. 54, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: http://cfsd.org.uk/Sustainable20Innovation/cfsd_si-proceedings.html.