Design research towards a circular economy : focusing on product/service systems and remanufacturing

• This contribution presents a view to design research aiming at our societies’ transformations to a circular economy with focusing on product/service systems (PSSs) and remanufacturing. First, what could be design objects in this context is touched upon referring to the state of the art in design research. Then, the potentials, characteristics, and possible barriers of the design are discussed. This is followed by two cases of design research on PSSs and remanufacturing as examples contextualizing the foregoing on industrial practices in Europe. A perspective of future research is provided lastly to conclude the paper.

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HUMANIORA  -- Konst -- Design (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Arts -- Design (hsv//eng)

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designer

trans-disciplinary research

socio technical system

design fixation

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