APTITUDES OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGNERS TOWARDS ECODESIGN

• UEDA Edilson Shindi

  Chiba University

書誌事項

タイトル別名

• A Survey of Japanese Industrial Designers During the Early Activities of Ecodesign

抄録

This research reviews the aptitudes of Japanese industrial designers during the early activities of ecodesign. First, an overview of the major events that occurred in the end of the nineties and were related to industrial design and ecodesign are reviewed. The principle of ecodesign and the activities of industrial designers in relation to environmental concerns are then described. A set of questionnaires formulated based on this information was distributed to industrial designers employed in medium- and large-sized Japanese companies. The results showed that, at the personal level, operational and strategic designers involved (or not) with ecodesign activities demonstrated proactive attitudes in their attempts to identify solutions to current environmental issues. However, as they were employees working in corporate design departments, they tended to be reactive. The typical industrial designer involved with active product development was employed by a company in which a department, or a special group of employees, was responsible for adherence to the environmental policy. Greater participation in ecodesign by industrial designers involved with passive, rather than active, products was noted.

収録刊行物

• デザイン学研究

  デザイン学研究 62 (1), 1_1-1_10, 2015

  一般社団法人 日本デザイン学会

キーワード

• EcoDesign
• Sustainable
• Design
• Eco-product
• Design for Environment

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390001205410027648
• NII論文ID: 130005105187
• DOI: 10.11247/jssdj.62.1_1
• ISSN: 21865221
• ISSN: 09108173
• 本文言語コード: en
• データソース種別:
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  • CiNii Articles
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