How do professional designers engage with sustainability? A systematic literature review
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In: Journal of Design Research, Vol. 20, No. 4, 01.01.2022, p. 297-317.
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T1 - How do professional designers engage with sustainability?
T2 - A systematic literature review
AU - Mejía, G. Mauricio
AU - Fischer, Daniel
AU - Silver, Julia
AU - Xie, Yumeng
AU - Fehler, Michelle
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
PY - 2022/1/1
Y1 - 2022/1/1
N2 - There is an increasing number of approaches and methods in design for environmental sustainability ranging from principles and frameworks to configure sustainable products to visions to confront socio-political systems. However, there is limited understanding of: A) how designers engage with sustainability; and b) how researchers have studied this engagement. This paper is a systematic literature review to identify what are the designers' perspectives and actions to create sustainable products and systems and how researchers frame their studies. The findings suggest that designers understand the critical value of sustainability; however, they do not incorporate sustainability into their practice. Designers are constrained by other priorities defined by management and policy. Findings also show that researchers studying this issue have focused on exploring case studies of how designers apply and react to various proposed methods for sustainability.
AB - There is an increasing number of approaches and methods in design for environmental sustainability ranging from principles and frameworks to configure sustainable products to visions to confront socio-political systems. However, there is limited understanding of: A) how designers engage with sustainability; and b) how researchers have studied this engagement. This paper is a systematic literature review to identify what are the designers' perspectives and actions to create sustainable products and systems and how researchers frame their studies. The findings suggest that designers understand the critical value of sustainability; however, they do not incorporate sustainability into their practice. Designers are constrained by other priorities defined by management and policy. Findings also show that researchers studying this issue have focused on exploring case studies of how designers apply and react to various proposed methods for sustainability.
KW - Design for sustainability
KW - Design methods
KW - Design practice
KW - Designers' perspectives
KW - Sustainability strategies
KW - Sustainable design
KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/89d0a29e-0e5d-3fb8-83e2-dfadfce5f8d3/
U2 - 10.1504/jdr.2022.132060
DO - 10.1504/jdr.2022.132060
M3 - Scientific review articles
AN - SCOPUS:85166404976
VL - 20
SP - 297
EP - 317
JO - Journal of Design Research
JF - Journal of Design Research
SN - 1748-3050
IS - 4
ER -