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Flore VALLET: Associate Professor of Mechanics, Compiègne University of Technology
INTRODUCTION
You're an industrial designer and you'd like to learn about eco-design with tools that suit you, taking into account your visual sensibility and your taste for analogies. How can you integrate an eco-design approach into your industrial design process?
This sheet will enable you to direct your creative research towards eco-concepts and to make a simple choice between several alternatives. The key points are as follows:
identify the environmental "Achilles heel" of the product to be designed;
looking for inspiration;
come up with creative eco-concepts and choose between several ;
assert the identity of your eco-designed product.
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Bibliography
Fuad-Luke A., The Eco-design Handbook: a complete sourcebook for the home and office , Thames & Hudson, 2002
Fussler C., James P., Driving Eco-innovation - A breakthrough discipline for innovation and sustainability, Pitman Publishing, 1996
Kazazian T. Design et Développement durable : Il y aura l'âge des choses légères , Victoires...
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This site introduces you to several eco-products that won awards in the "Eco-produit pour le Développement Durable" competition from 2008 to 2010: Ministère de la transition écologique
The Information/Inspiration site, designed for designers, offers information on eco-design and a large number of...
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