Varje år produceras mer än 10 miljoner ton kaffe i världen (www.ico.org) och Sverige är världens näst störst kaffedrickande nation med ca 80 ton kaffe på år, vilket motsvarar i snitt 3,5 koppar kaffe per person dagligen (www.kaffeinformation.se). Med en stor produktion tillkommer också en stor mängd avfall. När kaffebönor rostas får man ett restmaterial av kaffebönans skall, så kallad kaffechaff. I denna studie undersöks om detta spillmaterial vid kafferosterier kan få ett mervärde genom material driven design. Syftet är att minska avfall och skapa ett nytt material. Arbetet rör sig i områdena materialitet och hållbar utveckling och metod används Material Driven Design method (Karana et al., 2015) samt Material Driven Design for Sustainability (Bak-Andersen, 2018). Resultatet blev tre olika biologiskt nedbrytbara material, bland annat ett som kan användas som till engångsartiklar eller förpackningsmaterial. Studien visar på möjligheter att ge mervärde på restprodukter inom kafferosteri och skulle kunna användas som möjligt underlag till att se om spill från andra industrier skulle kunna få ett mervärde. / Every year, more than 10 million tonnes of coffee are produced in the world (www.ico.org) and Sweden is the world’s second largest coffee drinking nation with about 80 tonnes of coffee a year, which corresponds to an average of 3.5 cups of coffee per person daily (www.kaffeinformation.se). With a large production there is also a large amount of waste. When coffee beans are roasted, you get a residual material from the coffee bean shell, so-called coffee chaff. In this study, this waste material are investigate whether it can get added value through material driven design. The purpose is to reduce waste and create new material. The work moves in the areas of materiality and sustainable development, and the method is the Material Driven Design method (Karana et al., 2015) and Material Driven Design for Sustainability (Bak-Andersen, 2018). The result was three biodegradable materials, including one that can be used as a disposable or packaging material. The study shows opportunities to add value to residual products within coffee roasters and could be used as a possible basis to see if waste from other industries could gain added value.

Nowadays about 1.2 billion people in world lack modern access to electricity, with the majority of them living in rural areas in low-income and developing contexts. This research addresses the issue of energy access by investigating the design of sustainable business models, and in particular by exploring the combination of Product-Service Systems (PSS) with Distributed Renewable Energy systems (DRE). The combination of PSS and DRE represents a new design approach to explore promising business models for energy access and to deliver clean and affordable solutions in low-income contexts. The overall aim of this research is to explore the applications of PSS and DRE in low-income and developing contexts, thus defining characteristics of these models, their variables and critical factors. Additionally, this research aims at developing a support for companies, practitioners and other stakeholders for designing sustainable PSS applied to DRE, with a specific focus on the idea generation phase of new solutions. The first part of this PhD resulted in the development of a classification system for PSS applied to DRE, in the identification of 15 Archetypal Models and in the collection of critical factors to successfully implement these models. Then, these findings have been translated into three tools for designing PSSs applied to DRE: the Innovation Map, the Design Framework and Cards, the Energy System Map. These tools have been tested, refined and evaluated through a series of iterative applications in South Africa, Botswana, Kenya and the UK. Through the testing activities, which involved a wide range of companies, NGOs, practitioners and experts, the usefulness, usability and completeness of the tools were demonstrated. This research concludes with reflections on the design process for different scenarios of applications and by highlighting further research activities for the field of PSS applied to DRE in low-income and developing contexts.

Ao longo dos anos, o mundo contemporâneo caracterizou-se pelo desenvolvimento da tecnologia, da produção de bens industriais e do consumo. No entanto, a geração de resíduos e descartes do sistema industrial acompanhou esse progresso, causando a maioria dos problemas socioambientais. Atualmente, a sociedade vive sob a preocupação com a questão ambiental, o discurso da sustentabilidade e a busca por consumidores mais críticos. Sob essa perspectiva, observa-se a atividade do design como uma das grandes responsáveis pela manutenção do desenvolvimento industrial, ambiental e social, para o contínuo crescimento econômico. Contudo, isso só pode ser alcançado com a formação de uma cultura de designers conscientes dessa problemática, preparados para projetar frente aos princípios da sustentabilidade. Para tanto, este trabalho tem por objetivo aliar os conceitos do Design para a Sustentabilidade às metodologias de projeto, utilizadas no ensino de Design, a partir da integração de princípios, diretrizes e ferramentas para projetos com ênfase em sustentabilidade. Metodologicamente, este trabalho faz uso da pesquisa exploratória, revisão bibliográfica e pesquisa-ação. Sua aplicação ocorreu na disciplina de Metodologia de Projeto do curso de graduação em Design da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, por meio de aulas teórico-práticas, aliadas ao desenvolvimento de projetos conceituais com potencial para a sustentabilidade. Os resultados esperados vão ao encontro da efetividade da aplicação dos procedimentos do design para a sustentabilidade nos métodos de projeto selecionados, bem como da aplicação deste processo no ensino de Metodologia de Design. / Over the years, the contemporary world characterized by the development of technology, production of industrial goods and consumption. However, waste generation and disposal of the industrial system accompanied this progress, causing most of the socioenvironmental problems. Currently, the society lives under the concern with environmental issues, the discourse of sustainability and the search for more critical consumers. From this perspective, there is the activity of design as a major responsible for the maintenance of industrial development, environmental and social, for continued economic growth. However, this can only be achieved with the formation of a culture of designers aware of this issue, prepared to project forward the principles of sustainability. To this end, this paper aims to combine the concepts of Design for Sustainability at project methodologies, used in undergraduate courses in Design, from the integration of principles, guidelines and tools for more sustainable projects. Methodologically, this paper makes use of exploratory research, literature review and action research. Its application occurred in the discipline of design methodology undergraduate degree in Design from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, through theoretical and practical lessons, combined with the development of conceptual designs with the potential for sustainability. The expected results are in line with the effectiveness of the procedures of design for sustainability in design methods selected, and the implementation of this process in the teaching of Design Methodology.

Ao longo dos anos, o mundo contemporâneo caracterizou-se pelo desenvolvimento da tecnologia, da produção de bens industriais e do consumo. No entanto, a geração de resíduos e descartes do sistema industrial acompanhou esse progresso, causando a maioria dos problemas socioambientais. Atualmente, a sociedade vive sob a preocupação com a questão ambiental, o discurso da sustentabilidade e a busca por consumidores mais críticos. Sob essa perspectiva, observa-se a atividade do design como uma das grandes responsáveis pela manutenção do desenvolvimento industrial, ambiental e social, para o contínuo crescimento econômico. Contudo, isso só pode ser alcançado com a formação de uma cultura de designers conscientes dessa problemática, preparados para projetar frente aos princípios da sustentabilidade. Para tanto, este trabalho tem por objetivo aliar os conceitos do Design para a Sustentabilidade às metodologias de projeto, utilizadas no ensino de Design, a partir da integração de princípios, diretrizes e ferramentas para projetos com ênfase em sustentabilidade. Metodologicamente, este trabalho faz uso da pesquisa exploratória, revisão bibliográfica e pesquisa-ação. Sua aplicação ocorreu na disciplina de Metodologia de Projeto do curso de graduação em Design da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, por meio de aulas teórico-práticas, aliadas ao desenvolvimento de projetos conceituais com potencial para a sustentabilidade. Os resultados esperados vão ao encontro da efetividade da aplicação dos procedimentos do design para a sustentabilidade nos métodos de projeto selecionados, bem como da aplicação deste processo no ensino de Metodologia de Design. / Over the years, the contemporary world characterized by the development of technology, production of industrial goods and consumption. However, waste generation and disposal of the industrial system accompanied this progress, causing most of the socioenvironmental problems. Currently, the society lives under the concern with environmental issues, the discourse of sustainability and the search for more critical consumers. From this perspective, there is the activity of design as a major responsible for the maintenance of industrial development, environmental and social, for continued economic growth. However, this can only be achieved with the formation of a culture of designers aware of this issue, prepared to project forward the principles of sustainability. To this end, this paper aims to combine the concepts of Design for Sustainability at project methodologies, used in undergraduate courses in Design, from the integration of principles, guidelines and tools for more sustainable projects. Methodologically, this paper makes use of exploratory research, literature review and action research. Its application occurred in the discipline of design methodology undergraduate degree in Design from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, through theoretical and practical lessons, combined with the development of conceptual designs with the potential for sustainability. The expected results are in line with the effectiveness of the procedures of design for sustainability in design methods selected, and the implementation of this process in the teaching of Design Methodology.

Ao longo dos anos, o mundo contemporâneo caracterizou-se pelo desenvolvimento da tecnologia, da produção de bens industriais e do consumo. No entanto, a geração de resíduos e descartes do sistema industrial acompanhou esse progresso, causando a maioria dos problemas socioambientais. Atualmente, a sociedade vive sob a preocupação com a questão ambiental, o discurso da sustentabilidade e a busca por consumidores mais críticos. Sob essa perspectiva, observa-se a atividade do design como uma das grandes responsáveis pela manutenção do desenvolvimento industrial, ambiental e social, para o contínuo crescimento econômico. Contudo, isso só pode ser alcançado com a formação de uma cultura de designers conscientes dessa problemática, preparados para projetar frente aos princípios da sustentabilidade. Para tanto, este trabalho tem por objetivo aliar os conceitos do Design para a Sustentabilidade às metodologias de projeto, utilizadas no ensino de Design, a partir da integração de princípios, diretrizes e ferramentas para projetos com ênfase em sustentabilidade. Metodologicamente, este trabalho faz uso da pesquisa exploratória, revisão bibliográfica e pesquisa-ação. Sua aplicação ocorreu na disciplina de Metodologia de Projeto do curso de graduação em Design da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, por meio de aulas teórico-práticas, aliadas ao desenvolvimento de projetos conceituais com potencial para a sustentabilidade. Os resultados esperados vão ao encontro da efetividade da aplicação dos procedimentos do design para a sustentabilidade nos métodos de projeto selecionados, bem como da aplicação deste processo no ensino de Metodologia de Design. / Over the years, the contemporary world characterized by the development of technology, production of industrial goods and consumption. However, waste generation and disposal of the industrial system accompanied this progress, causing most of the socioenvironmental problems. Currently, the society lives under the concern with environmental issues, the discourse of sustainability and the search for more critical consumers. From this perspective, there is the activity of design as a major responsible for the maintenance of industrial development, environmental and social, for continued economic growth. However, this can only be achieved with the formation of a culture of designers aware of this issue, prepared to project forward the principles of sustainability. To this end, this paper aims to combine the concepts of Design for Sustainability at project methodologies, used in undergraduate courses in Design, from the integration of principles, guidelines and tools for more sustainable projects. Methodologically, this paper makes use of exploratory research, literature review and action research. Its application occurred in the discipline of design methodology undergraduate degree in Design from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, through theoretical and practical lessons, combined with the development of conceptual designs with the potential for sustainability. The expected results are in line with the effectiveness of the procedures of design for sustainability in design methods selected, and the implementation of this process in the teaching of Design Methodology.

[pt] A sustentabilidade é um tema cada vez mais debatido por cidadãos, assim como em ambientes acadêmicos, instituições governamentais e fóruns mundiais. O Design para Sustentabilidade, ainda que discutido há algumas décadas, não aparenta ser parte de requisitos no ensino em Design. Isto acontece, pois, a questão fica a cargo de apenas alguns professores; dependem do interesse dos alunos; ou até mesmo o ensino concentra-se somente nos aspectos ambientais. Sendo assim, esta pesquisa busca avaliar a inserção do ensino do Design para Sustentabilidade nos cursos de graduação em Design, no intuito de discutir possíveis melhorias na docência e aprendizado dos alunos. A dissertação inicia-se com um panorama geral das abordagens do Design para Sustentabilidade, que são debatidas atualmente em artigos, congressos e no próprio meio acadêmico. Com isso, pode-se observar que existe uma certa evolução na abrangência dos campos de atuação do design, passando do foco apenas em materiais para sistemas complexos integrados. Ainda, há uma observação do cenário atual do Design para Sustentabilidade nos cursos de graduação, com uma análise das Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais, ensino e prática do Design nas salas de aulas; e uma avaliação do contexto atual do Design para Sustentabilidade nas universidades, através da investigação das disciplinas que abordam o tema. Por fim, foram feitas entrevistas com professores e questionários com alunos, a fim de descobrir possíveis relações entre o ensino e aprendizado na visão dessas duas classes. Com isto, verificou-se que o ensino da sustentabilidade no Design depende de professores interessados em difundir o tema, juntamente com alunos dispostos a debatê-lo; que ainda há pouca discussão sobre o tema em algumas universidades; que somente a teoria não incentiva os alunos a utilizarem as abordagens nos ofícios. / [en] Sustainability is a topic that is increasingly debated among citizens, academic environments, government institutions and world forums. Design for Sustainability, although discussed a few decades ago, does not appear to be part of requirements in design education. This happens, because, the question is up to only a few teachers to discuss; depends on the student s interests; or even the teaching focuses only on environmental aspects. Thus, this research seeks to evaluate the insertion of Design for Sustainability in undergraduate courses in Design, in order to discuss possible improvements in teaching and student learning. The dissertation begins with an overview of Design for Sustainability approaches, which are currently discussed in articles, congresses and in the academic environments itself. With this, it can be seen that there is a certain evolution in the scope of Design fields, moving from the focus only on materials to complex integrated systems. Still, there is an observation of the current Design for Sustainability scenario in undergraduate courses of Design, with an analysis of the National Curriculum Guidelines, teaching and practice of design in classrooms; and an evaluation of the current context of Design for Sustainability in universities, through the investigation of the disciplines that address the topic. Finally, interviews were made with teachers and questionaires with students, in order to discover possible relationships between the teaching and learning in the view of these two classes. With this, it was found that the teaching of sustainability in Design depends on teachers interested in disseminating the theme, along with students willing to debate it; that there is still little discussion about the theme in some universities; that only theory does not encourage students to use the approaches in projects.

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This report presents a master’s thesis in Industrial Design Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. The project was conducted on behalf of Silva Sweden AB during the spring of 2023, with the goal of modularizing Silva’s current assortment of land compasses. The objectives included reducing the number of components and improving repairability while contributing to Silva’s sustainability framework. Additional objectives were to redesign vital components in order to enable a modular system that is implementable in a circular business model, benefiting both customers and Silva. The methodology of this project included researching, collecting data, mapping, testing and evaluating, ideating, developing, finalizing and communicating. Moreover, the focuses of this project have been the development of baseplates, the compass housing assembly and the mirror attachment. The final design and new compass assortment resulted in a reduction of 40 % of the total components. The most influencing factors for the reduction, besides standardization, were an improved housing assembly and a solution that joins the regular baseplate with a detachable mirror through a snap fit. In relation to the purpose of this project, all objectives are concluded as fulfilled as well as the deliverables which are successfully achieved as well. In conclusion, the result of this project provides a new and modular compass design that minimizes the number of components while contributing to the development of a sustainable compass assortment. / Detta är en masteruppsats inom Teknisk Design vid KTH Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan i Stockholm. Projektet genomfördes under våren 2023 på uppdrag av Silva Sweden AB med målet att modularisera Silvas befintliga sortiment av landkompasser. Syftet med projektet inkluderade minskning av antalet komponenter samt att utöka möjligheten för reparation av kompasser, och således bidra till Silvas pågående hållbarhetsarbete. Lösningen bör även möjliggöra ett modulärt system som ska kunna implementeras i en cirkulär affärsmodell till förmån för både kunder och Silva som företag. Metodiken i detta projekt inkluderade forskning, datainsamling, kartläggning, testning och utvärdering, idégenerering, utveckling, avslutning och kommunikation. Fokus för detta projekt varit att utveckla basplattan, nålhuset och spegelfästet. Den slutliga designen och det nya kompass sortimentet resulterade i en minskning på 40% av det totala antalet komponenter. De mest avgörande faktorerna för minskningen var den modulära lösningen som kombinerade den vanliga basplattan med en avtagbar spegel, samt standardiseringen av komponenter i det nya nålhuset. Utifrån de syften och mål som definierades i projektet så påvisar den slutgiltiga designen att alla dessa är uppfyllda. Sammanfattningsvis visar projektets resultat en ny och modulär kompassdesign som minskar antalet komponenter samtidigt som den bidrar till utvecklingen av ett hållbart kompass sortiment.

Creating and encouraging longer-lasting relationship between designed products and its users is one of the goals that researchers in Sustainable HCI trying to achieve. The attachment framework is proposed by previous study that aims to provide knowledge and insight for designers to create longer-lasting relationship between products and users. As arguments have been made that there is a gap between Sustainable HCI theory and design practice. The attachment framework is one of the well established theoretical frameworks that need effective knowledge transformation from theory to practice. The aim of the study is to design, develop and evaluate a web-based interactive tool -- StickyDesignSpace, which helps product designers to embed the attachment framework into their design background research process. The study employs a research through design approach which focuses on the creation of innovative artifacts to solve practical problems. A web-based tool was designed and developed through the grounding, ideation and iteration process. And a high-fidelity prototype was evaluated by four design participants. The results indicated that the web tool StickyDesignSpace fostered the participated designers' attachment-related thinking by providing attachment design principles and generic design properties in a two dimensional space for organizing design background research data. Furthermore, the tool promoted the participated designers' attachment design knowledge transformation from background research process to design ideation process. According to participants' design objectives and background research goals, the tool also showed flexibility to be applied in other design process such as design idea formation and design evaluation process. The study shed light on the possibility of creating interactive tools to communicate sustainable HCI design frameworks to design practitioners, and offer the insights of how design practitioners integrate the attachment framework into their design thinking and process.

Background - Consumer individualisation is a growing challenge in the fashion industry, yet it is also an area of great potential as well as a way to dampen over-consumption. The potential lays in how fashion brands can find ways to steer consumption towards a circular economy and utilise their platform to create meaningful connections with its consumers. Today the fashion industry is looking at options to the traditional take-make-dispose model where non-renewable resources are used at an ever-increasing rate. The Swedish fashion retailer Monki together with Re:textile decided to investigate if servitization could turn the above mentioned linear model into a more sustainable, circular model. They set out to develop an in-store concept where customers could customise their garments instantaneously and this formed the basis of a project brief and a Business Model Canvas which both served as the foundation and starting point of the presented research.   Purpose - The purpose of the research is to develop and test a product extension service business model that utilises a direct to garment printer to mass customise jeans in-store. The said purpose is divided into three perspectives: the design-, service provider - and customer perspective , covering four cornerstones of the Business Model Canvas. The different perspectives with their separate, but related, research questions will be unified again in the conclusion.   Methodology - To fulfill the purpose, the thesis research is relying on abductive reasoning through systematic combining, while implementing a mixed methods approach. Systematic combining works well in extensive and diversified research where the researchers shift from one type of research activity to another in a quest to match empirical observations with theory, thus, the ultimate objective of systematic combining is matching theory with reality until both come close enough to form a functional outcome. Throughout the study, both qualitative and quantitative studies are conducted through action research, a customer case study as well as experimental research in order to fulfill the purpose of the thesis.   Findings and Discussion - The conclusions and recommendations that are presented in the form of an updated Business Model Canvas all derive from the research conducted incorporating the three perspectives that have guided the thesis through all of its stages namely the design, service provider and customer perspective. A product service extension business model is proposed as a solution to the project brief that serves as a foundation for the research. The results of the research all point to the conclusion that it is indeed possible to implement the product service extension successfully. Tests relating to the customer as well as the service provider perspective have proven themselves implementable due to low overall printing costs and fast print time enhancing the customer shopping experience. Together with an indication of product satisfaction as well as creating a strong customer-product connection through the co-design experience it contributes to a circular economy. Furthermore, the overall consistent printing costs, as well as the insignificant time differences in the experiments total time, support the implementation of a PSS in a retail setting.   Research Limitations - This research is confined to, and based on, the Monki and Re:textilebrief as well as a Business Model Canvas so therefore, no other ideas than the ones stated in the brief have been explored. The research´s inferences are limited to the given conditions as well as a laboratory setting. Further, the experimental research study will only test pocket shaped artwork on 100 percent cotton denim jeans using a Brother GTX 4 printer as a chosen direct to garment printer. The scope of the customer case study can be described as surveying as well as observing 40 of the visitors of the 2018 Fashion days and Exit at the Swedish School of Textiles while they test the proposed PSS in a mock-up retail store setting without an actual sales transaction.   Further Research - The next logical step would be to run the tests in a real-life retail store as opposed to the laboratory setting. After the proposed product service extension is implemented at scale POS data could be gathered in order to establish the customers’ true willingness to participate in the customisation experience in-store. Additionally, a longitudinal continuation of the study would give answers to some of the indications arising from the case study, such as whether the mass customisation could truly serve as a brand strengthening activity or lead to an extended garment lifecycle in reality.