Sustainable Design

This course aims to develop the candidates' knowledge and personal engagement towards sustainability issues in product design. Topics include theory and methods of sustainable design, environmental evaluation, and the role of sustainable design in society. Specific topics are:

• Sustainable design tools
• Sustainable design and behaviour
• Sustainable design and practice change in society
• Sustainable design and circular economy
• Sustainable design and communication with and for society

Knowledge:

The candidate has gained knowledge on:

• basic theories
• methods and tools
• how to discuss sustainable design issues in a research paper

Skills

The candidate

• can comprehend practical and societal issues concerning sustainable design related to his/her future professional role.
• can apply elementary research skills such as reviewing literature.

• Can process and evaluate information in an analytic way in a research paper

General qualifications:

The candidate has

• knowledge on concepts, methods, values, and the role of sustainable design in society.

Lectures, practical training and tutoring to write a research paper on a selected topic from the above.