Circular Perspectives in Design Education

Packaging Disassembly as a Tool for Enhancing Critical Thinking

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30682/diid7521o

Keywords:

Design education, Circular Product Design, Product disassembly, Packaging, Sustainability

Abstract

The new Circular Economy models prompt designers to relocate artefacts within socio-technical systems in which the value of the product, its components, and its materials are maintained and not wasted. Design tools such as product disassembly are not only gaining new impetus in the design field but are also becoming important educational resources. In the past, the strategies of Design-for-X and Design for Disassembly have only dealt with technologically complex products, but today, the contextual turn of the challenges that designers must face requires urgent reflection on everyday products. In particular, packaging combines environmental and functional issues with important communication requirements, thus bridging different design disciplines. The paper presents and discusses the case study of a packaging disassembly exercise carried out within the Politecnico di Torino. The results show the effectiveness of disassembly as a design tool to analyse everyday products and foster the critical and forward-looking attitude of young designers.

Author Biographies

Amina Pereno, Politecnico di Torino

Amina Pereno, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at Politecnico di Torino. She has been a Lagrange Project fellow at ISI Global Science Foundation and a visiting researcher at the Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare. Her research focuses on systemic design applied to socio-technical systems and their sustainable transition. She has participated in several national and international projects on the Circular Economy, related to different industrial sectors.

Eleonora Fiore, Università degli Studi di Parma

Eleonora Fiore, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Parma, where she carries out her research in the field of systemic design and sustainability of production systems. She has participated in several regional and national projects on these topics. She is a lecturer in Packaging Design within the Bachelor’s Degree programme in Sustainable Design for food systems.

Paolo Tamborrini, Università degli Studi di Parma

Paolo Tamborrini is a Full Professor of Design at Politecnico di Torino and the University of Parma, where he founded the new design school. He is the Director of the Master in Eco Packaging Design — Systemic Innovation Design at Politecnico di Torino, and founder and scientific coordinator of the PoliTo Innovation Design Lab. In 2005 he co-founded the Observatory of Eco-Pack.

Silvia Barbero, Politecnico di Torino

Silvia Barbero, PhD, is an Associate Professor in Design at Politecnico di Torino and vice-coordinator of the Design Collegium. In 2005, she co-founded the Observatory of Eco-Pack. Since 2018 she has been the President of the International Systemic Design Association. She is the scientific coordinator of numerous European projects concerning sustainable development and the Circular Economy.

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Published

2022-03-07

How to Cite

Pereno, A., Fiore, E., Tamborrini, P., & Barbero, S. (2022). Circular Perspectives in Design Education: Packaging Disassembly as a Tool for Enhancing Critical Thinking. Diid — Disegno Industriale Industrial Design, (75), 12. https://doi.org/10.30682/diid7521o

Issue

No. 75 (2021): diid disegno industriale industrial design

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Designrama

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