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TPD4145

Sustainable Product Design

Credits 7.5
Level Third-year courses, level III
Course start Spring 2011
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Examination arrangement Work

About

About the course

Course content

This course aims to develop the student's personal engagement towards sustainability issues in product design. It addresses different levels of ecodesign, from incremental improvement to function innovation. The course focuses on the interdependency between the industrial practice and design activities. Topics include environmental assessment of product life cycles, product improvement strategies, end-of-life strategies, product service systems, green marketing and communication, the role of internal and external value chains, stakeholder analysis.

Learning outcome

This course presents the design function as a strategic tool to develop, design and implement industrial ecological systems, products and services. This course gives the students theory, methodological tools and practical case studies in how to accomplish change through the means of sustainable values in design processes. Without being moralistic, it also aims to provide the students with the ability to reflect on their own responsibilities in their future role in an industrial chain, in particular as a designer.

Learning methods and activities

The course is taught in English. Assignments include two larger group assignments in which IPD students interact with external students that take this course as an elective (via course code TPD5100) and a smaller, individual written assignment. Guest lecturers will be invited for specific detailing in some of the themes. Grading: two group projects 40%, written assignment 20%.

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
Industriell design (MTDESIG)

Course materials

To be announced at course start.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
SIO8022 7.5 sp
TPD4200 7.5 sp
TPD5100 7.5 sp
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Design Strategies
  • Product Design Engineering - Design Methodology
  • Product Design - EcoDesign
  • Eco Design

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Design

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Work
Grade: Letters

Ordinary examination - Spring 2011

Work
Weighting 100/100

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