Abstract
Designers are envisioning new typologies of products aiming for instance to ex-tract CO2 from the environment or creating products from landfill waste, in this context a fundamental question arises; what could be a philosophical framework for a subtractive practise in design? In this paper the notion of Deep Products is introduced by building from notions of Deep ecology, Deep Design, and steward-ship. This theoretical proposition addresses the design of products from a life-cycle perspective through contemporary notions of subtraction-by-design. The model presented transitions design to a model demanding extended projects considering every aspect of the life-cycle of products, from inception to deployment, while addressing issues of impact and reuse with the characteristic of sub-traction-by-design. In this context, undisciplined stewardship is introduced as an ethical responsibility principle to enable the creation of such products by build-ing from notions of personal responsibility, alterplinarity, and stewardship.
Keywords
deep products, undisciplined stewardship, circularity, design education
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.455
Citation
Galdon, F., and Hall, A. (2022) Deep products via undisciplined stewardship: Towards an environmentally-led design pedagogy for the 21st century, in Lockton, D., Lenzi, S., Hekkert, P., Oak, A., Sádaba, J., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2022: Bilbao, 25 June - 3 July, Bilbao, Spain. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.455
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Deep products via undisciplined stewardship: Towards an environmentally-led design pedagogy for the 21st century
Designers are envisioning new typologies of products aiming for instance to ex-tract CO2 from the environment or creating products from landfill waste, in this context a fundamental question arises; what could be a philosophical framework for a subtractive practise in design? In this paper the notion of Deep Products is introduced by building from notions of Deep ecology, Deep Design, and steward-ship. This theoretical proposition addresses the design of products from a life-cycle perspective through contemporary notions of subtraction-by-design. The model presented transitions design to a model demanding extended projects considering every aspect of the life-cycle of products, from inception to deployment, while addressing issues of impact and reuse with the characteristic of sub-traction-by-design. In this context, undisciplined stewardship is introduced as an ethical responsibility principle to enable the creation of such products by build-ing from notions of personal responsibility, alterplinarity, and stewardship.