This thesis starts from a master thesis project: the design of a solar-powered four-wheel light vehicle developed at Politecnico di Milano, which led to a functioning prototype. Subsequently other master thesis followed to develop diverse variants within low and middle-income contexts, using the original drawings, hence, turning such project into an open project which involved local universities and different students. In one case so far a second prototype was designed and prototyped and tested in Cape Town for the transportation of people with disabilities. This thesis, by exploiting such basics and experiences, aims at designing a Product-Service System consolidating such experiences into and effective and structured project to design and diffuse sustainable mobility, promoted and supported by universities through an Open and Distributed Design for Sustainability, Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding. It led to the development of a web platform’s prototype to support such project. The Web Platform works to support Open Projects for its incubation to its implementation. Such projects are the way to evolve and further improve the vehicle by exploiting the power of the Crowd; users participate and submit their own vehicle design according to the project requirements. Here Open Innovation takes place: materials and resources are open source, they can be used as inspiration or even modified by other users to propose more and more qualitative ideas. The research phase was carried out on the Open Innovation phenomena and on the Intellectual Property Rights Management to be applied within an Open Source design and implementation process, where the creative effort of users can become an intellectual resource for other users. The Creative Commons Licensing System help authors protect their copyrights and share their works without getting damaged: with this strategy anyone can legally build upon each other’s ideas. The Platform is Crowd-led also for financially support the projects; the emerging success of Crowdfunding approach should facilitate the investment of a promising design solution. The System Design Concept was focused on the involvement of different stakeholders to increase the project success: Universities - as project promoters, as well as pool of resources and networking. For every project, Politecnico di Milano and Brunel University of London are the promoters and they start a partnership with a local University showing interest to design sustainable mobility for a locally-based need. Crowd of Designers (mainly design students form the partners institutions involved) - with their invaluable creativity. Crowd of user - for their financial support, they have the power to bring the innovation alive. Local Producers - to produce and implement the new designed vehicle. Their involvement beforehand is also an attempt to start a self-sufficient business ecosystem, as it is often very difficult to achieve in those realities due to a lack of resources. In this thesis diverse design methodologies have been used in order to achieve such results, precisely Sustainable Product-Service System Design (with more focus on Service Design), Interaction and User Experience Design.
Questa tesi parte da un progetto di tesi: la progettazione di un veicolo a quattro ruote ad energia solare sviluppato presso il Politecnico di Milano, che ha portato ad un prototipo funzionante. Successivamente si susseguirono altre tesi di laurea per sviluppare diverse varianti in contesti a basso reddito, utilizzando i disegni originali trasformando tale progetto in un progetto aperto che ha coinvolto università locali e diversi studenti. Finora un secondo prototipo è stato progettato, prototipato e testato a Città del Capo per il trasporto di persone disabili. Questa tesi, sfruttando tali basi ed esperienze, si propone di progettare un sistema di prodotto-servizio per consolidare queste esperienze in un progetto effettivo e strutturato per progettare e diffondere mobilità sostenibile, promosso e sostenuto dalle università attraverso un design aperto e distribuito per la Sostenibilità, Crowdsourcing e Crowdfunding. Essa ha portato allo sviluppo di un prototipo: una piattaforma web per sostenere tale progetto. La piattaforma web funziona per sostenere progetti aperti per la loro incubazione e attuazione. Tali progetti sono il modo di evolvere e migliorare ulteriormente il veicolo sfruttando il potere della massa; gli utenti partecipano e inviano il proprio concept del veicolo in base alle esigenze del progetto. Qui avviene l’Open Innovation: i materiali e le risorse sono a sorgente aperta, possono essere utilizzati come fonte di ispirazione o anche modificati da altri utenti per proporre sempre idee di crescente qualità. La fase di ricerca è stata effettuata sui fenomeni di Open Innovation e la gestione della proprietà intellettuale da applicare all’interno di un processo di design aperto, dove lo sforzo creativo degli utenti può diventare una risorsa intellettuale per altri utenti. Il sistema di licenze Creative Commons proteggono i loro diritti d’autore dando, allo stesso tempo, la possibilità di condividere i lavori senza danneggiarli: con questa strategia chiunque può legalmente costruire sulle idee altrui. La piattaforma è condotta dalla massa di utenti anche per sostenere finanziariamente i progetti; il successo emergente del crowdfunding dovrebbe facilitare l’investimento di una soluzione progettuale promettente. La progettazione del sistema è stato incentrato sulla partecipazione di diverse parti importanti per aumentare il successo del progetto: Università - come promotori di progetti, così come bacino di risorse e di contatti. Per ogni progetto, il Politecnico di Milano e la Brunel University di Londra sono i promotori e iniziano una collaborazione con un’università locale che mostra interesse per la progettazione di una mobilità sostenibile su base locale. Progettisti (principalmente studenti di design dalle università partner) - con la loro inestimabile creatività. Massa di utenti - per il loro sostegno finanziario, hanno il potere di portare in vita l’innovazione. I produttori locali - per la produzione e l’attuazione del nuovo veicolo progettato. Il loro coinvolgimento anticipato è il tentativo di avviare un ecosistema di business autosufficiente, spesso molto difficile da realizzare in quelle realtà a causa di una mancanza di risorse. In questa tesi sono state usate diverse metodologie progettuali al fine di raggiungere i risultati ottenuti, Sistema di Prodotto-Servizio per la sostenibilità (con maggiore attenzione per il Service Design), Interaction e User Experience Design.
Open and distributed design for sustainability. The University-led SunRide project to diffuse sustainable mobility, supported by a web platform enabling incubation, open innovation, crowdfunding and implementation
REMONDINI, ANDREA
2014/2015
Abstract
This thesis starts from a master thesis project: the design of a solar-powered four-wheel light vehicle developed at Politecnico di Milano, which led to a functioning prototype. Subsequently other master thesis followed to develop diverse variants within low and middle-income contexts, using the original drawings, hence, turning such project into an open project which involved local universities and different students. In one case so far a second prototype was designed and prototyped and tested in Cape Town for the transportation of people with disabilities. This thesis, by exploiting such basics and experiences, aims at designing a Product-Service System consolidating such experiences into and effective and structured project to design and diffuse sustainable mobility, promoted and supported by universities through an Open and Distributed Design for Sustainability, Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding. It led to the development of a web platform’s prototype to support such project. The Web Platform works to support Open Projects for its incubation to its implementation. Such projects are the way to evolve and further improve the vehicle by exploiting the power of the Crowd; users participate and submit their own vehicle design according to the project requirements. Here Open Innovation takes place: materials and resources are open source, they can be used as inspiration or even modified by other users to propose more and more qualitative ideas. The research phase was carried out on the Open Innovation phenomena and on the Intellectual Property Rights Management to be applied within an Open Source design and implementation process, where the creative effort of users can become an intellectual resource for other users. The Creative Commons Licensing System help authors protect their copyrights and share their works without getting damaged: with this strategy anyone can legally build upon each other’s ideas. The Platform is Crowd-led also for financially support the projects; the emerging success of Crowdfunding approach should facilitate the investment of a promising design solution. The System Design Concept was focused on the involvement of different stakeholders to increase the project success: Universities - as project promoters, as well as pool of resources and networking. For every project, Politecnico di Milano and Brunel University of London are the promoters and they start a partnership with a local University showing interest to design sustainable mobility for a locally-based need. Crowd of Designers (mainly design students form the partners institutions involved) - with their invaluable creativity. Crowd of user - for their financial support, they have the power to bring the innovation alive. Local Producers - to produce and implement the new designed vehicle. Their involvement beforehand is also an attempt to start a self-sufficient business ecosystem, as it is often very difficult to achieve in those realities due to a lack of resources. In this thesis diverse design methodologies have been used in order to achieve such results, precisely Sustainable Product-Service System Design (with more focus on Service Design), Interaction and User Experience Design.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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