Sustainable development still faces enormous challenges. Scholars and designers have conducted countless explorations and attempts over the past four decades, among which the Sustainable Product-Service System (S.PSS) is considered a promising solution. Over the past 20 years, LeNS Network has contributed to the development of S.PSS through teaching, research, and the development of related tools. Distributed Economy (DE) has recently been combined with S.PSS as a promising mode of developing sustainability through regional resilience and empowering a shift to a more localized economic model (Vezzoli et al., 2021). The Method for Sustainable System Design (MSDS) and its tools have been developed to support the design of S.PSS applied to DE (Vezzoli et al., 2022). To adapt to the new sustainable development environment, Design for Sustainability (DfS) has proposed new requirements for design tools supporting sustainability (Faludi et al., 2020). Moreover, technological advances such as collaborative tools and artificial intelligence make designers' work increasingly digital and remote, gradually exposing the limitations of the previous MSDS tools. This thesis presents the redesign of tools developed by LeNS Network to support Sustainable Product-Service Systems applied to Distributed Economies (S.PSS&DE). These redesigned tools are based on the Miro platform. They take advantage of Miro's built-in features, such as real-time interaction and remote collaboration, to meet the demands of increasingly complex design and more efficient collaboration. It aims to enhance the comprehensibility, usability, and effectiveness of the previous MSDS tools, better support the co-design process in S.PSS&DE, and ultimately improve the tools' ability on Strategic analysis, Exploring opportunities, System concept design, System detailed design, and communication with stakeholders in the MSDS design process. The thesis first introduces the current state of sustainable development, the explorations of scholars and designers, and the new challenges they face. Then, it reviews the theories of PSS and S.PSS&DE. Next, the thesis describes the entire tool redesign process using the Research Through Design (RTD) method and the Double Diamond model. It also records the results of multiple rounds of internal testing and two rounds of external testing. The tests demonstrate the improvement of the redesigned tool's overall user experience and identify areas that need further optimization. Then, the thesis presents the prototype of the final tools and related support materials in detail. Finally, the thesis proposes suggestions for subsequent tool development and optimization.
Lo sviluppo sostenibile deve ancora affrontare enormi sfide. Studiosi e designer hanno condotto innumerevoli esplorazioni e tentativi negli ultimi quattro decenni, tra cui il Sustainable Product-Service System (S.PSS), considerato una soluzione promettente. Negli ultimi 20 anni, il LeNS Network ha contribuito allo sviluppo del S.PSS attraverso l'insegnamento, la ricerca e lo sviluppo di strumenti correlati. Recentemente, la Distributed Economy (DE) è stata combinata con il S.PSS come modalità promettente per promuovere la sostenibilità attraverso la resilienza regionale e favorire il passaggio a un modello economico più localizzato (Vezzoli et al., 2021). Il Method for Sustainable Design System (MSDS) e i suoi strumenti sono stati sviluppati per supportare la progettazione del S.PSS applicato alla DE (Vezzoli et al., 2022). Per adattarsi al nuovo contesto di sviluppo sostenibile, il Design for Sustainability (DfS) ha introdotto nuovi requisiti per gli strumenti di progettazione a supporto della sostenibilità (Faludi et al., 2020). Inoltre, i progressi tecnologici, come gli strumenti collaborativi e l'intelligenza artificiale, rendono il lavoro dei designer sempre più digitale e remoto, evidenziando gradualmente i limiti degli strumenti MSDS precedenti. Questa tesi presenta il redesign degli strumenti sviluppati dal LeNS Network per supportare i Sustainable Product-Service System applicati alla Distributed Economy (S.PSS&DE). Questi strumenti riprogettati si basano sulla piattaforma Miro. Sfruttano le funzionalità integrate di Miro, come l'interazione in tempo reale e la collaborazione a distanza, per rispondere alle esigenze di una progettazione sempre più complessa e di una collaborazione più efficiente. L'obiettivo è migliorare la comprensibilità, l'usabilità e l'efficacia degli strumenti MSDS precedenti, supportare meglio il processo di co-progettazione in S.PSS&DE e, infine, potenziare le capacità degli strumenti nell'analisi strategica, nell'esplorazione delle opportunità, nella progettazione concettuale del sistema, nella progettazione dettagliata del sistema e nella comunicazione con gli stakeholder nel processo di design MSDS. La tesi introduce innanzitutto lo stato attuale dello sviluppo sostenibile, le esplorazioni condotte da studiosi e designer e le nuove sfide che devono affrontare. Successivamente, esamina le teorie relative al PSS e al S.PSS&DE. Poi, descrive l'intero processo di redesign degli strumenti utilizzando il metodo Research Through Design (RTD) e il modello del Doppio Diamante. Vengono inoltre documentati i risultati di più round di test interni e due round di test esterni. I test dimostrano il miglioramento dell'esperienza complessiva degli utenti con lo strumento riprogettato e identificano le aree che necessitano di ulteriori ottimizzazioni. La tesi presenta quindi nel dettaglio il prototipo degli strumenti finali e i materiali di supporto correlati. Infine, propone suggerimenti per lo sviluppo e l'ottimizzazione successiva degli strumenti.
Redesigning MSDS tools for developing Sustainable Product-Service System applied to distributed economies :new Miro-based tools of LeNS
Meng, Ning
2023/2024
Abstract
Sustainable development still faces enormous challenges. Scholars and designers have conducted countless explorations and attempts over the past four decades, among which the Sustainable Product-Service System (S.PSS) is considered a promising solution. Over the past 20 years, LeNS Network has contributed to the development of S.PSS through teaching, research, and the development of related tools. Distributed Economy (DE) has recently been combined with S.PSS as a promising mode of developing sustainability through regional resilience and empowering a shift to a more localized economic model (Vezzoli et al., 2021). The Method for Sustainable System Design (MSDS) and its tools have been developed to support the design of S.PSS applied to DE (Vezzoli et al., 2022). To adapt to the new sustainable development environment, Design for Sustainability (DfS) has proposed new requirements for design tools supporting sustainability (Faludi et al., 2020). Moreover, technological advances such as collaborative tools and artificial intelligence make designers' work increasingly digital and remote, gradually exposing the limitations of the previous MSDS tools. This thesis presents the redesign of tools developed by LeNS Network to support Sustainable Product-Service Systems applied to Distributed Economies (S.PSS&DE). These redesigned tools are based on the Miro platform. They take advantage of Miro's built-in features, such as real-time interaction and remote collaboration, to meet the demands of increasingly complex design and more efficient collaboration. It aims to enhance the comprehensibility, usability, and effectiveness of the previous MSDS tools, better support the co-design process in S.PSS&DE, and ultimately improve the tools' ability on Strategic analysis, Exploring opportunities, System concept design, System detailed design, and communication with stakeholders in the MSDS design process. The thesis first introduces the current state of sustainable development, the explorations of scholars and designers, and the new challenges they face. Then, it reviews the theories of PSS and S.PSS&DE. Next, the thesis describes the entire tool redesign process using the Research Through Design (RTD) method and the Double Diamond model. It also records the results of multiple rounds of internal testing and two rounds of external testing. The tests demonstrate the improvement of the redesigned tool's overall user experience and identify areas that need further optimization. Then, the thesis presents the prototype of the final tools and related support materials in detail. Finally, the thesis proposes suggestions for subsequent tool development and optimization.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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