KONSTANTEN
(2022) In Diploma work IDEL01 20222Industrial Design
- Abstract
- There are many opportunities for designers and manu-
facturers to change consumer behaviour – an important
and necessary step towards a less wasteful way of living. I
see a need for an example product which could empathise
keeping instead of changing.
An extensive deep-dive into the psychology surrounding
the subject keeping was conducted. This, in combination
with own reflections on how future design values could
look like, was done to create a clear vision of a design lan-
guage that has the potential to become timeless. Full scale
prototyping and regular evaluations with the help of work-
shop professionals made it possible to quickly get a sense
of what’s working and what’s not.
The result is called... (More) - There are many opportunities for designers and manu-
facturers to change consumer behaviour – an important
and necessary step towards a less wasteful way of living. I
see a need for an example product which could empathise
keeping instead of changing.
An extensive deep-dive into the psychology surrounding
the subject keeping was conducted. This, in combination
with own reflections on how future design values could
look like, was done to create a clear vision of a design lan-
guage that has the potential to become timeless. Full scale
prototyping and regular evaluations with the help of work-
shop professionals made it possible to quickly get a sense
of what’s working and what’s not.
The result is called KONSTANTEN – a semi-foldable bal-
cony chair that can be mass produced on a foundation of
circular economy with an individual detail on each chair.
The form language communicates honesty and satisfac-
tion with the folding function in focus.
KONSTANTEN shows different tools designers and manu-
facturers can use to increase personal felt value in a prod-
uct, which can lead to consumers keeping their products
for a long period of time. It’s an example of how transpar-
ency and honesty in production and function can create
something satisfying - and something that can be trans-
lated into other products and other production processes. (Less)
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- author
- Johnsson, Olivia
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- IDEL01 20222
- year
- 2022
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- publication/series
- Diploma work
- report number
- ISRN: LUT-DVIDE/EX--22/50576-SE
- other publication id
- ISRN
- language
- English
- id
- 9104192
- date added to LUP
- 2022-12-28 08:53:19
- date last changed
- 2022-12-28 08:53:19
@misc{9104192, abstract = {{There are many opportunities for designers and manu- facturers to change consumer behaviour – an important and necessary step towards a less wasteful way of living. I see a need for an example product which could empathise keeping instead of changing. An extensive deep-dive into the psychology surrounding the subject keeping was conducted. This, in combination with own reflections on how future design values could look like, was done to create a clear vision of a design lan- guage that has the potential to become timeless. Full scale prototyping and regular evaluations with the help of work- shop professionals made it possible to quickly get a sense of what’s working and what’s not. The result is called KONSTANTEN – a semi-foldable bal- cony chair that can be mass produced on a foundation of circular economy with an individual detail on each chair. The form language communicates honesty and satisfac- tion with the folding function in focus. KONSTANTEN shows different tools designers and manu- facturers can use to increase personal felt value in a prod- uct, which can lead to consumers keeping their products for a long period of time. It’s an example of how transpar- ency and honesty in production and function can create something satisfying - and something that can be trans- lated into other products and other production processes.}}, author = {{Johnsson, Olivia}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, series = {{Diploma work}}, title = {{KONSTANTEN}}, year = {{2022}}, }