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KONSTANTEN

Johnsson, Olivia (2022) In Diploma work IDEL01 20222
Industrial 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
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
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2022-12-28 08:53:19
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  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}},
}