ABSTRACT
This book, based on a huge European and Asian research project, is a state-of-the-art examination of the theory and practice of system innovation through Product-Service System (PSS) design for sustainability from a trans-cultural viewpoint. PSS design incorporates innovative strategies that shift businesses away from simply designing and selling physical products to developing integrated systems of products and services that satisfy human needs. The book provides background, advice and tools for designers interested in sustainable PSSs and has a wealth of case studies for practitioners to digest.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|187 pages
Product-Service System Design for Sustainability: Consolidated Knowledge and Know-How
part II|306 pages
The New Design Frontiers of Product-Service System Design for Sustainability
part 1|95 pages
New Ways to Deliver Satisfaction and Manage the Transition
chapter 4|27 pages
The societal embedding of sustainable Product-Service Systems
chapter 5|17 pages
Our common nature
part 2|39 pages
New Perspectives on Sustainable PSS in Low-Income and Emerging Contexts
chapter 7|13 pages
Sustainable Product-Service Systems in the informal economy of poor urban contexts
chapter 8|13 pages
Sustainability at work, sustainability at play
part 3|45 pages
New Ways to Leverage Social Innovation for Sustainability
chapter 9|9 pages
Design for Chinese social innovation
chapter 10|17 pages
Design and social innovation
chapter 11|18 pages
Catalysing social resources for sustainable changes
part 4|39 pages
New Ways to Design for Moderation
chapter 15|9 pages
Modern Product-Service System design and the concept of an ecological civilisation
part 5|82 pages
New Ways to Educate