Sustainable Design
Step into a world where products, services, businesses, and experiences come alive through sustainable and circular design. This theme empowers you to make responsible decisions about material sourcing, global supply chains, business models, product architecture, usage, recovery, and end-of-life processes.
The following programme electives and design studio are offered within this theme:
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5 EC, Spring Semester - Q3
This course equips students with insights into the strategic business considerations for sustainability and introduces Sustainable Business Models and Sustainable Product Service Systems integration into design practice. -
5 EC, Spring Semester - Q4
In this course, students learn about quantifying sustainability for product design, exploring various assessment methods including the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), and other alternatives. -
5 EC, Spring Semester - Q4
In this course students explore and apply different sustainable design approaches that they can use in Design Studio 2, with the objective to learn how these strategies work and are applied, as well as experience the outcomes.