Towards a Digital Knowledge Base of Circular Design Examples through Product Teardowns

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ISSN: 2212-8271
DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2022.02.052
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2022
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Design of more circular products is key to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 12, Responsible Consumption and Production. However, many designers lack the knowledge and confidence to bring aspects of circular design into their design practices. One problem is the lack of examples on how circular design is implemented in different types of products and their components. In this work, we present a framework to generate a digital knowledge base of circular design examples from product teardowns (product dissections). Leveraging teardowns, a commonly practiced activity among product designers, can allow the knowledge base to include rich and up-to-date design examples and help inspire future design. The knowledge base covers three categories of circular design aspects: reliability, RRU (repair, reuse, upgrade), and recycling. Under each aspect, we generate a comprehensive list of prompts to guide designers to analyze the product and collect circular design examples. A subset of prompts is showcased in a study of a newly released laptop. We also gathered feedback and suggestions for future developments from experienced design practitioners.
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Circular Design Thinking , Environmental Impacts , Product Design , Product Teardowns , Responsible Consumption , Production , Knowledge Base , Circular Design Thinking , Environmental Impacts , Product Design , Product Teardowns , Responsible Consumption , Production , Knowledge Base , Control and Systems Engineering , Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering , SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
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Wang , Y , Harsuvanakit , A , Mincey , T & Cordella , M 2022 , ' Towards a Digital Knowledge Base of Circular Design Examples through Product Teardowns ' , Procedia CIRP , vol. 105 , pp. 314-319 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2022.02.052