Industrial Design Engineering

Bachelor Assignment

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Brouwer, S.L.M. (Sara)

from intention to implementation bridging the gap in sustainable design

At: ut

This thesis aimed at helping designers incorporate sustainability in their design process, in research it was found that most designers want to work sustainably but there are a lot of factors working against them. It was found that designers can not change these limits themselves. The solution to address this is a workshop which helps design companies with their designers to create strategies. These strategies are created through envisioning where the company wants to be in regards to sustainability and creating a path, the strategies, back to the current situation. This is done through smaller steps that help the company understand where they can and want to have impact, what their designers need and what their current limits are that keep them from reaching sustainable design.

Exam date: 28-08-2025