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Integral Design Network

Tildelt: kr 0,18 mill.

The background for this application is the forming of the Group of Integral Design at NTNU in the fall 2010, and the organisation of the seminar/workshop "Integral Design for a Sustainable Society and Dignified Living" as part of the event "India 2011" at NTNU. In Integral Design we address the designer´s role in the development of product-service-systems where the designer/design team work in the interface between (i) natural science and technology and the (ii) economic, political and social conditions of the decision-makers. Additionally, to be able to take such issues into account there is also a need for designers, researches and decision makers to have a deeper understanding of their own worldviews. During the last twenty years, the international design community has established a wider consensus that sustainable development presents a vital topic for design in predicting and implementing future trends, needs, and production- and consumption patterns. Yet, what are relevant types of sustainability knowledge is very much debated upon. From a social science perspective we see that close collaboration between social anthropologists and designers provides a fruitful approach to action-research (Local examples of this is to be found in Røyrvik 2009, Fyhn 2009. Se also Mc Niff 2002), as the social scientist and designer collaborate in all phases from the identification of a problem, via the design of possible solutions, to the implementation, evaluation, and redesign. The task is to create a community of practice (Wenger 1998) to develop a common understanding of the challenges and practical solutions in relation to sustainability and dignity. A long term goal is to make integral design move from an inter-disciplinary to a trans-disciplinary practice. Target groups Designers and other professions operating in Interdisciplinary teams who are working with development projects for social, economic and ecological sustainable results.

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