Product Design and International Development
Introduction:
Rua Design carries out research, and provides information about the subject of product design in international development. This page contains a study on product design in development, and links related to the subject.
Paper:
An examination of product design in both industrialised
and developing countries. Tony Murray, 1996/2005-2007
Contents:
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Introduction
- Definitions of R&D, Innovation, New Product Development and Design
- Product Design, Innovation and Competitiveness
- Design, Competitiveness and Developing Countries
- Human Resources for Design
- The Design Process
- Product Design and Appropriate Technology
- Product Design, Industrialisation and the Environment
The full paper is also available for download in PDF format
Bibliography on product design and development:
Websites:
Organisations that are working in the field of product design in developing countries:
Websites - sustainability:
- The Centre for Sustainable Design
www.cfsd.org.uk
- Reverse Garbage
www.reversegarbage.org.au
An interesting Australian organisation that promotes creative resource re-use of industrial and commercial off-cuts and over-runs, reducing the amount of waste going to landfill - Ecofys
www.ecofys.com
A company, based in Utrecht, specialised in sustainable energy and climate issues.