The twenty-first century has been beset by a global pandemic, war and increasingly concerning environmental disasters. Designers and industries have been forced to imagine a world in which the only way to move forward is to look back. The design and industry sectors need to understand the role they can play in removing obstacles to social progress and work together to create healthier human societies that can interact with the world in a sustainable way.
This book presents contributions from leading experts that reveal that a better and more prosperous world is achievable through good work and system design. This book consists of chapters that bring together researchers, academics, policy makers, and designers from technology companies and business associations with the objective of developing a focused vision that enhances innovation through design and industry for a better future. Through a transdisciplinary scientific exchange, it lists responses to the challenges of climate change and environmental degradation that will contribute to a more modern, resource-efficient, competitive economy, with smart, sustainable, and inclusive growth, promoting knowledge, inter-sector collaboration, health, education and a digital society for all. By putting the human at the heart of what can be accomplished, this book investigates better design in the disciplines of work, healthcare, product, system, manufacturing, and industry. The reader will gather an interdisciplinary perspective on what good design can achieve and why it is needed to challenge the climate crisis.
The Handbook of Design and Industry: Scenarios for Sustainable Futures is essential reading for researchers and academics in the fields and disciplines of ergonomics/human factors, occupational health and safety, industrial design, product design, industrial engineering, materials engineering, process engineering, computer engineering, communication design, electronics and telecommunications engineering.
Maria João Félix is a Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (IPCA) and an integrated researcher at CIAUD – the Research Centre for Architecture, Urbanism, and Design at the University of Lisbon. She holds a Ph.D. in Design and completed her postdoctoral research with the project Bioneurodesign: From Noetics to Supermodernity. Founder and General Chair of Design Commit, an international conference fostering collaboration between design and industry, she is also the author of the Book Strategic Reflection for Design in Portugal, a critical analysis of strategic thinking in design. At IPCA, she held key leadership roles, including Director of the Department of Industrial and Product Design, Coordinator of the Scientific Area of Industrial Design, and Director of both the Bachelor's and Master's programs in Industrial Design. Her work focuses on sustainability, the circular economy, and innovation, bridging academia and industry through research, publications, and initiatives in design and furniture. A designer by profession, she was awarded the Mobis 2001 Prize for her contributions to Portuguese design.
Rita Assoreira Almendra is a Professor at University of Lisbon’s Lisbon School of Architecture. She has a PhD in Design, her Masters’ in Design Management from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa and she has also an MBA with marketing specialization. She started as a Lecturer at FAU Lisbon in 2000, become Assistant Professor in 2010 and Associated Professor in 2016. She is the Head of the Project Design Department, member of the Scientific Council and has published 20 articles in journals, 30 book chapters and coauthored two books.
Fernando José Carneiro Moreira da Silva is Professor Emeritus in Architecture, Urbanism and Design at the Lisbon School of Architecture (FA), at the University of Lisbon, Portugal. Previously a Lecturer in Design, Human Factors, Inclusive Design and Fashion and Color, Fernando is the author of three books, many book chapters, articles, papers and communications in Product Design, Communication Design, Fashion Design, Color, Inclusivity, Human Factors, Ergonomics, Research Methodologies and Accessibility. He has been a Member of the Portuguese National Fine Arts Academy since 1989 and Member of the Portuguese Color Association since 2011, being its Honorary Member since 2021.
Fátima Pombo, Ph.D, is Full Professor of Design and Head of the Research Institute for Design, Media and Culture [ID+] at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. She was Director of the Master in Product Design and Engineering, Coordinator of the Research Group OIKOS-Design for Ecosystemic Spaces, and a visiting professor at Architecture Department at the KU Leuven, Belgium, for almost a decade until 2016. Her main research interests focus on interior design, spatial design, phenomenology of design, aesthetics of sustainability. She publishes in Routledge, Springer, Idea Journal, The Journal of Interior Design, Architectoni.ca, etc. She belongs to the editorial board and/or scientific board of the Scopus indexed journals: Journal of Design Research, Res Mobilis, Convergences, Kepes Journal, Liño, among others.
Paulo J. S. Cruz is a Full Professor of Construction and Technology at the School of Architecture, Art and Design of the University of Minho and Researcher at the Laboratory of Landscapes, Heritage and Territory (Lab2PT). He was the President of the School of Architecture, Art and Design (2021-2023 and 2004-2011) and Pro-Rector of the University of Minho for Quality of Life and Infrastructure (2017-2021). Director of Lab2PT – Laboratory of Landscapes, Heritage and Territory (2015-2017). President of the Design Institute of Guimarães (since 2015). His R&D activity aims to drive the convergence of Architecture, Construction, and Technology through pioneering research and education related to recent breakthroughs in the art, practice, and theory within these multidisciplinary domains. He devoted his efforts to create and promote a set of laboratorial facilities with a vast potential for research, development and innovation: (1) The Laboratory of Construction and Technology; (2) The Advanced Ceramics Laboratory; (3) The Advanced Design & Technology Lab. The Architecture, Construction and Technology Hub aggregates those facilities and envisages the interdisciplinary collaboration to address emerging challenges.
