Enhancing sustainable design - the use of national and international standards in design education.

Chris Dowlen

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Abstract

The British Standards Committee TDW/7 is responsible for publishing the ‘Design for Manufacture and Un-manufacture’ standard BS8887. This committee includes academic members. As a contribution to design education, this paper explains their use of standards in teaching, particularly with respect to sustainable design. The paper starts with an overview of their use, suggesting advantages and disadvantages. Case study examples are given of their use in four UK Universities and it is concluded that they can give a significant advantage in design teaching.

Conference

Conference15th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityDublin
Period5/09/136/09/13
OtherThe 15th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education Conference was organised by the School of Manufacturing & Design Engineering, Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), in participation with the Design Education Special Interest Group (DESIG) of the Design Society and the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED). The conference brought together representatives from education, design practice, industry and government agencies that have an interest in developing new approaches and directions in design education. The conference provided a forum for participants to discuss current educational issues and to identify new approaches, address new challenges and new directions for design education. This was reflected in the conference theme, ‘Growing our Future”. The conference aim was intended to reflect the increasing emphasis on design education as a driver for economic growth and in particular the importance of design in addressing such issues as sustainability, creativity and innovation. This was reflected within the submissions that provided varied interpretations of the phrase ‘Growing our Future’ in line with the stated conference topics.
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Keywords

  • design
  • BS8887
  • standards
  • case studies

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