{"id":125,"date":"2014-01-13T16:22:18","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T16:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/innovation-futures\/?p=125"},"modified":"2014-02-09T22:09:39","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T22:09:39","slug":"eco-officina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/innovation-futures\/2014\/01\/13\/eco-officina\/","title":{"rendered":"ECO.officina"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Abstract <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ECO.officina is a software support tool for product innovation. The innovation processes is based on the use of environmental criteria to stimulate the creativity for new products. The difference compared to similar tools is that it intervenes as a stimulator rather than a filter of the creative generation of sustainable concepts.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than the evaluation of a finished project in terms of eco sustainability the software tool works as a generator of \u201cdesign directions\u201d for the very first phases of design innovation process by posing alternatives such as;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow would it look if this office chair was made out of a single material?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould a cell-phone be used for a different purpose once it doesn\u2019t work anymore?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Driver\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Environmental<\/p>\n<p>Redefinition of the role of design and design education within the environmental challenge<\/p>\n<p>Design \/ Art<\/p>\n<p>Trend trying to turn environmental limitations into opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Obstacle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Social<\/p>\n<p>The creative process can be considered as an individual and private moment which could avoid in many cases the adoption of a software tool in this phase.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Design \/ Art<\/p>\n<p>This kind of a software tool should have a very rich database of environmental solutions to surpass the risk of too little variety and automatized results.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indication<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Uncertain<\/p>\n<p>The environmental constrains are turn into creative stimulation to invent a new sustainable society<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sector specifics \/ cultural specifics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tool is used in the product design field.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scientific Literature<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/209.85.229.132\/search?q=cache:zWBpCYL__rsJ:www.cumulusassociation.org\/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_docman%26task%3Ddoc_view%26gid%3D10+carlo+vezzoli+eco.cathedra+talinn&amp;cd=6&amp;hl=it&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=it\">209.85.229.132\/search<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Read vwatkins's latest blog entries.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.innovation-futures.org\/?q=blog\/81\">vwatkins&#8217;s blog<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abstract ECO.officina is a software support tool for product innovation. The innovation processes is based on the use of environmental criteria to stimulate the creativity for new products. The difference compared to similar tools is that it intervenes as a stimulator rather than a filter of the creative generation of sustainable concepts. 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