Cultivating Responsible Design with the Product Impact Tool

Wouter  Eggink

doi:10.35199/EPDE.2020.3

Cultivating Responsible Design with the Product Impact Tool

Wouter Eggink

Interaction Design

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Abstract

Industrial Design Engineers have a social responsibility by the very nature of their activities, bringing new products and services into the world of the user. Within the design related research chairs of our university we strive to shape this responsibility in the context of the design of Human Technology Relations. This paper will report on the experiences with teaching responsible design in the context of an Industrial Design Engineering Master’s course “Create the Future”. In this course student groups explore the future of a specific design domain by means of future scenario development. In the course, the potential impacts of future design interventions are actively explored by means of the Product Impact Tool. This is a framework, derived from Philosophy of Technology and User Centred Design that addresses the multitude of impact types that technologies have on humans and human behaviour. In the course, the student groups analysed and evaluated their conceptual designs with the tool in a half-day workshop. Looking at the influence of the Product Impact Tool exercise on the final design results of the course, we can conclude that the use of the Product Impact Tool is valuable for the implementation of responsible design in design education.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education
Subtitle of host publication	The Value of Design & Engineering Education in a Knowledge Age
Editors	Lyndon Buck, Erik Bohemia, Hilary Grierson
Publisher	The Design Society
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
Volume	22
ISBN (Print)	978-1-912254-10-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.35199/EPDE.2020.3
Publication status	Published - 10 Sept 2020
Event	22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education 2020: The Value of Design & Engineering Education in a Knowledge Age - VIA Design, Herning, Denmark Duration: 10 Sept 2020 → 12 Sept 2020 Conference number: 22 https://doi.org/10.35199/EPDE.2020

Conference

Conference	22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education 2020
Abbreviated title	EPDE
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Herning
Period	10/09/20 → 12/09/20
Internet address	https://doi.org/10.35199/EPDE.2020

Keywords

Responsible design
Philosophy of technology
Scenario development
Practical turn
Product Impact Tool

UN SDGs

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Ethics, design, and creativity: A fruitful combination
Eggink, W., Dorrestijn, S., van der Heijden, K. & Ouwens, I., 28 Jun 2022, p. 1-15. 15 p.
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Re-engaging with Design History through the Practical Turn
Eggink, W., 2022, p. 268. 275 p.
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Ethics in Design Education, but different: Practicing the Practical Turn
Eggink, W., 9 Sept 2021, Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2021): Continuity and Adaptability in Design and Engineering Education. Grierson, H., Bohemia, E. & Buck, L. (eds.). London: The Design Society, Vol. 23. 6 p.
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Eggink, W. (2020). Cultivating Responsible Design with the Product Impact Tool. In L. Buck, E. Bohemia, & H. Grierson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: The Value of Design & Engineering Education in a Knowledge Age (Vol. 22, pp. 1-6). Article 1108 The Design Society. https://doi.org/10.35199/EPDE.2020.3

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Eggink, W 2020, Cultivating Responsible Design with the Product Impact Tool. in L Buck, E Bohemia & H Grierson (eds), Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: The Value of Design & Engineering Education in a Knowledge Age. vol. 22, 1108, The Design Society, pp. 1-6, 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education 2020, Herning, Denmark, 10/09/20. https://doi.org/10.35199/EPDE.2020.3

Cultivating Responsible Design with the Product Impact Tool. / Eggink, Wouter .
Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: The Value of Design & Engineering Education in a Knowledge Age. ed. / Lyndon Buck; Erik Bohemia; Hilary Grierson. Vol. 22 The Design Society, 2020. p. 1-6 1108.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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Cultivating Responsible Design with the Product Impact Tool

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Ethics, design, and creativity: A fruitful combination

Re-engaging with Design History through the Practical Turn

Ethics in Design Education, but different: Practicing the Practical Turn

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