Development of the Design Guideline for Product-service Systems

investigating the feasibility of a proposed model for geometric design of deployable arch structures

deployable scissor type structures are composed of the so-called scissor-like elements (sles), which are connected to each other at an intermediate point through a pivotal connection and allow them to be folded into a compact bundle for storage or transport. several sles are connected to each other in order to form units with regular polygonal plan views. the sides and radii of the polygons are...

Service Design and Product-Service Systems

Product designers have been the main design competence to be employed in product oriented businesses. When it comes to the design of Product-Service Systems, employing product design competences would be a conservative approach. Design theorist Buchanan identifies design orders spanning from graphic, over product and interaction, to systemic design, explaining important differences in perspctiv...

Design Opportunities in Service-Product Combined Systems

This paper aims to examine recent research issues related to the integration of service and product in view of industrial design. Further, it attempts to identify new opportunities for further research regarding “product-servicization” vs. “service-productization”. In the continued efforts to provide the users with fuller experiences, one major trend is the blending of products and services. Mu...

Towards Consolidation on Product-Service Systems Design

Research on Product-Service Systems (PSS) has been carried out for many years and in various disciplines. Nevertheless, design guidelines and standards for industrial application are hardly available. Even a standardized terminology has not yet been developed. Consolidation of PSS approaches among research projects and industrial branches is rudimentary. This is an obstacle for companies to inc...

Product design for product/service systems: Design experiences from Swedish industry