Designing for Longevity: Expert Strategies for Creating Long-Lasting Products

Designing for Longevity is a book that provides designers, developers, and creators with five expert strategies, detailed case studies, action guides, and worksheets to create new product concepts with long-lasting strategic fits. It focuses on integrating business knowledge, market conditions, company capabilities, technical possibilities, and user needs into product concepts to make better strategic decisions. Key case studies offer inspiration and guidance from design teams, and action guidelines and worksheets encourage broad, analytical problem-solving.

Format: Hardback
Length: 266 pages
Publication date: 12 October 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Product longevity plays a pivotal role in the transition towards a more sustainable society and serves as a driving force behind the circular economy model. This comprehensive book offers designers, developers, and creators a wealth of expert strategies, detailed case studies, actionable guides, and worksheets to aid them in developing innovative product concepts that possess long-lasting strategic alignments.

In Designing for Longevity, readers are taken on a journey to explore how expert design teams conceive original and enduring product concepts from the very early stages of development. The book emphasizes the integration of diverse factors such as business knowledge, market dynamics, company capabilities, technological advancements, and user requirements into product concepts, aiming to make informed strategic decisions. It underscores the importance of creating a long-lasting strategic fit for customers, companies, and the market as a key determinant of product durability. Through captivating case studies of products like Bang & Olufsen's A9, LEGO Ninjago and Friends, and Coloplasts Sensura Mio, among others, readers gain valuable inspiration, guidance, and practical insights from design teams that demonstrate how these strategies can be applied in real-world scenarios.

Furthermore, this book provides actionable guidelines and comprehensive worksheets to encourage broad, analytical problem-solving at the early concept stage. By employing these tools, designers are empowered to identify and thoroughly examine challenges, fostering the development of useful and sustainable products.

Beautifully designed and illustrated in full color throughout, this book combines original research with practical tools and strategies that design practitioners require to create products that are not only functional but also contribute to a greener and more sustainable future. Whether you are a seasoned designer or just starting your journey, Designing for Longevity is a valuable resource that will empower you to design for longevity and make a positive impact on the world.

Weight: 671g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032284705