- 期刊
綠色思維下的產品設計案例
Product Design under the Green Thinking: Case Studies
摘要
設計理論家Victor Papanek自60年代即倡議「綠色設計」，並強調設計師的社會責任與倫理價值，但他也曾指出，工業設計專業仍然像游泳踩水一樣，依舊在原地停滯搜索著新的美學方向；然而對於環境與生態的覺醒與需要，支撐著設計師更深刻的思想抱負，這可以對未來事物樣貌產生有力的影響。近年來「可持續性設計」（sustainable design，或稱永續設計）的觀念蔚為風潮，身處物資充盈、生產過剩的現代社會，加上求新求變的消費趨勢，生活中出現了許多非必要的消耗；許多用品，愈來愈少是因為用盡而被淘汰，而會因為不夠新穎、不合時宜或不耐久看遭到替換。此時此刻，設計所應該肩負或承擔的社會責任，其界線在那裡？本文透過產品設計案例舉隅，由1.材料／工序減量；2.廢棄物回收與減少耗材；3.再製造的設計；4.適當的材料選用；5.提高環保意識與使用環保能源等五個面向來說明綠色思維的設計重點與實務作法，身為設計師，若透過仔細規劃、善用創意與適切材料，設計或主導消費性產品的趨勢方向，應該可以對環境關照產生具體的影響。
並列摘要
Design theoretician Victor Papanek had proposed the concept of ＂Green Design＂ since the 1960s, and urged, with emphasis, the social responsibilities and ethical values of designers. However, he had also pointed out that the industrial design profession is still treading water as it searches for a new aesthetic direction. But the needs of environment and ecology, underpinned by profound spiritual aspirations, could be a powerful influence on the look of things in the future. As the ＂sustainable design＂ has been becoming a trend recently, still, we find ourselves situated in a modern society that is filled with abundant material things and ample overproduced goods, along with the consumers' continuing pursuing something that is newer and better; more and more products are viewed as obsolete and outdated not because they are consumed but because they are not fresh and flashy enough, not seasonable and durable enough, or simply not classic enough. If there is indeed a bottom line regarding how much the social responsibility design should take on and shoulder, where this fine line ought to be drawn? The article intends to detail the essential points in designing and the practical approaches while doing it through case studies in product design from 5 dimensions: (1) reduce of material, energy and manufacturing process; (2) recycle and reduce; (3) reuse of ready-mades; (4) select appropriate material; (5) enhance the awareness of environmental design. It is the author's intention that, if a well-planned and carefully executed process with properly-selected and innovative materials and consumption-led and environmental-friendly orientation can be instituted, we should be able to generate something more concrete to reflect our concerns toward our environment.