The role of the user experience on sustainable aspects of Product Design

The role of the user experience on sustainable aspects of Product Design

Alves, Davi Neiva; Romeiro Filho, Eduardo; Elian, Matheus Tymburibá

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The concern about sustainability in design is increasingly inherent to projects in society today, where the harms of projects that did not have the necessary concern about sustainability already show bad environmental results. However, even though a project can be considered sustainable, it only becomes economically viable for companies, if it is accepted by users. To achieve this goal, constant comprehension and monitoring of the user's perception and experience of sustainable adjectival products becomes essential. Despite the already mentioned importance of this comprehension, the literature that studies in parallel, user experience and sustainability in design, is still limited. Aiming to contribute to a better understanding of the theme, the article demonstrates examples where there is a search for the perception of user experience related to sustainable products and concludes suggesting a future perspective for the theme.

The concern about sustainability in design is increasingly inherent to projects in society today, where the harms of projects that did not have the necessary concern about sustainability already show bad environmental results. However, even though a project can be considered sustainable, it only becomes economically viable for companies, if it is accepted by users. To achieve this goal, constant comprehension and monitoring of the user's perception and experience of sustainable adjectival products becomes essential. Despite the already mentioned importance of this comprehension, the literature that studies in parallel, user experience and sustainability in design, is still limited. Aiming to contribute to a better understanding of the theme, the article demonstrates examples where there is a search for the perception of user experience related to sustainable products and concludes suggesting a future perspective for the theme.

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DOI: 10.5151/sbds-issd-2017-033

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Como citar:

Alves, Davi Neiva; Romeiro Filho, Eduardo; Matheus Tymburibá Elian; "The role of the user experience on sustainable aspects of Product Design", p-207-210. In: Anais do Simpósio Brasileiro de Design Sustentável e International Symposium on Sustainable Design 2017. São Paulo: Blucher, 2017.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/sbds-issd-2017-033