This article reflects on the evolution of design education, from its popularisation to specialised training courses such as Service Design and Design for the Circular Economy. It discusses the importance of critical thinking and creativity in the training of conscious and activist designers, capable of tackling social and environmental challenges. Design teaching based on the humanist approach emphasises the im...
This article presents an educational experimental endeavor undertaken within the scope of a doctoral research project, involving key stakeholders, including the University of Aveiro, Revigrés, and Design Factory Aveiro. The primary focus of the doctoral research is to assess the strategic significance of the role of a Chief Design Officer within the corporate landscape, with a specific emphasis on the Portugues...
This article is part of a Ph.D. research that questions the role of a Chief Design Officer (CDO) in companies within the Portuguese business landscape. Understanding the history of Portuguese design becomes relevant to provide a local framework and to grasp the contemporary positioning of design leadership, aiming for a broader perception of the value of design in Portugal. The decades between 1950 to the prese...
We are witnessing an unprecedent time of climate change. At the same time we can see also the emerging of a new wave of social innovations more concerned with the environment, with younger generations taking the lead and taking to action. And there is also a general perception that society and companies are more active and participatory in actions to defend the planet, but are designers following these changes?...
This chapter presents the “Design for Society” concept and provides a backdrop for the papers included as chapters in this section of the book. We suggest that the Design for Society concept can be viewed as an umbrella for a range of concepts related to how we can leverage the principles of design research and practice to create holistic solutions to societal challenges. Design can drive societal innovation, a...
As part of the ongoing doctoral research focused on the Chief Design Officer's endorsement, this article asks about the role of a designer as a functional leader capable of driving innovation to a strategic level, through the case study of Philips.Philips is a global company that has undergone significant structural changes over the past 30 years, moving from an organisation where design was an external agent t...
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53Ergotrip Design nº5 – 2021Revista de estudos luso-brasileiros em Design e ErgonomiaChief Design Officer: O caso de Stefano Marzano e Sean Carney na PhilipsChiefDesignOfficer:The case of Stefano Marzano and Sean Carney at PhilipsEste artigo, integrado na investigação de doutoramento centrada na afirmação do Chief Design Officer, indaga sobre o papel do designer como líder funcional capaz de conduzir a inovação...
Este artigo é parte integrante da investigação de doutoramento em ambiente empresarial, cujo objetivo é questionar a relevância dum Chief Design Officer (CDO) em empresas recorrendo ao desenvolvimento de produtos multi e plurifuncionais para a Revigrés. O processo de investigação pretende funcionar como uma plataforma experimental e imersiva para o processo de inovação radical impulsionado pelo design no seio d...
The present article is the initial result of fieldwork on design and spirituality in the scope of ongoing doctoral research in design. The research has been developed with Lusophone 'quilombolas', Afro- Brazilian and traditional family farming groups and communities from Brazil and Portugal, which present implicit spiritually driven design management approaches. The project proposes that a spiritual dimension s...