Vezzoli, Carlo; Kohtala, Cindy; Srinivasan, Amrit; Xin, Liu; Fusakul, Moi; Sateesh, Deepta; Diehl, J.C.

A state-of-the-art examination of the theory and practice of system innovation through Product-Service System (PSS) design for sustainability from a trans-cultural viewpoint.

• ForewordIntroduction: sustainability in designDesign and sustainability: an increasing roleThe structure of this book PART 1: CONSOLIDATED KNOWLEDGE AND KNOW-HOW ON PRODUCT-SERVICE SYSTEM DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY1.    Sustainable development and system discontinuity2.    PSS innovation and sustainability3.    Product-Service System design for sustainability4.    Methods and tools for system design for sustainability PART 2: THE NEW DESIGN FRONTIERS OF PRODUCT-SERVICE SYSTEM DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITYSection 1: New Ways to Deliver Satisfaction and Manage the Transition1.    An aesthetic for sustainable interactions in Product-Service Systems?2.    Sustainable consumer satisfaction in the context of clothing3.    Developing new products and services in entrepreneurial contexts4.    The societal embedding of sustainable Product-Service Systems: looking for synergies between strategic design and transition studies5.    Our common nature: insights from the ‘moral faculty’ and its potential role in system design for socially and environmentally sustainable outcomesSection 2: New Perspectives on Sustainable PSS in Low-Income and Emerging Contexts6.    PSS in waste: lessons from the Indian informal economy7.    Sustainable Product-Service Systems in the informal economy of poor urban contexts: India and the case of press workers in clothes care system in Delhi8.    Sustainability at work, sustainability at play: the consequences of an urban horticulture project involving underprivileged children in IndiaSection 3: New Ways to Leverage Social Innovation for Sustainability9. Design for Chinese social innovation: pilot PSS design experiences for sustainable lifestyles10. Design and social innovation: design practice and methods based on networks and communities11. Catalysing social resources for sustainable changes: social innovation and community-centred designSection 4: New Ways to Design for Moderation12.  A brief introduction to the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy13.  The principle of self-reliance in design for a sufficiency economy14.  MATTEROLOGY: a Chinese method for sustainable design thinking15.  Modern Product-Service System design and the concept of an ecological civilisation: a traditional Chinese viewSection 5: New Ways to Educate16.  New ways of educating: articulating experience17.  Creative sustainability: the role of (design) education18.  Transdisciplinary platforms: teaching sustainability to design students19.  Learning the unlearned: product design for sustainability20.  Bringing streamlined LCA into the sustainable PSS design process