Handbook of Design and Industry

The 21st century has been beset by a global pandemic, war and increasingly concerning environmental disasters. Designers and industries have been forced to imagine a world in which the only way to move forward is to look back. The design and industry sectors need to understand the role they can play in removing obstacles to social progress and work together to create healthier human societies that can interact with the world in a sustainable way. This book presents contributions from leading experts that show through good work and system design, a better and more prosperous world is achievable. This book consists of chapters that bring together researchers, academics, policy makers and designers from technology companies and business associations with the objective of fostering and actively developing a focused vision that enhances innovation through design and industry for a better future. Through a transdisciplinary scientific exchange, it lists responses to the challenges of climate change and environmental degradation that will contribute to a more modern, resource efficient, competitive economy, with smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, promoting knowledge, inter-sector collaboration, health, education and a digital society for all. Through putting the human at the heart of what can be accomplished, this book investigates better design in the disciplines of work, healthcare, product, system, manufacturing and industry amongst others. The reader will gather an interdisciplinary perspective on what good design can achieve and why it is needed to challenge the climate crisis. Design and Industry: Scenarios for Sustainable Futures is essential reading for researchers and academics in the fields and disciplines of ergonomics/human factors, occupational health and safety, industrial design, product design, industrial engineering, materials engineering, process engineering, computer engineering, communication designers, electronics and telecommunications engineering.