| Keywords |
Ecological aesthetics ; Multi-functionality ; Renewable ; Sustainable slow design ; Timelessness |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to recognize main environmental issues that we are facing, and to identify the values of design based on Victor Papanek’s ecological aesthetics, that is, the values of design improving human and his/her living environment. For this purpose, the definition of eco-design and its historical background were reviewed, and cases embodying sustainable eco-design, a modern version of eco-design, were analyzed. The main findings of this study were as follows. The so-called sustainable slow design of the 21st century that can be viewed to follow green design of the 1980s has three factors: timelessness, that is, independence of contemporary styles; renewability by the use of renewable materials; and multi-functionality coming from flexible modification of products and replaceability of their parts. Also, in the context of sustainable slow design, the following changes in the pattern of consumption are emphasized. First, the life of product should be extended. Secondly, the frequency of use of product should be increased. Lastly, owning products should be replaced by leasing them. |