Design of Sustainable Systems-Product-Services for the Internet of Things in design undergraduate courses

Abstract

This article aims to present a Strategic Design method for the design of sustainable systems-productservices aimed at the Internet of Things (IoT) applied in design undergraduate courses, in project disciplines. The d.e.coisas method is part of the Strategic Design approach and covers the relational discussion of topics such as emerging technologies and sustainability. To ensure that designers reflect on sustainability during design, some design tools used in the d.e.coisas method were analysed from this perspective and applied as a test in a product design course for the IoT of the undergraduate design course at a Brazilian university. With the results of this analysis, we proposed a framework, in the form of a lesson plan, that provides guidance on the development of sustainable systems-product-services projects focused on emerging technologies.