ULO3 - Footwear product design for circular economy

In this unit, the students learn to rethink the design and development process of footwear concepts and collections in terms of applying the principles of sustainability and environmental protection. The values of a circular economy are studied and directions for action are drawn for designers to follow. Thus, the traceability of materials at the stage of their selection for a new product, the imagination of design concepts by considering what happens to the product at the end of its life, the separation by materials and components and their recycling, the increase of the duration of use of the footwear by providing at the design stage elements that allow the repair and reuse of the product are basic strategies in the different stages of the design process. 

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