DISTRIBUTED ECONOMIES THROUGH OPEN DESIGN AND DIGITAL MANUFACTURING

The purpose of this paper is 1) to analyze the potential digital manufacturing technologies and open design have to achieve a distributed economy and 2) to identify the limits and possibilities of digital manufacturing and open design in relation to the principles of Design for Sustainability applie...

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Published in:	Mix sustentável Vol. 3; no. 4; pp. 21 - 28
Main Authors:	Perez, Iana Uliana, Dos Santos, Aguinaldo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) 18-12-2017
Subjects:	Clothing sector Design for sustainability Fashion design
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Summary:	The purpose of this paper is 1) to analyze the potential digital manufacturing technologies and open design have to achieve a distributed economy and 2) to identify the limits and possibilities of digital manufacturing and open design in relation to the principles of Design for Sustainability applied to the clothing sector. The method used was bibliographic review. This paper emphasizes the benefits of distributed economies on attempting design for sustainability principles. Then, it discusses the relation between open design and digital manufacturing with distributed economies. We argue that open design and digital manufacturing have the potential to reduce the impacts caused by the clothing sector, but we emphasize that both strategies per se do not lead to a more sustainable scenario.
ISSN:	2447-0899 2447-0899
DOI:	10.29183/2447-3073.MIX2017.v3.n4.21-28