4.1.2 Business models and their influence on design
Course subject(s)
Module 4 Futureproof Design for Recycling
In the following video, Flora Poppelaars explains how alternative business models could generate interesting opportunities.
(Alternative) business models and their influence on design
Main takeaways
- Owning a product is not the only way of using it. The relationship with consumers is expected to change more and more.
Further reading (optional)
Interested in the subject of alternative business models influencing the recycling of products and consumer engagement at the collection step? We have gathered some further reading for you below:
- Bakker, C., den Hollander, M., van Hinte, E., & Zijlstra, Y. (2014). Products that Last: Product Design for Circular Business Models. TU Delft Library: Delft, the Netherlands.
- Stahel, W. R. (2010). The Performance Economy (2nd ed.). Palgrave Macmillan: Hampshire, United Kingdom.
- Tukker, A. (2004). Eight types of product-service system: eight ways to sustainability? Experiences from SusProNet. Business Strategy and the Environment, 13, 246–260.
- Poppelaars, F. (2020) Let It Go: Designing the Divestment of Mobile Phones in a Circular Economy from a User Perspective. Ph.D. Thesis, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands.
- Macleod, J. (2017) Ends. Why we overlook endings for humans, products, services and digital. And why we shouldn’t.
