Product Life Sphere: a toolkit to support learning and teaching of product life cycle model

Peer-reviewed conference paper, International Conference on Innovation Digital Design (ICIDD) 2023.

This paper presents an approach to teaching and learning the product life cycle through an innovative design intervention that enables students to critically review their design decisions using environmental and social impact lenses. The intervention employs a physical model as a form of tangible learning material, designed to promote circular thinking and accelerate learning in sustainable design education. The paper addresses the question of how new ways of interacting with and interpreting the product life cycle can be re-contextualised to support deeper student understanding and engagement.

Zhang, L. (2023) “Product Life Sphere: a toolkit to support learning and teaching of product life cycle model”, International Conference on Innovation Digital Design (ICIDD) 2023, College of Digital Design, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology (STUST), Tainan, Taiwan, 26/05/2023. Page 48. ISBN: 978-986-96479-6-0