The Industrial Designer Role in Reducing the Economic & Environmental Damage Resulting from the Rapid Replacement of Products

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Faculty of Applied Arts - Benha University

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In the past few years, the world has witnessed rapid and unprecedented development in all areas of life, especially the fields of basic and applied sciences, the most prominent of which are production techniques and raw materials; Which led to the development of generations of products that are still under their shelf life, because these modern generations bear the digital character and the feature of intelligence; Which led to the end of the life cycle of previous generations, despite being usable, and performing their basic functions efficiently. This is considered a huge waste of resources of all kinds, as well as harming the environment, especially in light of the global trend towards sustainability.
As the industrial designer is one of the stakeholders of the system of adding products to the world markets; He takes upon himself to find appropriate solutions to keep pace with the rapid replacement of products with the least possible economic and environmental damage.
The research aims to determine the role of the industrial designer in reducing the economic and environmental damage resulting from the rapid replacement of products. The research followed the deductive approach.

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