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EVALUATING PROTOTYPING SUPPORT IN EARLY TRANSFORMATIVE PSS DESIGN

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2021

Ryan Michael Ruvald*
Affiliation:
Blekinge Tekniska Högskola
Andreas Larsson
Affiliation:
Blekinge Tekniska Högskola
Christian Johansson Askling
Affiliation:
Blekinge Tekniska Högskola
Alessandro Bertoni
Affiliation:
Blekinge Tekniska Högskola
Tobias Larsson
Affiliation:
Blekinge Tekniska Högskola
*
Ruvald, Ryan Michael, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Mechanical Engineering, Sweden, rwr@bth.se

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Prototypes are an established tool for rapidly increasing learning, communication and decision making rationale for design projects. The proven success has spawned a litany of approaches and methods for building and planning the efficient planning and construction of prototypes. Translating these methods into simple usable tools to assist novice designers has generated broadly applicable canvases to support prototyping across the design process. Product Service System design has similarly introduced prototyping methods and tools into the process. Presently there is a lack of support for generating early phase tangible prototypes for functional PSS design aimed at more radically innovative solutions instead of currently dominant traditional products with traditional add-on services. This work explores the viability of utilizing existing prototyping support tools in the context of early PSS design through workshops with student designers and practitioners. The data from these workshops illuminates the alignments and misalignment gaps presented as guidelines to enable better support for early PSS designers.

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