About
This course targets to inform the audience about the basics of Design for Sustainability, its origin and evolution over the decades, the different approaches to Design for Sustainability and its contextual applicability.

Course Content
1. Definition of Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Design for Sustainability
2. Dimensions of Sustainability
3. Evolution of the concept of Sustainability
4. Design for Sustainability - Engineering Design Criteria and Guidelines

Target Audience
This basic course is suitable for Product Designers, Exhibition Designers, Engineers, Architects and Planners, teaching faculty in academic schools of Design, Architecture and Engineering.

Further Reading Suggestions
Students are advised to refer to the following books as additional reading on the subject:
1. Vezzoli, Carlo, et al. Product-Service System Design for Sustainability. Greenleaf Publishing, 2014.
2. W. Mcdonough, Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. S.l.: San Val, 2002.
3. G. Pauli, Blue Economy-10 Years, 100 Innovations, 100 Million Jobs. Taos, NM: Paradigm Pubns, 2010.

Suggested Web Resources
1. http://www.lens.polimi.it/
2. http://www.ecocostsvalue.com/