The pandemic that has impacted on our Planet in 2020 has shown that new business models, collaboration techniques, and exponentially growing design technologies are needed to open up to alternative, unconventional models of collaboration throughout all stages of the food supply chain. The case studies presented in this book aimed at explaining the fact that designing is more than just creating food products and services; it can be applied to sustainable food systems, procedures, protocols, professional interaction, educational models, and user experiences. Applying design methods to the agri-food sector means improving the quality of the lives of people and the planet by involving both analytical approaches and the creative imagination. Design methods can re-define current values usefully, develop new ways of working and thinking, reset the way we lead, manage, create, and innovate food sustainability. In this concluding chapter the role of design is underlined as well as the current urgency to change the mindsets of professionals in favour of a more systemic vision, closer to the needs of nature is summed up.
Transforming research and innovation for sustainability: Transdisciplinary design for future pathways in agri-food sector
Sonia Massari
2021-01-01
Abstract
The pandemic that has impacted on our Planet in 2020 has shown that new business models, collaboration techniques, and exponentially growing design technologies are needed to open up to alternative, unconventional models of collaboration throughout all stages of the food supply chain. The case studies presented in this book aimed at explaining the fact that designing is more than just creating food products and services; it can be applied to sustainable food systems, procedures, protocols, professional interaction, educational models, and user experiences. Applying design methods to the agri-food sector means improving the quality of the lives of people and the planet by involving both analytical approaches and the creative imagination. Design methods can re-define current values usefully, develop new ways of working and thinking, reset the way we lead, manage, create, and innovate food sustainability. In this concluding chapter the role of design is underlined as well as the current urgency to change the mindsets of professionals in favour of a more systemic vision, closer to the needs of nature is summed up.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
