Design de embalagens de bens alimentares para o desenvolvimento sustentável
Aplicação ao caso das embalagens de papel e cartão
- Name
- Regina Delfino
- Year
- 2013
- Institution
- Lisbon School of Architecture Universidade de Lisboa
- Supervisors
- Luis Paschoarelli, Rui Frazão
- Discipline
- Product Design
- Scope
- Sustainability
- Taxonomy
- Praxiology/Phenomenology
- Type
- Theoretical/Practical
- Language
- Portuguese
- Wordcount / Pagecount
- 52,718 / 242
- Joint supervision
- No
Operationalization of a method for sustainable packaging design.
Research Process (18 methods)
x
Packaging production stakeholders
Frozen food packages
Group of experts
Recycling complex
Certified forest supplying raw material for the paper industry
PradoKarton paper factory
Portucel-Soporcel paper factory in Figueira da Foz
Portucel-Soporcel paper factory in Setubal
Printing factory
Printing factory
Printing factory
Printing factory
Printing factory
Pescanova brand Marketing director
Sustainable packaging design methodology
Undergraduate design students use the method in a design project
Group of experts
| # | Name of Method | Research Phase | Research Approach | Researcher Role | Object of Study / Participants | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Literature review | Exploratory | Qualitative | x | x | x |
| 2 | Interview | Exploratory | Qualitative | x | Packaging production stakeholders | unspecified |
| 3 | Artefact analysis | Exploratory | Both | x | Frozen food packages | unspecified |
| 4 | Interview | Exploratory | Qualitative | Observational | Group of experts | 4 |
| 5 | Observation | Exploratory | Qualitative | Observational | Recycling complex | 1 |
| 6 | Observation | Exploratory | Qualitative | Observational | Certified forest supplying raw material for the paper industry | 1 |
| 7 | Observation | Exploratory | Qualitative | Observational | PradoKarton paper factory | 1 |
| 8 | Observation | Exploratory | Qualitative | Observational | Portucel-Soporcel paper factory in Figueira da Foz | 1 |
| 9 | Observation | Exploratory | Qualitative | Observational | Portucel-Soporcel paper factory in Setubal | 1 |
| 10 | Observation | Exploratory | Qualitative | Observational | Printing factory | 1 |
| 11 | Observation | Exploratory | Qualitative | Observational | Printing factory | 1 |
| 12 | Observation | Exploratory | Qualitative | Observational | Printing factory | 1 |
| 13 | Observation | Exploratory | Qualitative | Observational | Printing factory | 1 |
| 14 | Observation | Exploratory | Qualitative | Observational | Printing factory | 1 |
| 15 | Interview | Exploratory | Qualitative | Observational | Pescanova brand Marketing director | 1 |
| 16 | Method development | Generative | Qualitative | Participatory | Sustainable packaging design methodology | 1 |
| 17 | Design project | Evaluative | Qualitative | Observational | Undergraduate design students use the method in a design project | 8 |
| 18 | Delphi method | Evaluative | Qualitative | Observational | Group of experts | 12 |
Knowledge Transfer & Exchange
Knowledge Exchange (PhD Process): Exchange with Academia
| IK&T | Academia | Design Practice | Society |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context | No | No | No |
| Vision | Yes | Yes | No |
| Means | No | No | No |
Recommendations (6)
Continue applying the Methodological Model in academic activities and expand it into professional practice through experimentation with paper and cardboard materials.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Medium → Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Indicative
- Feasibility:
- High
Deepen the study of information design in packaging and systematize disposal symbolism to improve communication of use and discard.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Indicative
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Develop future studies on ergonomics and usability in packaging, especially for specific user groups such as elderly people and children, seeking technological solutions that benefit all users.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Investigate packaging form and user interaction more deeply, especially in cardboard packaging, taking advantage of the material's expressiveness, texture, tactility, and moldability.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- High
Deepen and systematize the Methodological Model for other packaging segments, expanding it with more specific tools.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Indicative
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Investigate distribution systems capable of reducing or even eliminating produced packaging, and explore packaging designed with reusable parts or entirely reusable structures.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- Medium