• openAccess   A metric for assessing the upgradability and adaptability of circular concepts 

      Royo González, Marta; Mulet, Elena; Chulvi, Vicente; Ruiz-Pastor, Laura Elsevier (2024)
      This study proposes a metric for assessing the upgradability and adaptability of circular design concepts. Both design strategies are part of the design for slow loops, which is based on extending the life of products as ...
    • openAccess   A metric for evaluating novelty and circularity as a whole in conceptual design proposals 

      Ruiz-Pastor, Laura; Chulvi, Vicente; Mulet, Elena; Royo González, Marta Elsevier (2022-01-17)
      Product design is one of the most important factors to introduce the circular economy model. In this discipline, the decisions made influence the whole life cycle of the product, since the raw material obtaining to the end ...
    • openAccess   Analysis of design thinking techniques in the co-design of a headrest to training the cephalic control 

      Madroñero Pérez, Elisa; Mulet, Elena; Ruiz-Pastor, Laura AEIPRO (2018-07-11)
      Industrial designers acquire and put into practice many and diverse techniques to come up with the best solution for a design problem. In some cases, these problems are ill- defined and involve the additional difficulty ...
    • openAccess   Analysis of parameters about useful life extension in 70 tools and methods related to eco-design and circular economy 

      Royo González, Marta; Chulvi, Vicente; Mulet, Elena; Ruiz-Pastor, Laura Wiley (2023)
      One of the approaches followed by the circular economy (CE) to achieve sustainability through design is product life extension. Extending the life of products to make them useful for as long as possible is a means to reduce ...
    • openAccess   Análisis de la aplicabilidad de métricas de medición de la circularidad en la fase de diseño conceptual de productos 

      Ruiz-Pastor, Laura; Mulet, Elena; Chulvi, Vicente; Royo González, Marta Asociación Española de Dirección e Ingeniería de Proyectos (AEIPRO) (2019-07-10)
      In circular design, the products keep the resources in circulation during all life cycle phases as long as possible, without generating waste. The circular design helps to expand the Circular Economy in replacement of the ...
    • openAccess   Análisis de la extensión de la vida de uso en las herramientas y métodos de ecodiseño 

      Royo González, Marta; Chulvi, Vicente; Mulet, Elena; Ruiz-Pastor, Laura Asociación Española de Dirección e Ingeniería de Proyectos (AEIPRO) (2020-07-07)
      The ideal scenario in Circular Economy is to close the circle by slowing down the loop, extending the life of the product making it useful for as long as possible, the opposite of programmed obsolescence. Conceptualizing ...
    • openAccess   Aplicabilidad de los parámetros para alargar la vida de uso de herramientas y métodos de ecodiseño en conceptos 

      Royo González, Marta; Chulvi, Vicente; Mulet, Elena; Ruiz-Pastor, Laura; Bort-Martínez, Marina Asociación Española de Dirección e Ingeniería de Proyectos (AEIPRO) (2021)
      Prolongar la extensión de la vida de uso de los productos es uno de los principios fomentados por la economía circular. Extendiéndola se consigue ralentizar los bucles de recursos lo que hace que se utilicen los productos ...
    • openAccess   Application of quchane methodology in professional design studios 

      Royo González, Marta; Chulvi, Vicente; Mulet, Elena; Felip, Francisco; Ruiz-Pastor, Laura AEIPRO (2022-07-05)
      As users' lives change, some products cease to be used because they are poorly adapted to new needs. Changing needs are understood as changes in the user's life which mean that the product is no longer useful and the ...
    • openAccess   Bio-inspired design as a solution to generate creative and circular product concepts 

      Ruiz-Pastor, Laura; Chulvi, Vicente; Royo González, Marta; Sampaio, João N. Taylor & Francis (2022-10-15)
      Consumers are showing a growing concern for the environment and sustainability, while they keep their interest in more creative products that ‘delight’ them and exceed their expectations. Consequently, designers must meet ...
    • openAccess   Effect of disinhibition caused by humor as an unblocking of creativity in design 

      Bort Martinez, Marina; Chulvi, Vicente; Royo González, Marta; Ruiz-Pastor, Laura Asociación Española de Dirección e Ingeniería de Proyectos (AEIPRO) (2023-07-10)
      IFixation in the conceptual design process is a problem that affects both creative thinking and the actions taken in the different stages of design. This problem negatively affects new concepts and can lead to undesired ...
    • openAccess   Effect of the application of circularity requirements as guided questions on the creativity and the circularity of the design outcomes 

      Ruiz-Pastor, Laura; Mulet, Elena; Chulvi, Vicente; Royo González, Marta Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2020-10-20)
      Implementation of the circular economy is beginning to become a reality and the early stages of product design are crucial for a proper adoption of the circular model. However, several studies claim that sustainability ...
    • openAccess   Estudio de técnicas para evitar la fijación en el proceso de diseño conceptual 

      Bort Martinez, Marina; Chulvi, Vicente; Royo González, Marta; Ruiz-Pastor, Laura Asociación Española de Dirección e Ingeniería de Proyectos (AEIPRO) (2022)
      Fixation in design is defined as a blind adherence on a set of concepts or ideas that limit the outcome of the conceptual design. This has been and is still a problem for creativity in the early stages of the design ...
    • openAccess   Integrating humour into a design methodology based in generative questions (Quchane) for unbloking creativity. Study case: Universitat Jaume I 

      Chulvi, Vicente; Royo González, Marta; Ruiz-Pastor, Laura; Bort-Martínez, Marina; Mulet, Elena Asociación Española de Dirección e Ingeniería de Proyectos (AEIPRO) (2021-07-06)
      Previous studies have demonstrated that humour as external stimulus, applied before the idea generation phase, leads to more creative results. This paper explores how to integrate humour into the design method itself, ...
    • openAccess   Intergration of circular design tools in industrial design engineering subjects 

      Royo González, Marta; Chulvi, Vicente; Castillo López, Ana; Ruiz-Pastor, Laura; Bort Martinez, Marina AEIPRO (2022-07-05)
      The Circular Economy requires a change in the conception of products and new designers need multidisciplinary skills to help them develop as professionals of the future. With this objective in mind, the present work shows ...
    • openAccess   KATCH_e: Training materials and tools for circular economy in practice 

      Rocha, Cristina; Camocho, David; Alexandre, Jorge; Kirsten Schmidt; Celades López, Irina; Ros Dosdá, Teresa; Barros, Fiilipe; Kalleitner-Huber, Maria; Hernaez, Oihana; Atin, Eugenia; Pamminger, Rainer; Schmidt, Stephan; sampaio, joao; Afonso, Ana; Mulet, Elena; Ruiz-Pastor, Laura Institute for Sustainability Science and Technology , Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (2019-10-15)
      KATCH_e is a knowledge alliance between research centres, universities and companies to build competences in the field of product-service development for the circular economy and sustainability. This ERASMUS + funded project ...
    • openAccess   Participación en concursos como metodología para la enseñanza basada en proyectos en Ingeniería en Diseño Industrial y Desarrollo de Productos 

      García-García, Carlos; Felip, Francisco; Chulvi, Vicente; Royo González, Marta; Ruiz-Pastor, Laura AEIPRO (Asociación Española de Dirección e Ingeniería de Proyectos) (2017-07)
      El aprendizaje basado en proyectos es una metodología docente muy empleada hoy en día en la enseñanza en ingeniería por su capacidad para facilitar la adquisición de competencias, tales como la capacidad de investigación, ...
    • openAccess   Preliminar study on the application of different communication techniques for circular designs 

      Mulet, Elena; Ruiz-Pastor, Laura; Royo González, Marta Asociación Española de Dirección e Ingeniería de Proyectos (AEIPRO) (2019-07-10)
      An effective Circular Economy strategy comprises demonstrate practical application, by including real life examples and emphasizing with data and facts. The communication strategy is addressed during the design process and ...
    • openAccess   Product-Service Development for Circular Economy and Sustainability Course 

      Afonso, Ana; Bundgaard, Anja Marie; Sousa Rocha, Cristina; Camocho, David; Mulet, Elena; Atin, Eugenia; Barros, Filipe; Hofbauer, Haanah; Celades López, Irina; sampaio, joao; Alexandre, Jorge; Lindenthal, Julia; Schmidt, Kirsten; Ruiz-Pastor, Laura; Kalleitner-Huber, Maria; Meissner, Markus; Royo González, Marta; Hernáez, Oihana; Pamminger, Rainer; Lechner, Robert; Agudo López, Salomé; Schmidt, Stephan; Hirsbak, Stig; Ros Dosdá, Teresa; Chulvi, Vicente LNEG – Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (2020)
      This book is an output of the ERASMUS+ KATCH_e project. KATCH_e stands for “Knowledge Alliance on Product-Service Development towards Circular Economy and Sustainability in Higher Education”. This was a 3-year project ...
    • openAccess   Proposing an integrated indicator to measure product repairability 

      Ruiz-Pastor, Laura; Mesa, Jaime Elsevier (2023-02-17)
      Repairing is one of the most relevant strategies within the Circular Economy (CE) concept since it contributes to waste prevention and extends product and components' lifespan. Thus, reparability becomes an essential issue ...
    • openAccess   Relaxing or arousing environments (through color and music) for fostering designer's creativity 

      Chulvi, Vicente; Royo González, Marta; Agost, Maria-Jesus; García-García, Carlos; Ruiz-Pastor, Laura Taylor & Francis (2022-08-08)
      Within the literature devoted to studying the influence of environment factors on people’s creativity, the majority analyzed these factors as isolated elements and assess individual’s creativity in general. The aim of this ...