SUSTAINABLE DESIGN 4.0: METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF THE CONTEMPORARY DESIGNER IN THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY

When confronted with the problems of contemporaneity, designers often tend to use their own creativity as an answer to a specific need, maintaining divided design fields and methods, this leads to a lack of attention to actual society problems and goals, which have already been defined and highlighted from UN – with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals – and from the theoreticians of the industry 4.0. The research method proposes the convergence between innovative production technology – such as open technologies – and different design approach, the parametric one and the participatory one, because their hybridiza- tion could lead to the design of artifacts through a unique system and, as well, customized on the need of each user emerged through the participation of the same. It is clear that a convergence like this will have an important impact on the society, thanks to the attention on sustainability, inclusivity and iterability, of the process and products.