In Uruguay, collaboration between designers and manufacturing companies remains limited, largely due to the historical separation between the academic sphere and the productive sector. Design has often evolved within theoretical or cultural frameworks disconnected from industrial practice, while companies have focused on short-term production needs rather than long-term innovation. This book seeks to bridge that gap, presenting a design intervention aimed at creating spaces for exchange and collaboration between those who design and those who produce. Through an in-depth analysis of the Uruguayan design landscape and manufacturing sector, the authors explore both the barriers that hinder cooperation and the opportunities that emerge when new product development becomes a shared process. Focusing on the furniture industry, where small-scale and semi-artisanal production foster experimentation, the book highlights new ways to connect creativity and industry. The intervention takes shape in the development of a collaborative tool (EnCo), conceived from insights gathered directly from both design studios and manufacturing realities. Drawing on these perspectives, the tool aims to strengthen communication, foster collaboration, and support joint innovation during new product development. This book offers a concrete direction to build a collaborative dialogue space between Design and manufacturing realities for making the development of new design products more efficient.
In Uruguay,la collaborazione tra designer e aziende manifatturiere rimane limitata, in gran parte a causa della storica separazione tra l'ambito accademico e il settore produttivo. Il design si è spesso evoluto all'interno di contesti teorici o culturali avulsi dalla pratica industriale, mentre le aziende si sono concentrate su esigenze produttive a breve termine piuttosto che sull'innovazione a lungo termine. Questo libro mira a colmare tale divario, presentando un intervento di design volto a creare spazi di scambio e collaborazione tra chi progetta e chi produce. Attraverso un'analisi approfondita del panorama del design e del settore manifatturiero uruguaiani, gli autori esplorano sia gli ostacoli che frenano la cooperazione, sia le opportunità che emergono quando lo sviluppo di nuovi prodotti diventa un processo condiviso. Concentrandosi sull'industria dell'arredamento, dove la produzione su piccola scala e di tipo semi-artigianale favorisce la sperimentazione, il volume mette in luce nuove modalità per connettere creatività e industria. L'intervento si concretizza nello sviluppo di uno strumento collaborativo (EnCo), ideato a partire da indicazioni raccolte direttamente sia presso studi di design che realtà manifatturiere. Facendo leva su tali prospettive, lo strumento mira a potenziare la comunicazione, favorire la collaborazione e sostenere l'innovazione congiunta durante lo sviluppo di nuovi prodotti. Il libro offre un orientamento concreto per costruire uno spazio di dialogo collaborativo tra il mondo del design e le realtà manifatturiere, al fine di rendere più efficiente lo sviluppo di nuovi prodotti di design.
Design(ing) Manufacturing Collaboration The Case of the Furniture Sector in Uruguay
María Eugenia Sosa Martí;Caterina Dastoli;Silvia D. Ferraris
2025-01-01
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In Uruguay, collaboration between designers and manufacturing companies remains limited, largely due to the historical separation between the academic sphere and the productive sector. Design has often evolved within theoretical or cultural frameworks disconnected from industrial practice, while companies have focused on short-term production needs rather than long-term innovation. This book seeks to bridge that gap, presenting a design intervention aimed at creating spaces for exchange and collaboration between those who design and those who produce. Through an in-depth analysis of the Uruguayan design landscape and manufacturing sector, the authors explore both the barriers that hinder cooperation and the opportunities that emerge when new product development becomes a shared process. Focusing on the furniture industry, where small-scale and semi-artisanal production foster experimentation, the book highlights new ways to connect creativity and industry. The intervention takes shape in the development of a collaborative tool (EnCo), conceived from insights gathered directly from both design studios and manufacturing realities. Drawing on these perspectives, the tool aims to strengthen communication, foster collaboration, and support joint innovation during new product development. This book offers a concrete direction to build a collaborative dialogue space between Design and manufacturing realities for making the development of new design products more efficient.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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