WHICH HYGIENIC PRODUCTS FOR WHICH CONTINENT? DESIGN FOR USAGE AND SUSTAINABILITY

DS 84: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2016 14th International Design Conference

Year: 2016
Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad, Skec Stanko
Author: Leroy, Y.; Yannou, B.; Murthy, L.; Lallmahomed, A.; Yannou-Le Bris, G.
Series: DESIGN
Section: DESIGN METHODS
Page(s): 311-320

Abstract

All women have to deal with menstrual cycles.The paper proposes to investigate usage and sustainability performances of four hygienic solutions, i.e. environmental, economic, hygienic, comfort and social performances. Three different geographical contexts are also studied: Europe, United States and India, where product expectations, cultural aspects, production and logistic realities strongly differ and influence the purchasing choice. Products sustainable performances are fanally combined with client's preferences to identify the product that fit the best the clients' expectations.

Keywords: design for sustainability, design for usage, multicriteria analysis, life cycle assessment, menstrual products

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