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Codesign in resource-limited societies: theoretical perspectives, inputs, outputs and influencing factors

17th February 2022
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Codesign with resource-constrained people living in developing countries is crucial for sustained adoption and use of designed solutions

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Frugal-IDeM: An Integrated Methodology for Designing Frugal Innovations in Low-Resource Settings

24th January 2021
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Abstract People living in low-resource settings at the base of the world income pyramid (i.e. Base of the Pyramid — BOP) face several constraints. To satisfy their unmet needs, integrated frugal innovations are necessary. Several studies, discussed using many names such as ‘design for Base of the Pyramid’, ‘design for development’, ‘product service systems’, ‘frugal […]

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Sustainable and affordable products and services: A frugal innovation approach

1st December 2020
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A workshop on frugal innovation. Frugal innovations aim at doing more and better with less. It can be a low-tech clay fridge or a high-tech portable ultrasound medical device.

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Design and Frugal Innovations: Three roles of resource-poor people

25th May 2018
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ABSTRACT Design is imperative to satisfy needs of people in resource-limited societies. Many design studies have been carried out in the context of such societies in developing countries, and are discussed under names such as humanitarian engineering, frugal innovations, appropriate technology, design at the Base of the Pyramid, design for development, etc. In this paper, […]

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Frugal Innovation for global sustainable development

14th November 2017
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‘Frugal’ means making things simpler, in such a way that they are adapted to the local circumstances, or adapted to a resource constrained environment. Frugal innovations can be placed on the junction of affordability and good enough quality, while still having basic functionality. Sharing

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