Frugal Design for Marginal Contexts: Formulating a Systematic Approach and a Design Toolkit
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2022
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This thesis examines the subject of ‘Frugal Design for Marginal Contexts’ to forward the scope of product design in marginalised socio-economic scenarios and equip designers with necessary tools. ‘Frugal design’ is defined as a low-resource intensive design process for developing affordable, optimised, performant and holistic products, and ‘Marginal Contexts’ (MC) are defined as social scenarios with poor socio-economic conditions where people lack freedom and capabilities.
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Supervisor: Punekar, Ravi Mokashi
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Frugal Design, Frugal Innovation, Marginal Contexts, Design Toolkit, Product Design, Design for Base of Pyramid, Social Innovation