A Method of Evaluating Artifacts' Possibility for Sustainable Society

Abstract

For the formation of a sustainable society, focus is on "the possibility of reducing environmental load in the future ", which is inherent to artifacts, and propose a method by which concretely evaluate the possible future use of artifacts. Focus is on the general idea of "Latent Function " that is, the function of an artifact that becomes evident under different circumstance. In this research, focused on the prediction ability that people possess and devised a method of evaluating the future possibilities of artifacts by a questionnaire survey. Drink containers and chairs were the examples applied to verify the validity of this method