This project challenges industrial design's myopic focus on single product outputs, a point of view that I believe squanders the tremendous potential of industrial design to effectuate positive systemic change. To do this I explore the problem of food packaging waste, an example of a complex human and ecological problem in need of immediate systems-level solutions. Using a holistic design methodology derived from intensive research, this project upends the conventional industrial design process while delivering practical design outputs.
This project was completed as my undergraduate senior thesis in Industrial Design at Iowa State University, Class of 2020.