업사이클링 디자인 활성화를 위한 기업 사례 연구

Background Upcycling design is rapidly emerging as an alternative plan of sustainable design among designers who feel social responsibility for environmental destruction and energy exhaustion. Especially, Korea which lacks resources, should search for a sustainable method due to economic reasons and environmental issues. The purpose of this study was to propose the upcycling activation method through design strategies and cases of upcycling companies. Methods For the purpose, the study tried to propose a future design direction and troubleshoot by analyzing the upcycling design strategies and characteristics of 5 overseas companies and 4 domestic companies. Results The analysis results revealed that important factors of an upcycling company's strategy were the construction of a social network to control all processes to collect and return desired materials and the technology for discriminating design development. In terms of the design characteristics, they provide customers with the scarcity of a unique product, create a design, whose quality is higher than that of raw material, and change raw material into a high added-value design with artistic value. Conclusion After all, in order to activate the upcycling design, it is necessary to construct an online network for smooth material supply and return and promote various, flexible designs through technical exchange and cooperation between multiple fields.