Assessment of the innovative potential in the design of bamboo products

Authors

  • Félix Cardona Olaya
  • Carlos Londoño Echeverri

Keywords:

Technological implementation,, Bamboo, Regional development, Innovation, Weighting, Products

Abstract

The following article presents the results of the second phase of the line of research in technology and design, whose theme focuses on the study of bamboo—Guadua—as a material with high potential for technological development in the manufacture of products.

The article seeks to assess the level of innovation in the design of bamboo products in the Center Western Metropolitan Area and to identify the most successful ones. Departing from an industrial design perspective, the article offers guidelines for the manufacture of bamboo products that go beyond conventional views and displays the possibility for technological development.

Author Biographies

  • Félix Cardona Olaya

    Diseñador industrial, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia. Especialista en Ingeniería de Organización Industrial, Universidad de Zaragoza, España. Especialista en pedagogía y desarrollo humano, Universidad Católica Popular del Risaralda, Colombia. Docente e investigador tiempo completo programa de diseño industrial de la facultad de arquitectura y diseño. UCPR

  • Carlos Londoño Echeverri

    * Ingeniero Mecánico, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia. Candidato a magister en sistemas automáticos de producción, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira. Docente e investigador tiempo completo programa de diseño industrial de la facultad de arquitectura y diseño, Universidad Católica Popular del Risaralda. 

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Published

2021-01-27

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