Green and Digital Technologies in Design

Abstract

The goal of the study is to develop conceptual projects and products with an experimental nature within the module “Green Technologies in Design” of the innovative integrative module “Innovative Design”. This module is studied in the extended professional training program at PGD “Elisaveta Vazova,” Sofia, over a two-year period from 2021 to 2023. Project-based learning for students in the
eleventh and twelfth grades, specializing in “Computer-Aided Design and Drawing of Textile Flat Products,” is implemented through the application of digital, green, ecological, sustainable, waste-free, and low-waste technologies, techniques, and materials in design. It has led to the creation of original designer projects and environmentally friendly ecological products. The project develops
sustainable practical skills and emotional-aesthetic competencies for creative ecological thinking, ecological education, culture and behaviour, solving ecological problems, practical application of the interdisciplinary and competence approach, and transforming “green” skills into a “green” way of life.
Keywords: green and digital technologies in design, innovative design, product design.