Research Guides: Environmental Design: Environmental Product Design

Researching Environmental, Health, and Community Impacts

GreenFILE (EBSCO) Interdisciplinary resources on human impact to environment.
Gale in Context: Environmental Studies The Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources focuses on the physical, social, and economic aspects of environmental issues.
EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements (ProQuest) Source for finding plain-language EIS summaries, which are designed to inform decisionmakers and the public about projects that will impact environmental quality.

The Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Database An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) is an independently verified and registered document that communicates transparent and comparable information about the life-cycle environmental impact of products.
EPA: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Search or browse for information on a variety of environmental and health topics.

Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest) Abstracts and citations to international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
PsycINFO (ProQuest) Useful for human computer interaction. Covers psychology and psychological aspects of medicine, psychiatry, anthropology, business, law, and similar disciplines.
MEDLINE (ProQuest) Index to medical literature.

Product Design Books

1,000 Product Designs: Form, Function, and Technology from Around the World

The Aesthetics of Industrial Design

Aesthetic Sustainability: Product Design and Sustainable Usage

The Atlas of Furniture Design

Chair: 500 Designs that Matter

The Design Book

Design. Think. Make. Break. Repeat: A Handbook of Methods

Design Thinking

Designing for the Circular Economy

Designing for Longevity: Expert Strategies for Creating Long-Lasting Products

Designing for Older Adults: Case Studies, Methods, and Tools

Disobedient Objects

Ergodesign Methodology for the Product Design: A Human-Centered Approach

Industrial Design A-Z

Modern Fabric: Twenty-Five Designers on Their Inspiration and Craft

Pattern Design

Product Design

Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter

Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Product Design

Soft Electronics: Iconic Retro Designs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s

Sustainable Product Design and Development

Textile and Clothing Design Technology

Textile Design: Products and Processes

The Thoughtless Design of Everyday Things

Understanding Industrial Design: Principles for UX and Interaction Design

Woman Made: Great Women Designers

Demographic and Understanding your Audience

U.S. Census Data Tool to retrieve recent data on the people and economy of the U.S.

Claritas 360 Zip Code Lookup The Zip Code Lookup tool provides information about who lives in a given neighborhood and what they like. Note: only some of the data is freely available.

Consumer or Market Research

Mintel Academic Market research database for information on consumer trends, demographics, and brand share.
Passport Passport is a global market information database examining countries, consumers and industries. Passport offers integrated access to internationally comparable statistics, insightful market reports and interactive visualization tools.
Business Source Complete (EBSCO) Comprehensive source for materials on all business topics. Also includes company profiles.
Statista Statista aggregates statistics and studies from market researchers, organizations, specialist publications, and government sources.

Product Research and Recommendations

Consumer Reports
Presents articles on health, public safety, marketplace economics and the judicial & regulatory actions that affect consumers. These are independent product reviews.
ConsumerSearch
Product-review editors compare professional product reviews (such as Consumer Reports or CNET) with consumer reviews (such as Amazon.com and Epinions). Contains product reviews, buying guides and comparison tools for consumer products. Ranks top products by category and discloses sources used to compile reports.

Wirecutter by The New York Times
Wirecutter is the product recommendation service from The New York Times. Our journalists combine independent research with (occasionally) over-the-top testing to save people time, energy and money when making buying decisions. Included in our New York Times Website Subscription, sign up for your free account to access.

Company websites are also an important source of information for product information, though they are biased.

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