existing organisations, institutions and networks that share dominant practices, rules and interests), are also required. For this reason the introduction and scaling-up of such innovations are not completely under the control of a company (or a small network of actors), because changes in the factors that form the boundary conditions (i.e. In other words they may challenge existing customer habits, organisational structures and regulative frameworks. They may require a profound redefinition of the production and consumption modalities and hence their implementation may cope with the current and dominant socio-technical systems. The key problem is that sustainable PSSs can be considered radical innovations. However, it must be stressed that the uptake of this business concept by companies is still very limited.

They can provide a range of economic and competitive advantages and, if properly designed, can support the dematerialisation of economy and hence provide environmental benefits. PSSs are business models based on selling performance (i.e. The Product-Service System (PSS) concept represents, theoretically and practically, a promising model to steer our production and consumption systems towards sustainability. Proceedings of DRS 2016 International Conference 28–30 June 2016, Brighton, UK Volumes 1 of 10 Cover and conference identity design by Gavin Ambrose, Nikki Brewster and Seamus White Proceedings compiled by Kaajal Modi Editors: Peter Lloyd and Erik Bohemia Section-Editors: Harriet Atkinson Leonard Bachman Giovanni Baule Michaël Berghman Noemi Bitterman Alison Black Rebecca Cain Elena Caratti Rachel Cooper Anne Cranny-Francis Tejas Dhadphale Hua Dong Bianca Elzenbaumer Carolina Escobar-Tello Luke Feast Tom Fisher Aija Freimanee Lorraine Gamman Valeria Graziano Camilla Groth Marte Gulliksen Paul Hekkert Derek Jones Sarah Kettley Tore Kristensen Sylvia Liu Geke Ludden Jamie Mackrill Maarit Mäkelä Betti Marenko Andrew Morris Kristina Niedderer Nithikul Nimkulrat Maya Oppenheimer Elif Ozcan Verena Paepcke-Hjeltness Ann Petermans Philip Plowright Tiiu Poldma Hendrik Schifferstein Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen Qian Sun Michael Tovey Rhoda Trimingham Kim Trogal Nynke Tromp Mieke van der Bijl-Brouwer Sue Walker Alex Wilkie Alex Williams Seda Yilmaz Proceedings of DRS 2016 International Conference: Future–Focused Thinking 50th Anniversary International Conference Brighton, UK, 27–30 June 2016 ISSN 2398-3132 Published by the Design Research Society email: website: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International License.

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