Dryas as a model for lighting products design -- Design, plastics and sustainability - methodological reflections -- Fostering sustainability on campus: Design of an IoT-enabled smartbottle for plastic reduction in the academic environment -- Fashion design education towards transition - circularity and biobased materials -- Design and science for the valorisation of residues and by-products of the wine industry -- Design and development of a F-16 fighter pilot training system using virtual reality: First insights -- Creativity for good: How advertising can impact lives - case study on binge drinking.

This book addresses the importance of human factors in the design of artifacts and systems that serves contemporary individual and societal needs. It reports on cutting-edge, multidisciplinary design research and practices fostering creativity, interaction and co-creation, sustainability, digital development, mobility, as well as science and education. Gathering contributions to the first edition of the AHFE 2021 Affiliated Conference on Human Dynamics for the Development of Contemporary Societies, held virtually on July 25-29, 2021, from USA, this book, which brings together experts with different design and human factors engineering as well as user interface and user experience backgrounds, offers a timely perspective on the role of human factors and design in the developments of modern society and is expected to foster new approaches and interdisciplinary collaboration.