Design for Adaptability is one of the Design for Sustainability strategies, where products or services are designed considering their adaptability towards users’ needs throughout time. An adaptable product will have a longer utilization period. The goal of this paper is to propose design ideation tools that contribute towards sustainable adaptable solutions. Having in mind design education tools, which dimensions should be taken in account, when designing adaptable solutions for variable needs? To answer this, literature review was carried out on design for adaptability, crossed with a collection of existent adaptable products, leading to the identification of conceptual approaches and rhythms of usage. These were filtered as ideation guidelines, and proposed to BA second year design students, on a workshop. The workshop was organized in two sessions, and students were presented with the ideation conceptual guidelines, and challenged to propose an adaptable design solution, towards a domestic environment. The results lead to identify as main conceptual approaches on design ideation for adaptable solutions, the physical, cultural, and technological on different rhythms of use, daily, weekly, seasonal, yearly, that can vary according to users and contexts.