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Expert Café Repurpose Design as a circular strategy
- Hogeschool van Amsterdam |
- 29 November 2023 |
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Practically everything for circular design
Companies taking circular steps have the wind in their sails. They are reducing their carbon footprint and strengthening their business. They manage to bind employees and customers better, use raw materials and energy more efficiently, thus saving costs and having less impact on the climate and the environment. They can realize their own sustainability and business ambitions while complying with new laws and regulations. They enjoy the benefits now and are better prepared for the future.
So do you want to make circular strides as an organization? Then Circonnect will help you move forward.
Approachable to work
Circonnect offers practical tools and applicable knowledge in the field of circular design. With these, we bridge the gap between rules and reality and between science and the shop floor. For individual companies, but also for multiple companies within a chain. So that entrepreneurs and designers can easily get to work with circular design.
It doesn't matter how far along you are in the transformation from linear to circular working. Whether you are yet to make the first step or are already further along in the journey. Circonnect provides support from a standardized and proven core process. At any point in your circular journey.
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From idea to product, from design to production and from individual company to together with the chain. If you want to move forward with circular, as a company you often run into new design questions. What is actually the environmental impact of my offering? How do I calculate the residual value of products I take back? How can I collaborate better with supply chain partners? Circonnect has tools that give you practical guidance on the specific issues relevant to you. You can do this yourself or (in many cases) in a workshop with other participants.
Find deepening
For entrepreneurs and designers who want to explore the possibilities of circular design or prepare for new regulations, Circonnect offers in-depth knowledge. This knowledge is current and (scientifically) substantiated. So you can more easily immerse yourself in circular design and what it can bring companies. This helps to:
- To determine what your goal is and how to achieve it.
- To orient to opportunities in the industry or on
subtopics. - Prepare for (new) regulations and developments
in the industry.
All knowledge items are sorted by the topic they relate to. You can search for contributions in the relevant design topic. Or search for circular design knowledge on a specific sector. Is circular design still unknown territory for you, but would like to learn more? Then you can get started with the Circular Design Starter Kit. In it we guide you through the basics of circular design.
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Article
- Rethink
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- Material selection and impact
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Repurpose Design as a circular strategy
- Hogeschool van Amsterdam |
- 29 November 2023 |
- Reading Time 4 minutes
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Reparations and education: not the hardest part of transition
- CIRCO |
- November 01, 2023 |
- Reading Time 4 minutes
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Whether you are looking for innovative design strategies, information on circular business models or learnings from entrepreneurs. In the form of articles, webinars, design tools or research reports. You'll find it all in our knowledge base!
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Making circular impact by using circular insulating glass
- CIRCO |
- June 14, 2023 |
- Reading Time 4 minutes
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6 insights on Design for Recycling within the plastics industry
- Ingeborg Gort | CIRCO |
- September 08, 2022 |
- Reading time 2 minutes
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HvA RETHINK tool
- Yanti Slaats |
- Feb. 16, 2023 |.
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Laws and regulations circular design
- Department of Waterways and Public Works |
- August 26, 2022 |
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Inspiration & more
Get inspired, learn new skills and stay informed with these knowledge events, webinars, workshops and other interesting gatherings from all CIRCONNECT partners.
15Apr
Symposium Refuse & Rethink in Design Education
Circonnect partner Rijkswaterstaat, together with Partners for Innovation, is organizing a symposium on refuse & rethink on April 15. The goal of this symposium is to increase attention to these circular strategies within education (including design, marketing and business administration).
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Circular design as a motor for raw materials transition
By 2050, the Dutch economy must have transformed from the current linear model to a sustainable circular system. In a circular economy, products retain their value longer and raw materials are reused again and again. Circular design is the driving force behind this. After all, a large part of the environmental impact of an end product is already determined in the design phase. A sustainable economy is only created by thinking about value retention and the recovery of raw materials during the design phase.
In recent years, much research and experience has been gained with circular design strategies and business models. In order to be fully circular by 2050, it is essential that this knowledge and experience be available to a wide audience. CIRCONNECT brings together experiences from various disciplines to make them accessible to designers, entrepreneurs, policy makers, research and education.
A major challenge for Circonnect is to bring knowledge from all these partners to designers and companies in an accessible way. There are many thick reports and generally people don't feel like reading them. We tell them: this is what the report says, and if you're working on this subject, that's what's handy to have.
Pieter van Os CIRCO program manager
Circonnect is an important initiative. It is time to start sharing knowledge and experience gained about circular design widely. Knowledge that the creative industry can use in the development of circular business models. And from which all sectors and stakeholders can benefit.
Bart Ahsmann Director TKI CLICKNL
The circular plastics chain is the spearhead for us in the coming years. Designers play a major role in this because they determine whether or not a product is circular. The right knowledge, tools and connections are crucial and Circonnect provides the platform for that. Our companies have a lot of experience in chain cooperation and are happy to share their knowledge to realize the circular plastics chain together with designers.
Martin van Dord Innovation coach NRK and ChemistryNL
About CIRCONNECT
CIRCONNECT is the inspiring, connecting and catalyzing knowledge hub in the field of circular design. With our network of enthusiastic collaborating parties, we make knowledge and experiences in the field of circular design widely accessible.
We do that on this online platform. But also with knowledge events and various other knowledge propositions. The knowledge is always specifically tailored to specific industries and target groups.
Meet the CIRCONNECT partners
These parties are joining forces to share, enrich and disseminate common knowledge of circular design.