Designing For The Future ? Circularity Mission
An interesting insight into how different design industries are taking a firm stance on adopting the circularity mission when it comes to designing eco-conscious products and spaces.
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The Zurich home designed by Huggenbergfries ensured it kept most of the building’s shipbuilding features instead of tearing everything down. Image: Huggenbergfries
The design industry ? furniture, lighting, interior, and architecture ? needs to adopt a truly circular economy to weather the times and changing customer preferences. Giving back to the environment isn’t just about using less, it’s also about the consumption process; that is, the longer lasting the product, the better it is. The circular economy is also about making repairable, recyclable products that can be consumed by a more appreciative user who values the item longer so less waste is generated. Design plays a vital responsibility in the production and creation of products that have to adhere to the principles of sustainability as far as possible. It’s also about convincing people to use the product and value them.
While the circular economy is an aspiration rather than a guideline, it’s open for interpretation since it can be applied in many design industries. But if we were to go into detail about the term “circular economy”, it should be coming from the right approach of thinking, that is, suggesting a per...
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The Zurich home designed by Huggenbergfries ensured it kept most of the building’s shipbuilding features instead of tearing everything down. Image: Huggenbergfries
The design industry ? furniture, lighting, interior, and architecture ? needs to adopt a truly circular economy to weather the times and changing customer preferences. Giving back to the environment isn’t just about using less, it’s also about the consumption process; that is, the longer lasting the product, the better it is. The circular economy is also about making repairable, recyclable products that can be consumed by a more appreciative user who values the item longer so less waste is generated. Design plays a vital responsibility in the production and creation of products that have to adhere to the principles of sustainability as far as possible. It’s also about convincing people to use the product and value them.
While the circular economy is an aspiration rather than a guideline, it’s open for interpretation since it can be applied in many design industries. But if we were to go into detail about the term “circular economy”, it should be coming from the right approach of thinking, that is, suggesting a per...
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