The Impact of Co-Creation on the Design of Circular Product-Service Systems: Learnings from a Case Study with Washing Machines

Designers play an important role in service transformation and the development of product-service systems by applying co-creation methods. This paper presents a case of how we applied co-creation in practice and the impact this has had on developing a circular product-service system. It details the method used in the co-creation process and...

From linear to circular: An innovation strategy for MIscanthus based sustainable packaging

This thesis presents a circular innovation strategy for Miscanthus based packaging. In the wold, more and more plastic packaging is being used. A large part of the used plastics is single-use plastic packaging that is only used for a couple of minutes and then discarded. The discarded plastic packaging stays in the environment for hundreds of...

Co-creating circular product-service systems for long-lasting washing machines

This paper presents the result of a co-creation and context mapping study amongst seventeen washing machines users. The users had widely varying experiences with products offered through alternative ownership models, including three who were active users of a washing machine with pay-per-use or monthly subscription model. Through the co-creation...

The use of renewable materials in reversible building design: a literature study

Abstract only. Today we are getting more and more confronted with the finiteness of mineral and fossil deposits of organic material. Extraction costs are rising and the availability of resources is decreasing. Together with an increased demand -as world population expands and developing nations are becoming wealthier- the situation will become...

Circular light.touch.matters

The purpose of the this Master thesis is to explore and introduce new sustainability design opportunities inside the EU founded project light.touch.matters. The LTM project is a pioneering project on new flexible smart materials, where the product becomes the interface. The attempt has been made to steer away from the traditional sustainability...

A product design framework for a circular economy

The paper provides a circular economy framework from a product design perspective with tools to aid product designers in applying circular product design in practice. Design research for circular economy has so far mainly been limited to referring to existing fields of research such as design for disassembly, remanufacturing and recycling. The...