On the 8th of November, it was time for this year’s edition of Chalmers Sustainability Day. This year’s theme was Circular Economy and the event included masterclasses in the morning and workshops sessions in the afternoon. Various topics were discussed, such as urban metabolism and resource flows, design opportunities and measures, and service-based value chains. […]
Category: Research activities
Chalmers Sustainability
Want to design for Use2Use?
Do you want to explore how your company can contribute to a shift to a circular economy? Are you interested in learning more about how products or services can be designed to support circular consumption? Great! We are currently looking for Swedish companies that would like to join us in our next research venture and […]
A digital platform for sharing
equipment
In their master thesis project, Sara Lindgren and Olle Trens investigated how sharing of equipment and material within the cultural scene of West Sweden could be encouraged and increased through a digital platform, Returkultur. As part of their user studies they conducted workshops to explore user needs and requirements using early versions of the Circular […]
An inventory management app that supports
sharing
In their master thesis, Olivia Chalandon and Patricia Lidborg explored how people can be supported to share their belongings with others. In collaboration with the startup company Sortapp and with support from FutureMemories AB, Olivia and Patricia designed a new feature for the inventory management app Sortapp that enables people to easily store and mark […]
Results of Cirkulera Mera!
In december 2018 we challenged pupils at the Peder Skrivares skola in the west of Sweden to try out circular consumption in two different ways during a week. They could, for instance, sell or give away unused items that might be useful for someone else, or they could borrow or buy items they needed from […]
Join our next seminar at Cradlenet Väst!
You are welcome to join our upcoming seminar on Use2Use thinking and design for circular consumption. On May 23 we will present our research in collaboration with Cradlenet Väst and Gullers Grupp. We will give an introduction to how circularity can be understood and addressed from a user perspective, and present our design toolkit currently […]
Exploring circular consumption
journeys
In our latest research study, Cirkulera Mera!, we challenged pupils at Peder Skrivares skola to explore what circular consumption may entail for them. They were asked to borrow, sell, trade and lend things they need in everyday life and also document and reflect on their activities and experiences. Today, we start our analysis of their […]
Prototyping and testing design tools
This year we will be very busy prototyping and iterating our Use2Use design tools. Yesterday, we tested a new tool for charting circular consumption journeys together with master thesis students involved in projects aimed to facilitate and strengthen sharing initiatives and the peer-to-peer market. Today, we will continue to develop this tool to make it […]
Student ideation session
Today, students in the course Design and Product Development for Sustainability were challenged to re-design products with the aim of making them more fit for circular consumption processes. By thinking through which activities and practicalities people are faced with when for instance renting a suitcase instead of buying one, the students identified important needs and […]
Supporting Jordanian Handicraft and Design
To celebrate the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, the Embassy of Sweden in Amman arranged a one-day event to engage Jordanian producers and handicraft artisans in discussions around sustainability and circularity. Today, Jordan’s handicraft producers are comprised mostly of small businesses and artisans that are struggling to compete with cheap imported souvenirs. There is […]