Circular
design
sprint
What is it all about?
In the future, all products sold within the EU must meet circular economy requirements. This means that pioneering companies are taking their processes, material choices, and product features to a new level, shaping the customer experience based on circular design principles. We tailor the contents of the Sprint based on an initial assessment to ensure that it best serves your specific goals.
Who benefits from the sprint?
Circular Design Sprint is an excellent fit for R&D directors, designers, professionals working in customer interface and marketing, and anyone tasked with ensuring that the company's product and service offering is designed to build circular & regenerative futures. As a result, depending on your specific needs, you will get a circular product/service concept or prototype, circular design guidelines to support your design process, or a systematically built compelling customer experience to foster circular engagement.
"The new EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation sets circularity requirements for almost all physical goods placed on the EU market. Now is the time for businesses to get ready."
Paula Fontell, CEO & Founder
Ethica's unique Circular Design Sprint
A circular Design Sprint is a combination of learning, tangible development work, goal setting, collaborative ideation, and discussion. The Sprint allows you to delve deep into the essential principles of circular design that are relevant to your organisation and incorporate them into your own R&D process. The development focus can be on a new or existing product/service concept, the development of closed-loop systems, or enhancing the customer experience.
Service design
Business &
System design
Product design
Innovation
Viability
Feasibility
Desirability
Sprints
Fast track to Circular Design
Our programme includes
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1-2-1 -discussions with your RD&I team on current processes
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2 x 3.5 h facilitated workshops to guide you through circular design principles on materials, product features and closed loop ecosystems in practice
Outcomes and outputs
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A tentative circular design vision
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Systematic understanding of circular design principles
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Knowledge on how to start integrating circular design principles into company’s design process
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Knowledge on differences between eco, circular and regenerative design and desired impact
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A summary of key insights and recommendations for further action 
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Circular design
as a strategic advantage
Our programme includes
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1-2-1 -discussions with your RD&I team & light current state analysis
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3 x 3.5 h facilitated workshops to guide you through circular design principles on materials, product features and closed loop ecosystems in practice.
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Choosing and validating relevant circular design strategies to support company’s regenerative growth
Outcomes and outputs
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A crystallised circular design vision
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Systematic knowledge and understanding of circular design principles and how to build a path towards regenerative design
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Selected and validated circular design strategies
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Circular Design Strategies document for internal & external use OR circular service blueprint
Champions'
League
Our programme includes
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1-2-1 -discussions with your RD&I team & a current state analysis
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3.5 h workshop series to guide you through circular design principles on materials, product features and closed loop ecosystems in practice; choosing relevant circular design strategies and creating a draft document
Outcomes and outputs
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Comprehensive and detailed Circular Design guidelines, accompanied by vision and process descriptions, to guide the design process OR
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Refined product/service concept or prototype
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Systematically built knowledge base on circular design principles and the ability to evaluate different design solutions from a circularity perspective
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Knowledge on how to create a path towards regenerative design fostering innovative and sustainable design practices
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Get in touch
with us
and we will contact you no later than the next business day.
Paula Fontell
CEO, Founder
Anne Raudaskoski
Head of Consulting, Co-Founder
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Ville Grönlund
Circular Business & Design
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