Free Circular Redesign ToolKit

We created this free toolkit for professionals interested in applying systems-based circular economy solutions to their products, services or company designs.

This toolkit was developed through the thousands of hours of life cycle and circular design workshops and trainings we have conducted with groups around the world. Specifically designed to be easy to print and use in an workshop setting and to support a flow from traditional linear thinking through to circular and sustainable solutions, within a short or longer workshop setting, the kit includes six worksheets and general information on how to apply circulate economy principles.

These worksheets step through the following process:

1. Understanding a linear system through doing a product life cycle thinking exploration

2. Identifying areas of intervention that could be adopted with this current model

3. Exploring circular business strategies

4. Looking at sustainable redesign options and then ideating a series of propositions

5. Converting into a new circular flow

6. Conducting a quick product viability assessment to see how viable the new circular solution is

We teach how to use this approach in our workshops and hope that by making this toolkit free and open source, we will see a rapid uptake of circular and sustainable design principles in product development and business decision making.