Nature itself is circular. Trees produce fruits that birds can eat, and their feces in return replenish the soil so that new trees can grow. If a bird builds a nest it simply uses branches from the tree that will decompose into the soil again. For us humans it now seems almost impossible to go back to such a circular ecosystem. While the bird’s nest will deteriorate into the soil again, we have started to design and build products in such a way that the materials cannot be recycled. The Dutch government has aimed to make our economy circular in 2050. This means that we need to start designing products in a circular way. In this episode, we will talk with Deborah Sumter and Christiaan Maats about what can help designers make their products more circular. Christiaan Maats coaches sustainable innovation and entrepreneurship at a company called Circo and similar work at Noorderwind. Deborah Sumter recently finished her PhD thesis about what competencies designers should acquire in order to design circular products and services.

Tracklist

1. Masahiro Sugaya - Future Green
2. Daisuke Miyatani - Memories of Furniture
3. Shiho Yabuki - Ki No Nagare
4. Catching Flies - Ghosts
5. Max Cooper - Circular
6. HNNY - Montara
7. Seb Wildblood - Sketches
8. L’Indécis - Soulful
9. Acid Pauli & Nu - 12
10. Tycho - Circular Reeducation