The Circular Makespaces project sought to understand the opportunities for makespaces to play a role in a future distributed circular economy by focusing on circular practices. It was one of two ‘level 1’ feasibility studies undertaken as a sub-project of the Future Makespaces in Redistributed Manufacturing project based on the RCA and funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
Outputs:
Sharing Insights Developing Circular Practices in Makespaces
Circular Makespaces: The Founder’s View
Team:
Grit Hartung – Research Associate, Designer Researcher
Sharon Prendeville – Research Associate, Design Researcher
Erica Purvis – Sustainable Design Engineer
Clare Brass – Co-Investigator, Head of SustainRCA
Ashley Hall – Co-Investigator, Professor of Design Innovation and deputy head of the Innovation Design Engineering programme at the RCA
Image credit: Grit Hartung
Design Dissonance 