Designing the Circular Design Team

This hybrid workshop aimed to model diverse and inclusive stakeholder partnerships for circular economy challenges, where design plays a central role in visioning, convening and supporting multi-skill teams, who are each focused on utilizing a different, local waste stream. Drawing on a specific, developed case study of Laxta Wool within the region of Bilbao, and with materials in our hands, we invited participants to reflect on their own role as designers, researchers, citizens and stakeholders in regional material flows, value retention and creation. Together we co-designed Circular Design Teams to address the challenges and interconnections of transforming food-, agricultural, textiles, and construction- waste into valuable local resources.