Circular Furniture Design and Making Workshop

Letterfrack Campus

I delivered a half-day workshop on the principles behind circular design and how they can be applied furniture design & making, to the teaching staff at the Letterfrack campus of the Atlantic Technological University.

The content for this workshop was influence by the research I carried out as part of my Masters in Product Design for the Circular Economy, and gave the attendees clear concise up-to-date information for course content and teaching approaches.

The workshop looked at the following topics

  • The principles of the circular economy
  • Circular design strategies
  • Challenges to implementation of circular design & making
  • Examples of circular design & making in practice
  • Teaching circular design & making:
    • topics to cover,
    • the circular design process
    • technical standards
    • tools & teaching aids

If you are interested in having a workshop developed for your organisation please email us at info@circulardesigninstitute.ie