design&assembly 03
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Past Events
October 23rd 2024
How can we better design for our recycling and waste systems?
Speakers:
Philippa Roberts - Co-founder and CEO, Binit Group Ltd
Gwen Frost - Director, Resource Futures
For our second event we focused on bringing together the people designing and making products with the people that have to deal with them once they reach their end of life. Our two expert speakers from the waste and recycling industry covered topics including:
How can we better design products for our recycling and reuse systems?
What does the future of recycling hold, and how can we prepare for it?
And how can we improve the end of life of the products we create?
In addition Philippa spoke to us about the current state of recycling systems and what actually happens to the products we design once they are thrown away. While Gwen guided us through how new legislation could affect the way we design products and packaging as well as sharing her experience in where design for recycling succeeds and fails.
April 17th 2024
What is the reality of sustainable design in design agencies?
Speakers:
Kerry Briggs - VP Design and Development Europe, Kinneir Dufort
John Macdonald - Design Director, Matter
In our first event we had two fantastic speakers coming to talk about their experiences with sustainability in industrial design consultancies. Exploring topics from tackling tricky clients, pushing eco goals through to production, and implementing sustainability practices into the design process.
Kerry spoke to us about the advancements being made in sustainable design within the medical sector as well as insights learned from Kinneir Dufort’s in-house Sustainability Lab and KD’s global partners at SteriPack. While John discussed how at Matter they’re tackling sustainability challenges from working with global brands in FMCG to redesigning The Royal British Legion’s symbolic poppy to be 100% paper.