title. Circular Design Vietnam
date. December 2018 - present
city. Ho Chi Minh
collaborator. British Council UK, Materiom, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
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Circular Design is an emerging field of design where products and services are intentionally designed to create zero wastes. In December 2018, I was one of the 6 South East Asian designers invited by British Council UK team to London to pioneer their Circular Futures Lab programme.
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Following this programme, I have started a series of community workshops called " MateriOh! - Community as Biomaterial Designers " to inspire participants in Vietnam to come up with their own sustainable materials using local resources. In addition, I also created a Facebook group named Circular Design Vietnam to share inspirations and news around circular materials.
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Learn more about the wonderful works of my collaborators here:
Circular Futures Lab
Developed by the Creative Economy and Architecture, Design and Fashion teams at the British Council, this new programme is a collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to support a more positive and circular future for the making and design sectors globally.
https://creativeconomy.britishcouncil.org/projects/circular-futures-lab
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Materiom
Materiom provides open data on how to make materials that nourish local economies and ecologies.
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Ellen MacArthur Foundation
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation works to inspire a generation to re-think, re-design and build a positive future circular economy.
https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org
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A hands-on biomaterial-making session with Materiom in London