This short report is a summary of the findings of research undertaken by Professor Martin
Charter and Scott Keiller of The Centre for Sustainable Design. Interim data were previously …

The notion of a circular economy is often presented in discourses on a more sustainable
future. A circular economy proposes more efficient material flows in growth-based economy …

Repair cafés are community-centred repair workshops, where volunteer fixers help
members of the public to repair and therefore extend the lives of items that might otherwise …

Extending the useful life of consumer products is a critical element in the circular economy.
Although commercial repair is an established part of the global economy, the repair is often …

Repair in the context of the circular economy. The growth in sales of household electrical
and electronic equipment in recent years, combined with faster product obsolescence, has …

The Circular Economy proposes a sustainable economic model that encourages businesses
and governments to work towards the goal of conserving natural resources and reducing …

This book is a highly illustrated “map,” using photos, infographics and statistics, showing
designers how they can successfully navigate the emerging field of resource management …

Makerspaces–open access design and fabrication workshops–provide new contexts for
design practice through 'distributed production'. The global community of makerspaces has …

In the circular economy discourse it is stressed that products ought to be repairable and that
repair work is assumed to be growing. However, repair can be organised and performed in …

The literature on the circular economy is dominated by visions that either disregard the role
of civil society in (transitions to) a circular economy or depict civil society actors merely as …