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    Does re-manufacture add value or diminish future sales?
    Ric Frampton
    • Nov 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    Does re-manufacture add value or diminish future sales?

    Designing for second life and re-manufacture is key to ensuring the maximum possible lifespan of a product; it supports circularity and...
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    Have you designed a product or a pile of rotting junk?
    Ric Frampton
    • Nov 19, 2021
    • 1 min

    Have you designed a product or a pile of rotting junk?

    If we categorised a product based on the length of time it actually did something and not by its intended purpose. Then have you designed...
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    Are you disabling disassembly?
    Ric Frampton
    • Nov 16, 2021
    • 1 min

    Are you disabling disassembly?

    What could disable disassembly? Multiple fixing types, non standard fixings, elaborate clips, cryptic joints, special processes,...
    107
    Do you prioritise sustainability in R&D?
    Ric Frampton
    • Nov 11, 2021
    • 1 min

    Do you prioritise sustainability in R&D?

    Knowledge acquisition is a balance of management and personal goals. How do you identify and prioritise your knowledge base? The circular...
    32
    Add the environment to your design brief.
    Ric Frampton
    • Nov 9, 2021
    • 1 min

    Add the environment to your design brief.

    For circularity to be effective at the point of design, it needs to have as much influence in decision making as cost and form. At every...
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    Designing for circularity is more than just closing the loop.
    Ric Frampton
    • Nov 5, 2021
    • 1 min

    Designing for circularity is more than just closing the loop.

    Manufacturing products, fabricating components or processing materials uses energy and creates emissions. The best way to fulfil the...
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    Bad design choices can lead directly to waste
    Ric Frampton
    • Nov 4, 2021
    • 1 min

    Bad design choices can lead directly to waste

    If a part breaks and can’t be separated for service, re-use or recycling, the whole product could go to landfill. Designers and engineers...
    47
    Design for a circular economy
    Ric Frampton
    • Nov 3, 2021
    • 1 min

    Design for a circular economy

    COP 26 is a focus of urgent debate. In time, the decisions made will filter down to all of us. But what can design as an industry do...
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