Circular Economy Case Studies: Innovations Driving Sustainability and Impact

Next-generation innovation should be all about making life better for the next generation. We transform business opportunities into humane innovations—for business prosperity, the planet, and its people.

Mapping systemic waste streams & economic opportunities

Aligning stakeholder priorities around shared reference models

Scaling with digital platforms & phased transformation roadmaps

Creating Material Selection Process

Exploring Innovative Product Designs

Mapping Circular Systems

Business Landscape Analysis to identify status quo, challenges and needs

Experience Mapping to uncover opportunities for improving user experience

Vision Creation to define a strategic pathway for scaling impact

Value Chain Analysis to identify opportunities with the most potential

Stakeholder Use Cases to address specific challenges and needs

Vision Narrative & Storytelling to form a strategic direction

Modular Design for cross-industrial use

Active reduction of inner-city traffic

Opportunities for new business models

Clever features designed for outstanding usability

Brand values paired with sustainability goals

Modularity increases repairability

Image of the Monsieur cuisine Hoyer machine

Connecting an ecosystem of services

Reducing packaging waste

Promoting a healthier lifestyle

Man holding a tablet showing the interface in front of the Linde gas bottles

Improvement of occupational safety and ergonomics

Efficiency for a smart supply chain management

Optimization of resource usage through more efficient utilization

Indentified sustainable materials & circular principles

Designed for disassembly and repairability

Embedded circular experience at scale

Aerial drone shot of a biowaste production site

Increasing the value of biowaste

Creating a smart B2B marketplace

Minimizing economic pressure on forrests

Photo of the Prowag in front of an airplane in a hangar

More than a mounting trolley

Enables an on-demand production process

Optimizes holistically the assembly line

Photo of a woman tapping on a tablet with a pen

Safety at work made easy for companies and bosses

Service design for more effectiveness and efficiency in public service

Blueprints reflecting all stakeholder needs and wants

Rendering of a pop-up skateboard park with kids playing, a school container and garden facilities in the background

Empowering children in a creative space

Focusing on sustainability and usability

Transferring biomimicry principles into practical design

Caring about people´s health

Reducing packaging waste

Revolutionizing skincare

Explore sustainable interventions

Develop the sustainable strategy

Implement packaging guideline

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DO 60 h coaching

DEFINE the challenges

EXPLORE circular interventions

MAP the opportunities

We’ve won over 300 design awards

We create innovations that make your business thrive in a circular economy.

Whether you are already running a circular business and need to expand it, or you are keen on making it circular, we partner with you to create sustainable products and services in ecosystems that eliminate waste, regenerate resources, and close the lifecycle loop.

We help you deliver immediate market success while at the same time enabling your long-term transformation towards circularity.

Circular Economy Case Studies: Innovations Driving Sustainability and Impact

Forming an Alliance of Frenemies

Covestro

Google

Adapa Group

K/W Automotive

Hilti

Hoyer

Linde

Research project

Bio Energy Pool

Airbus

VBG

Skateistan

IONIQ

ALDI China

Vitra

confidential client

We’ve won over 300 design awards

We create innovations that make your business thrive in a circular economy.

Selected clients

Selected partners