As experimentation for a circular economy gathers pace, it is becoming increasingly evident that we need effective ways to track and trace materials through a system.
We challenged visitors at Resource 2015 to play the Game of Circularity. Setting out to manufacture a consumer product, they had to make decisions at a series of design...
Find out how we brought the circular economy in action to Resource 2015 with 3D printing, stripped down sofas and a large amount of Brio!
We generate approximately 1.5 million tonnes of bulky waste each year. How can design rethink these sofas, mattresses and furniture for a more circular economy?
Guest blogger Daniel Charny talks about the thinking behind the Fixhub as a prototype for a new type community makerspace for every neighbourhood.
On Monday 19th Jan, we held the first of our service design workshops at the Fab Lab. Mark Shayler and Rob Maslin report on the day.
Mark Shayler argues that our consumption of ‘tat’ in a resource constrained world is spiralling out of control. And Christmas represents the zenith of our excesses.
Lucy Chamberlin comments on the EU Commission’s Work Programme for 2015 and its rejection of circular economy legislation
Our guest blogger, Stephen Bell is a volunteer at Fab Lab London. Here he describes his experience of hacking a broken printer in the workshop, in order to find...
