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10/22/17 1 Design Evolution and Innovation for Livable Cities: Toward A Circular Economy Dr. Katja Fleischmann Associate Professor College of Arts, Society and Education Division of Tropical Environments and Societies James Cook University Tropics of the Imagination conferenceLiving Cities: Tropical Imaginaries, 6 - 9 September 2017, Singapore brought to you by CORE View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk provided by ResearchOnline at James Cook University

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DesignEvolutionandInnovationforLivable Cities:TowardACircular

Economy

Dr.Katja FleischmannAssociateProfessor

CollegeofArts,SocietyandEducationDivisionofTropicalEnvironmentsandSocieties

JamesCookUniversity

Tropicsofthe ImaginationconferenceLivingCities:TropicalImaginaries,6- 9September2017,Singapore

brought to you by COREView metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk

provided by ResearchOnline at James Cook University

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Whynotlearnfromthebest?

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MinistryofEnvironmentandWaterResources:200.000tsolidwasteandincinerationash

Greencity-state- Singapore:Design-ledinnovationtosolveproblems

ThetropicalmegacitySingaporehasbeenonthepolicyforefronttopushdesign-ledinnovation.

Singaporeintegratesdesignandcreativityinitseverydaylife.

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SingaporeDesignCouncil+theNationalCouncilofSocialServices+Veryday – adesignconsultancy

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ServiceDesignThinking–

User-Centered: Co-Creative:Holistic

CircularEconomyVideo

ServiceDesignThinking–intheCircularEconomyUser-Centered: Co-Creative:Holistic

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EllenMacArthurFoundation:Re-thinkingProgress:TheCircularEconomy

Image:EllenMacArthurFoundation(EMF)

Wasteavoidancethrough

creatingideasforrepair,reuse,remanufacturing,refurbishing,andrecycling

ServiceDesignThinking

Example:LightasaService=max.resourcereduction+Fairphone:reducinge-waste

CircularEconomy:slowing,closingandnarrowingmaterialandenergyloops.

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SingaporeCircularEconomyGroup

WhatcanotherregionslearnfromSingapore’sdesign-ledculture?

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reducewasteproduction20%- improverecyclingrate70%

Successfulprojects

https://au.getwarpit.com/JCU

TheWarpItFurnitureRe-useSystem

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Thereisnoone-size-fits-allcircularsolution.

IsTownsvillereadytoinnovate?

Developingaregionaleconomythroughcreativeindustries:innovationcapacityinaregionalAustraliancity

KatjaFleischmann,RyanDaniel&RiccardoWelters(2017)

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IsTownsvillereadytoinnovate?

Developingaregionaleconomythroughcreativeindustries:innovationcapacityinaregionalAustraliancity

Design-ledinnovation?

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ServiceDesignThinkinginEducationdesign-ledinnovationforabetterfuture

“Howcanwechangethesocialstigmasurroundingtheelderly?”

“Howcanweencouragecompanionshipinelderlylivestofightloneliness?”

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Thefuturedesigner-a creativeandcircularthinker

Learntodesignandthinkforcircularity

Research

HowcanServiceDesignThinkingbeemployedintheCircularEconomytodriveinnovation?

Ideas?Collaboration.Interested?

Contact:KatjaFleischmann,[email protected]