Products That Flow: Circular Business Models and Design Strategies for Fast Moving Consumer Goods [Paperback]

PRODUCTS THAT FLOW is an unusual book about common things that surround us every day.Fast-moving consumer goods, such as food, packaging, disposables, fashion, cheap gifts and gadgets. How can we deal with this huge amount of products in a more sustainable way? Our main challenge is to slow down and make our products last longer. Then we have to organize the flow and design our products in such a way that they can be easily transported and recycled or to render it harmless.

This book offers a wide range of practical examples and points different ways to managing the flows that currently often are out of control. It is a field of concern that many share and for that reason is destined to turn into fertile soil for improvement. It is an important extension to the book PRODUCTS THAT LAST and goes beyond the point where design and entrepreneurship tend to come to a halt.Products that Flowprovides inspiration to design circular alternatives for fast moving consumer goods. On the basis of examples and cases, the book describes circular business models and design strategies that inspire to move towards a more circular economy without waste.Siem Haffmanshas over 25 years of experience as a sustainable designer and strategic consultant on sustainable innovation and circular economy. He graduated as MSc Industrial Design Engineer at Delft University of Technology. Since then he worked as a researcher at TNO and started already in 1990 a design studio, specialized in eco-design. In 2004 he was one of the founding partners of Partners for Innovation, working on sustainable innovation and circular economy for leading companies in Europe, such as: DAF trucks, Heineken, Philips, Tarkett/Desso, SUEZ and the packaging industry. He is frequently asked as a (guest) lecturer at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, and the Dutch Packaging Centre. Siem is also founder of Ragbag, a brand for fair trade and recycled bags from India.

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