British Council in collaboration with Ellen MacArthur Foundation is exploring the future of making through an international programme focusing on Circular Design. The Circular Design Lab 2019 will see makers, designers and creative entrepreneurs from ten countries in Sub Saharan Africa meet for a week of design workshops and creative exchange in the UK.
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circular Design Guide will form the guiding framework of the week’s activity, complemented by a series of exploratory workshops led by leaders from the UK design industry.Designed to unlock new circular design opportunities through crosscultural collaboration and international exchange, the lab will then lead to a series of follow-on projects in the Sub-Saharan Africa region.
Nick Gant / Community21 is consulting as a mentor throughout the programme providing support to the creative participants in developing their challenge proposals as well as providing workshops for the Lab-week.