Circular Packaging: symptom or root?

  • CIRCULAR SOCIETY
  • DESIGN FOR CHANGE
  • BIG GROUP WORKSHOP

Designing a circular society is an all qs challenge. In the collaboration Circular packaging , three universities and three universities of applied sciences aim at addressing the challenge from a packaging perspective. What is the role of design? And how can we create a sustainable change of behaviour in the industry. In this interactive session we explore how to create a movement towards circular behaviour amongst consumers and industry.

Wander
The Hague University of Applied Sciences

Wander Colenbrander

Wander Colenbrander holds degrees in industrial design engineering (bachelor) and business administration (master). He started his career as a packaging designer at the R&D centre of a multinational. From 2000 he is a senior lecturer (Industrial Design Engineering, Packaging Design) at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. He is currently occupied with a PhD-research around education, packaging design and sustainability.

Pauline Spaas
HvA University of Applied Sciences

Pauline Spaas

Pauline Spaas is lecturer Packaging & Product Design at the bachelor program Engineering of the HvA University of Applied Sciences. Setting up research projects in circulair packaging for the research program “Urban technologies” of the Faculty of Technology. Aiming at researching a multi stakeholders approach and the value and role of the packaging designer in this approach.

Marjanne foto
the Hague University of Applied Sciences

Marjanne Cuypers

Marjanne Cuypers is lecturer circular and social design at the international program Industrial Design Engineering at the Hague University of Applied Sciences. Here she also researches the role of (packaging) design in facilitating ‘urban food webs’, moving beyond circular to more web-like sustainable food systems.

Christine pasfoto
The Hague University of Applied Sciences

Christine de Lille

Christine de Lille leads the Innovation Networks research group at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. Their aim is to design systems by Research through Design in three contexts: retail, food and mobility. Christine also works at Delft University of Technology.