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Informationen zum Autor Siem Haffmans has over 25 years of experienceas a sustainable designer and is astrategic consultant on sustainable innovationand the circular economy. Klappentext A large part of our current linear economyconsists of fast-moving consumer goods. After ashort usage period the product becomes waste,which ends up in a waste treatment plant forrecycling or incineration or, unfortunately, leaksinto the environment on landfills or as plasticsoup.Should we stop consuming these products?Can we live without packaging, consumablesand fashion? We could do without them, butsometimes we do need packaging to protect aproduct and to prevent food waste.In order to stop producing more waste we needto rethink our approach to those consumables.We need a more circular approach, starting atthe beginning of production and consumption:the design. Through circular business modelsand design strategies Products that Flowdemonstrates how end-of-life products canbecome a resource for new ones instead ofbecoming waste. The book describes circularbusiness models and design strategies toinspire designers, marketeers and businessdevelopers. Vorwort PRODUCTS THAT FLOW is an unusual book about business and design, for it focuses on fast-moving consumer goods. Products that are not supposed to last and can be quite damaging to the environment. It concerns food, packaging, disposables, fashion and cheap gifts and gadgets. This gloriously illustrated book offers a range of business opportunities and design strategies to deal with these products in a more sustainable way. It goes beyond the point where design and entrepreneurship tend to come to a halt. Zusammenfassung PRODUCTS THAT FLOW is an unusual book about business and design, for it focuses on fast-moving consumer goods. Products that are not supposed to last and can be quite damaging to the environment. It concerns food, packaging, disposables, fashion and cheap gifts and gadgets. This gloriously illustrated book offers a range of business opportunities and design strategies to deal with these products in a more sustainable way. It goes beyond the point where design and entrepreneurship tend to come to a halt. PRODUCTS THAT FLOW offers an insight in the short lives of different products with a quickly dropping value. A wide range of practical examples point the way to managing the flows that currently often are out of control. It is a field of interest that many share and for that reason is destined to turn into fertile soil for improvement. PRODUCTS THAT FLOW will change the way we deal with waste and either prevent it from leaving the circle of utility or render it harmless. ...
