Design Thinking for Circular Economy

db.Bootcamp

In the fourth db.Bootcamp activity of July 2017, ICID worked with Taiwan Sugar’s Qiaotou sugar factory and Everest Textile to carry out a seven day design thinking workshop for the circular economy model of the sugar factory and textile fabric. In this workshop, 16 students from Taiwan, the United States, China, Indonesia, Japan, and Vietnam, including IHP, IMBA, Business Management Department, and Foreign Language Department, were involved.

By designing thinking tools and field survey, user research, market analysis, and so on, this workshop puts forward the feasible service design and business model based on the circular economy. During the Bootcamp, we also invited the founder of 7c Kitchen, Hedy Yang, and founder of REnato Lab, Jia-Shung Wang, to give lectures on circular economy. They also participated in workshops with participants and students to discuss cross-industry and cross-sectoral challenges.