72 free UX design patterns for the circular economy
/ German Ecodesign Award 2023 / Winner “Service”
/ German Designers Club 2023 / Award
/ What Design Can Do “Make it Circular” 2023 / Finalist
/ Part of the Ellen McArthur Foundation community
Material Banking Pattern
Material Banking already happens in utility industries and will come to consumers too: Customers treating their products, components and raw materials like assets. This pattern shows the top level of that experience.
Value Self Assessment
Use this pattern to assist your customers in estimating the value of their products themselves.
End-Of-Life – Cycle Pattern
Use this pattern to assist your customers in deciding on wether to refurbish, upcycle or recycle their product at the end of its life.
End-Of-Life – Behavioral Pattern
Use this pattern to nudge your customers into refurbishing or upcycling their product by making recycling look the weaker choice.
End-of-Life – Bar Chart Pattern
Use these patterns to assist your customers in comparing the options to refurbish, upcycle or recycle their product at the end of its life.
Resell Offers Pattern
Use this pattern to show your customer different offers of private and commercial buyers within the value range of his product.
Resell Peer-to-Peer Pattern
Use this pattern to organize reselling between your customers, including remote quality assurance and peer-to-peer logistics.
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Voices from the Experts
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„Really cool concept for helping designers and businesses embrace the Circular Economy and a concept that could be rolled out across different design disciplines as well.“
LEYLA ACAROĞLU / TED speaker, United Nations „Champion of the Earth“ CEO of creative agency Disrupt Design
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„This is a fantastic enabler for greater customer adoption of circular services.“
JOE ILES / Circular Design Programme Lead Ellen MacArthur Foundation
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„Wonderful project that rightly states that the UX patterns for online shopping need strong competition from equally well designed circular patterns.“
BAS RAIJMAKERS / Owner and Creative Director STBY London and Amsterdam