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Join us as we demystify the impact reporting process – cutting through jargon, breaking down the steps, and helping you prioritize where to start or go next.

April 3rd | 12 - 1:30 pm ET

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WHAT IS THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF A PIECE OF FURNITURE?

A Primer for Action

circular design glossary furniture & furnishings

circular design glossary furniture & furnishings

When creating change, there’s a lot of power in shared language - understanding what we’re saying to one another!

The Circular Design Glossary provides 40+ tangible, inspiring applications – from sofas to tables to lighting – that illustrate real-life solutions to today’s problematic linear ‘take-make-waste’ way of living.

featured interview with PROWL Studio

featured interview with PROWL Studio

R E P A I R U P C Y C L E M O D U L A R D E S I G N D E M I S T I F Y I N G C I R C U L A R I T Y B I O M I M I C R Y C O M P O S T A B L E

In the 4th interview in our Changemakers series -- leaders in sustainable, circular and regenerative approaches in the furniture industry -- PROWL Studio co-founders, Lauryn Menard and Baillie Mishler, share their provocations, principles and core ethos.

"This chair (PEEL chair) grew out of absolute outrage and optimism. We started asking ‘What if things lasted only as long as they need to?’ We decided to design a chair that completely returns to the earth at the end of its life."

Mebl Transforming Furniture Changemaker Series / PROWL Studio

"We begin with the end -- our ethos -- emphasizes fully understanding the afterlife of everything we design. We’re committed to choosing manufacturing processes and materials that are responsible. To us, that means that the end-of-life of every product, material, or space is equally important as its design and regeneration."

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BUSINESS & STRATEGY / theme 1 of 4 BUSINESS & STRATEGY / theme 1 of 4

What strategies do leaders use to push their companies toward greater ‘circularity’ in corporate practices.

Explore initiatives that are reimagining how we approach material and human resources.

Ways to reduce/redirect waste and champion healthy, sustainable interiors.

Sabai

Alongside great design, this new generation of furniture-maker prioritizes reduced waste, healthier materials, ease-of-repair, transportability, affordability, long product life and other key sustainability practices.

Cool Furniture, Happier Planet, Smart Business

THE FUTURE IS FEMALE, SUSTAINABLE, & INCLUSIVE

This webinar features a trio of virtual tours inside the studios of female artisans/furniture-makers who are each helping to redefine the craft of furniture — centering sustainability and community along with great design.

With Amber Lasciak of REDU NYC, Sabrina Merayo Nuñez of Lunfarda Studio and Tiffany Gomez of Gomez Design Studio.

furniture-maker portraits

furniture-maker portraits

Highlighting the artisanry of a handful of the many talented furniture-makers who reimagine otherwise-to-be-discarded materials into beautiful high quality furniture.

Benji Reyes took on woodworking as his artistic vocation around 40 years ago, and ever since has been a pivotal figure in the Philippine woodworking community. Through his fascination with reclaimed wood, Benji integrates innovation into furniture-making.

Benji Reyes, The Philippines

Tiffany Gomez aims to challenge our relationship with the material world, using design as a means to build more sustainable communities.

Hamed Ouattara is committed to expanding local, creative reuse, especially of salvaged metal barrels. Each is thoroughly cleansed and sanitized before welding.

Michael Iannone specializes in high quality modern furniture, with a strong focus on original design and the use of sustainable materials.

Kim Markel is driven by curiosity and the desire to create captivating objects by reimagining materials and furniture-making.

Capers Landrum Cauthen is a native Charlestonian and craftsman. He has spent a lifetime watching the destruction of old buildings and memories within Charleston County. Capers now dedicates himself to reclaiming the very wood that makes up the area's history.

Landrum Tables, USA