About
Our Purpose
Sustainability is incredibly complex and challenging to navigate. At Circular Design Co, our individual expertise has lead to our shared interest in furthering the circular economy by:
– Exploring innovative and sustainable materials and efficient production processes.
– Advising circular resource loops and (business) models for regenerative design.
– Co-creating with designers, makers, builders and investors who dare to really care.
Core Team
Liam Gibson
With a deep passion for designing with a purpose, the Circular Design Co studio was formed in 2021 by Liam Gibson to provide solutions to sustainability problems. The design studio embraces Circular Economy principles and applies them to create innovative design solutions.
Liana Scobie
Liana began her career at a startup investment fund for sustainable housing projects in developing country cities and a think tank for regenerative economies then joined TerraCycle 12 years ago. TerraCycle is a pioneering green business creating collection and recycling solutions for previously non recyclable waste (like candy wrappers, cigarette butts and dirty diapers) across 20+ countries. There she manages the global budget and people operations.
Divya Gujar
Divya deals with the library’s materials science, research, and writing at Circular Design Co. A graduate of environmental and plant sciences from India, she loves connecting with circular designers around the world to understand their innovative creations. She has a penchant for a circular design that seamlessly blends aesthetic appeal with functionality.
Nishtha Luhadia
Nishtha is an industrial design student with a keen interest in material innovation and circular design. She has worked closely with biomaterials such as mycelium composites, and is passionate about working at the intersection of design, craft and material futures.
Danielle Keller Aviram
Danielle is a sustainable jewelry consultant, researcher and lecturer. She has been mainly working with jewelry-related organizations and businesses like CIBJO, RJC, FAIRMINED and more developing and implementing their sustainable action plans and strategies, educational content and workshops. At the same time, she has been writing about sustainable jewelry and fashion for blogs and magazines like JCK, Rapaport magazine among others and did lectures and workshops in universities like London College of Fashion, Kolding in Denmark, and Notre Dame university in Beirut.
