{"id":7000,"date":"2023-04-14T11:01:05","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T09:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/uppdrag\/circular-economy-course-for-future-project-managers-in-the-interior-and-furniture-industry\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T08:15:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T06:15:25","slug":"circular-economy-course-for-future-project-managers-in-the-interior-and-furniture-industry","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/en\/case\/circular-economy-course-for-future-project-managers-in-the-interior-and-furniture-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Circular Economy &#8211; Course for Future Project Managers in the Interior and Furniture Industry."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull single-projects-hero has-periglacial-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-fbf0e9bb wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><figure style=\"height:100%;\" class=\"aligncenter wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2163\" src=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/case-tibro-bild-liten-logga-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/case-tibro-bild-liten-logga-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/case-tibro-bild-liten-logga-1-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/case-tibro-bild-liten-logga-1-1024x865.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/case-tibro-bild-liten-logga-1-768x649.jpg 768w, https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/case-tibro-bild-liten-logga-1-1536x1298.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/case-tibro-bild-liten-logga-1-2048x1730.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding:5%;flex-basis:50%\"><h2 class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-overlay-color\">Circular Economy &#8211; Course for Future Project Managers in the Interior and Furniture Industry.<\/h2><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:65px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tibro hantverksakademi educates future actors in the furniture industry. Milj\u00f6giraff was asked to hold a 10-week course in Circular Economy within the vocational college education for their class training as: Project Managers in the furniture and interior design industry. <br\/><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We tailored a plan based on the syllabus and from the perspective of the furniture industry&#8217;s needs and the possibility to redesign their life cycles from an ecologically sustainable perspective. The goal for the students was to explore, understand, and learn to reason in a relevant way about <em>How is the circular furniture designed? What do the value chains look like, and how could furniture potentially be sold as a service instead of a product?<\/em><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-23-px-font-size\">The importance of the design process for the circular economy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-23-px-font-size\">Circular economy and its relation to procurement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-23-px-font-size\">Circular business models and what is required for them to succeed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><strong>How is the circular furniture designed? What do the value chains look like? <br\/>Can furniture be sold as a service instead of a product?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The course was designed in two blocks. The first part of the course consisted of lecture sessions with theoretical teaching alternated with exercises, discussions, and associated reflective self-study tasks.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Themes<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-23-px-font-size\">Introduction to sustainable development and relevant concepts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-23-px-font-size\">Circular economy, what is it and why is it an opportunity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-23-px-font-size\">Life cycle perspective and eco design strategies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-23-px-font-size\">Life cycle screening with EcoDesign Studio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second block of the course consisted of a design task where the student was assigned to develop their own ideas for circular business models and products for existing furniture companies. Here, the students gathered their knowledge from block 1 and packaged it into their own design projects. Companies that were thoroughly examined and received many constructive ideas for development at the product and business level included MIO, Offect, EFG, MelliMelli, and AJ Products&#8230;&#13;\n&#13;\nDuring the second block, Milj\u00f6giraff offered tutoring sessions and shorter, common meetings with themes that would support the students in advancing their design task.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:92px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:85% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bild-utbildning.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5942 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:92px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In this course, there was room to address today&#8217;s global sustainability issues within the furniture industry and turn them into concrete, solution-oriented proposals. Through their own desktop research and interviews with selected companies, it was possible to both understand the current situation and question existing design strategies. The furniture industry needs solution-oriented project managers who identify potential and shortcomings, and who raise and develop strategies at various levels. Within design strategies, environmental needs and user needs should be equally valued, thereby making it possible to reduce environmental impact<\/em>.<\/p>\n<cite>Malin Hansson, Course participant, Tibro Hantverksakademi<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<div style=\"height:56px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>It has been easy, smooth, and confidence-inspiring to work together with Milj\u00f6giraff, and as an educational leader, I have been able to confidently entrust that the course content and teaching are conducted according to agreement and according to the syllabus\/course objectives. As lecturers, Clara and Maja are perceived as competent and inspiring in their profession, and they also encourage course participants to think outside the box and move away from habitual patterns of thought and assumptions, which seems like an extremely important aspect when it comes to sustainability analyses and sustainability development<\/em>.<\/p>\n<cite>Hanna Minkkinen, Education administrator, Tibro Hantverksakademi<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<div style=\"height:78px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br\/>Are you interested in a tailored course for your students?<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Milj\u00f6giraff has conducted several courses on sustainability and circular economy, both at a general level and linked to specific industries and syllabuses. <br\/><br\/>Do not hesitate, contact <a href=\"mailto:clara@miljogiraff.se\">Clara<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:maja@miljogiraff.se\">Maja<\/a>!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tibro hantverksakademi educates future actors in the furniture industry. 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