Circular Design Thinking Canvases

The Circular Design Thinking™ KIT is a set of three canvases and seventeen cards designed to help you create circular business models in a practical and visual way.

You can download the set of canvases for free and start exploring the methodology.
The complete KIT, which includes the 17 Circular Design Pattern Cards, is available as part of a customised in-company training or workshop.

👉 Visit circulardesignthinking.com to discover all available formats.

🌿 ABOUT THE CIRCULAR DESIGN THINKING™ METHODOLOGY

To date, Circular Design Thinking™ has reached over 35,000 downloads across more than 130 countries, supported by a global network of over 100 certified facilitators.
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💡 Why this methodology?

It’s time to redesign our business models using circular patterns. Business models shape our economy, and for centuries we have operated under a linear logic that extracts resources while degrading communities and ecosystems.

Everything around us has been designed by us — human beings. Today, we are the last generation with the opportunity to redesign our economy so it can capture value while regenerating life.

Through this methodology, you will learn about the theory and framework of the Circular Economy, and prototype ideas by applying circular design principles and patterns, transforming the way we conceive value, products, and services.

🔄 The methodology unfolds in five stages:

1. INSPIRE
   An opening talk presenting inspiring case studies and global trends in Circular Economy. The goal is to broaden perspectives and connect with the purpose of redesigning business models from a regenerative standpoint.
2. ANALYSE
   Participants identify the material flows within their current processes and analyse inputs, outputs, and waste streams in order to uncover opportunities for circularity.
3. DESIGN
   Based on the RESOLVE principles, the 9R framework, and other approaches from the new economies, 3Vectores developed a set of 17 Flashcards serving as Circular Design Patterns. In this stage, teams explore, discuss, and select four patterns to design their circular strategy.
4. PROTOTYPE
   Once opportunities and strategies are defined, participants design their Circular Business Model Canvas, visualising how to capture and deliver circular value within their organisation.
5. SHARE
   To close the workshop, teams present their creative process, share insights, and discover points of convergence between proposals. The session concludes by defining the next steps towards implementing circularity within each company.

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