Att laga en trasig cirkel. : – En studie i hur formgivare kan arbeta för att förlänga ett materials livscykel och därmed minska avfallet inom möbelproduktion

Sammanfattning: This work examines how designers, through using waste material from the furniture industry, can design new furniture for series production. How we, through this can prolong material life cycles and thereby reduce the amount of waste in the furniture industry. In addition, the opportunities and challenges within this method are discussed. The aim is to break conventional design processes and to discover unconventional ones. All in order to actively work towards the goals within Agenda 2030. Through a collaboration with the furniture manufacturer Wigells, the possibilities and challenges of using their waste material for furniture design are investigated. The report consists of an initial research based on the UN's sustainability goals, Agenda 2030. It also includes examples of previous similar projects such as Marie-Louise Hellgren's and Stolab's stool Lilla Snåland. The phenomenon of greenwashing, as well as tools for handling sustainability in a design process are discussed. Next follows a material focused design process. Through practical research, form searching and material experiments, furniture categories, concepts, dimensions, constructions and shapes are determined. Three furniture prototypes are presented and analyzed in the final part of the report. The conclusions show that there are different ways for a designer to work with waste material. Depending on which part of a furniture production the material comes from, the result can be affected in different directions. Both in terms of models for production and sales, form expression and furniture category. The risk of contributing to greenwashing through this method is established, but a conclusion is that it comes down to how the communication and external marketing is handled.