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by Merel Claes2006-2014

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My desire to drive change, combined with holding strong environmental and social values formed my passion about designing for sustainability.

I believe people can build good futures by mastering a creative, empathic and rational mindset.

This document will highlight to you...> My approach to design & research> The scope of my design & research work> Samples of work outcomes

p.2 - Introduction

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My creative mindset is able to spot unusual patterns. I can either be an unorthodox team-player or a guiding and clarifying team coach.{

My empathic mindset is able to recognise and formalise feelings of others. I work in the context and with the people I am designing for. {

p.4 - Scope

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Flap&Go LunchboxAim: make mobile cooking easier Role: design & engineering Organisation: University of Antwerp & Phillippe De Naeyer

Easy ClipAim: innovate in paper handling Role: management & design Organisation: University of Antwerp Client: Bekaert

Cradle to Cradle (C2C)Aim: envision carpets of the future Role: design and research Organisation: EPEA

nutecAim: display the C2C philosophy Role: collect & organise samples Organisation: EPEAClient: nutec international fair

Stad GentAim: advice on municipal waste prevention measures Role: desk research Organisation: BECO BelgiumClient: Ghent city-council

OVAMAim: Supply of environmentally friendly products in retailRole: primary researchOrganisation: BECO Belgium Client: OVAM (Public Waste Agency of Flanders)

&UDQÀHOG�8QLYHUVLW\��JURXS�projectAim: advice on greening the food-chain in self catering accommodationRole: primary & secondary research, graphic communication Client: &UDQÀHOG�8QLYHUVLW\�HVWDWHV

&UDQÀHOG�8QLYHUVLW\��,QGLYLGXDO�Project Aim: Enhancing the role of higher education as change agent for sustainable developmentRole: management & researchClient: &UDQÀHOG�8QLYHUVLW\

E:DNAim: network to exchange knowledge for designing more sustainable productsRole: workshop facilitation & website administrator Organisation: Ecodesign Centre Client: Welsh Government

eccaAim: assessing the perception among product designers of the use of pre-painted metalsRole: Conducting interviews Organisation: Ecodesign CentreClient: European Coil Coating Association

Constructing Excellence WalesAim: providing data and evidence on the environmental performance of materials and products used in the construction, demolition and building sectorRole: secondary researchOrganisation: Ecodesign CentreClient: Constructing Excellence Wales

5HVHDUFK�&RXQFLOV�8.�Aim: discuss the importance of building a shared view on sustainable development within innovation and design education.Role: secondary research and speaker Organisation: independent work Client: Research Councils UK & Harbin Engineering University

SVIDAim: generate recommendations to undertake best practice in ecodesign research and education in Sweden.Role: desk research, international EHVW�SUDFWLVH�VFDQQLQJ��ÀHOG�research Organisation: Ecodesign Centre & Prof. Tim McAloone, Technical University of DenmarkClient: Swedish Industrial Design Forum

E&PDE Aim: discussion on strategic development in design educationRole: lead author and speakerOrganisation: Ecodesign CentreClient: Engineering and Product Design Education Conference

.DULPAim: GHÀQLQJ�¶UHVSRQVLEOH�LQQRYDWLRQ·��FUHDWLQJ�D�FRPPRQ�vision and setting up a transnational knowledge and technology transfer networkRole: Work package leader, Welsh point of contact & research on responsible innovation. Organisation: Ecodesign Centre and 7 other partnersClient: INTERREG IVB (ERDF)

Izmo Summer School:Aim: intervene effectively on an under utilised semi-public space in Turin Role: summer school participant acting as team coach Organisation: Izmo Client: Cecchi-Point

Materialscan:Aim: Support sustainable material PDQDJHPHQW�LQ�)OHPLVK�60(·V�Role: DGYLVH�60(·V�Organisation: Cradle to Cradle Platform (Freelance) Client: OVAM & Agentschap Ondernemen

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Easy Clip is het afstudeerproject in de vakgroep gebruiksgoe-deren van Merel Claes, gerealiseerd in het academiejaar 2006-2007. Joos Bostoen en Marcelo Xavier van Bekaert traden op als promotoren. Easy Clip brengt een totaaloplos-sing voor uw documentenbeheer. We gebruiken als maar meer kleine, tijdelijke bundels. De Clip houdt deze bundels stevig vast. Ook uw papieren herschikken kost geen moeite. En dankzij de perforatie kunt u alles meteen in een handige, nieuwe ringmap opbergen.

Gewone binderZijn uw oude ringmappen nog niet aan vervanging toe, dan is dat met twee regular Easy Clips zo opgelost. Deze clip is iets korter dan de extended. Met de bijkomende sticker kunt u makkelijk de correcte afstand voor uw clips bepalen, waarna u uw bundels even makkelijk op kunt bergen.

Easy Clip BinderMet slechts één clip kunt u iedere bundel in de compacte Easy Clip Binder opber-gen. Deze handige map kunt u dankzij zijn klein formaat makkelijk mee nemen naar school of uw werk. Hij past zelfs in een laptoptas.

Easy ClipEasy Clip is een dynamische clip in roest-vast staal. De extended Easy Clip is dank-zij zijn lengte ideaal om op de hoek van een bundel vastgeklikt te worden. De clip kan ook gebruikt worden als label.

VerpakkingDe Easy Clip is herbruikbaar. Daarom wordt hij aangeboden in een makkelijk te gebruiken verpakking. Hierin kunt u al uw clips na gebruik terug steken. Dankzij dit handige opbergsysteem zullen uw Easy Clips nooit zoek raken.

PackagingThe Easy Clip is reusable, over and over again. There-fore it comes with this handy package. After use, you can replace the Easy Clip into the package.

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Student well-being as driver for sustainable development policies. Enhancing the role of higher education as change agent for sustainable development.

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OperationalThe implementing of informal learning need further research to identify how this can enhance well-being.

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The following workshops took place:1. Co-designing an Ecodesign network2. Ecodesign3. Making Sense of Sustainability4. Materials, design and sustainability5. Social innovation with John Thackara6. Life Cycle Thinking7. Insights and Foresights8. Materials Lab9. 6WUHDPLQJ�RI�¶7KH�)HDVW·�FRQIHUHQFH10. Design & Social Entrepreneurship

Web PlatformA web platform was launched to enhance the network. The platform provided information on past and future network workshops, resources for designers, links to other events, industry news and case studies.

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E:DN exchanged knowledge on methodologies, management frameworks and processes for designing more sustainable products and packaging. The network also exchanged knowledge on the application and use of potentially more sustainable materials, technologies, business models and social innovation.

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.H\�DFWLYLWLHV�Organising 4 workshops The partnership consists of a diverse group of partners with complementary capabilities and competencies who are all motivated to address innovation in a responsible manner. Current understanding of the meaning of responsible innovation differ for individuals, organisations and regions. The workshops aim to bring the project partners towards a raised level of shared understanding and to the same commitment.

Attending international eventsIn order to set the scope of the international debate on responsible innovation, I attended the following events:��Responsible Innovation Conference, the Hague, April 2011��Franco-British workshop on Responsible Innovation, May 2011��Responsible Innovation Workshop, TU Delft, December 2011

Hosting a steering committee meetingTwo days bi-annual meeting of the project consortium members hosted in Cardiff in July 2011.

Liaising with Welsh stakeholdersScoping possibilities of testing and implementing educational and innovation support services within the activities of Cardiff Metropolitan University and the Welsh Government.

Workshop 3Lancaster, November 2011Main question:Who in our organisations can work on responsible innovation?

Format:Focus group with the business development managers mapping out knowledge areas and services, identifying hot-spots and discussing potential strategies.

Workshop 1 Lancaster, April 2011Main question:What does responsible innovation mean to you?

Format:20 participants were asked to bring and explain in one minute what they see as a responsible innovation and irresponsible innovation. Illustrations were used for a mapping exercise.

Workshop 2 Cardiff, July 2011Main question:What does responsible innovation mean to organisations?

Format:5HÁHFWLRQ�RQ�WKH�SUHYLRXV�workshop and the two international events, followed by three group discussions where the participants explained a case their organisation worked on.

Workshop 4 Dublin, January 2012Main question:How can we make responsible innovation happen?

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Cecchi-Point is a multicultural hub at a disused factory site in Turin. Izmo researches the territory where interactions take place between individuals and public space.

MethodologyA participatory planning event was organises for children and elderly. The main stakeholders of Cecchi-Point were consulted. Materials for the installation were donated by the community.

Results A central installation with plants and panels create space and extra shade. Discarded kitchen shelves were transformed into mobile sitting objects. An old silo was transformed into a landmark

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Results:0DWHULDOV�VFDQV�DQG�DGYLFH�DUH�NHSW�FRQÀGHQWLDO��60(·V�UDQJLQJ�IURP�IRRG�LQGXVWU\��RYHU�SDFNDJLQJ��furniture to building materials were scanned in 2014.

7KH�VFDQ�LGHQWLÀHV�KRZ�PXFK�RI�WKH�PDVV�JHWV�XVHG�effectively, how much gets wasted and how much is lost via emissions.

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The qualitative part of the scan focuses on the strategies the SME has undertaken in production, product development and waste mangement.

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