Re-Use. Re-Invent. Re-Market.
Design and sustainability project at the University of Gävle in Sweden.
North Trampoline participates in design and sustainability project Re-use Re-invent Re-market at the University of Gävle, Sweden.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
The project explores how designers can help companies improve their sustainability work. The students are researching how materials in North Trampoline's products can be redesigned and further developed into new products and business models.
Thomas Hagel, R&D Manager at North Trampoline, talks about production methods and materials with the students at the Industrial Design Program, Gävle University.
”FOR US, SUSTAINABILITY IS MORE THAN JUST PRODUCING QUALITY PRODUCTS WITH A LONG LIFESPAN - WE WANT TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT AND DRIVE SUSTAINABILITY WITHIN OUR INDUSTRY AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. RE-USE RE-INVENT RE-MARKET IS IN LINE WITH OUR OTHER SUSTAINABILITY WORK AND IS AN EXCITING, CHALLENGING AND FUN PROJECT TO BE A PART OF. ”
The project will be presented at Stockholm Furniture Fair
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