[Monthly Update: September, 2022] Circular Design Sprint Gives Us a Question “Does material have to be material?”

On 2022/10/18

The weather is getting colder day by day here in Yokohama, Japan. In September, we updated our collaboration with Kanagawa University. Here is the detail of the current and exciting project. Circular Design Sprint @UK Circular Design Sprint is a 3-day activity that aims to acquire circular design systems and thinking, presented by 「IDEAS FOR […]

Circular Yokohama starts 6-part “Circular Designer Training Course” with Kanagawa University

On 2022/8/4

Circular Yokohama is a platform for accelerating the circular economy in Yokohama City in Japan. With the cooperation of Kanagawa University, we are starting a “Circular Designer Training Course” consisting of 6 sessions. The Circular Designer Training Course is a workshop for learning circular economy thought, so that participants can actually apply circular economy concepts […]

【Monthly Update: June, 2022】What Circular Yokohama Provides Locals to Learn the Circular Economy

On 2022/7/19

2022 brings us the summer early. Although we were supposed to have a lot of rainy days in June, it has already gotten boiling as the highest temperature reached 36℃ (96.8°F) in Yokohama. At the same time of getting along with the severe heat, we took part in several events in June. INDEX MUJI festival […]

【Monthly Update: March, 2022】Circular Products Development is Advancing

On 2022/4/13

Yokohama has come into a new chapter in terms of sustainable city development this March. We are now pleased to announce our progress here in Yokohama, Japan. INDEX Yokohama Corporate Hometown Tax Zen Waves Podcast Circular Design Prototyping Yokohama Corporate Hometown Tax The city of Yokohama launched the hometown tax program “Furusato Nozei.” Furusato nozei […]

【Monthly Update: February, 2022】Yokohama’s Youths are Intensely Learning Circular Economy

On 2022/3/9

The calendar tells us that the winter is over. That means the season of Sakura is coming up very soon here in Japan. This February, we had several opportunities to cooperate with local schools and universities. As we referred to in the last update, we aim to support sustainable education locally in 2022. Here we […]