Co-Founder & Design Director, PROWL
PROWL is a female-founded industrial design and research studio creating new solutions for people and the planet by employing materials, processes, and technology more responsibly. Our mission-driven approach manifests in a variety of forms: products, storytelling, and strategies across multiple industries from automotive to furniture.
Circular Design Becomes Transformative, Regenerative, Restorative
Circular Design is our profession’s growth opportunity to transform the circular economy and tackle climate change simultaneously. Industrial design’s contribution—breakthrough products, packaging, and design practices—impacts lives and livelihoods worldwide across consumer, commercial, and industrial sectors. Given this scale and global reach, every material selection, production method, and transportation decision we make forms a critical part of a holistic circular system. As a result, our roles are influential, and our work is consequential because it leaves a lasting imprint on the environment everywhere.
Guiding principles, common goals, and accountability are needed to ensure our approach is sustainable and scalable for both people and the planet. To that end, UN Sustainable Development Goal #9 focuses on building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and fostering innovation. It’s a goal around which we can all unite and join with others to broaden its inclusivity.
By adopting these practices, we can drive Circular Design further to create a future filled with the transformative, sustainable solutions that our planet urgently needs.
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