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NCAD and DCCI
30/04/2022
Yes
Circular by Design is a first-of-its-kind professional training programme, developed and delivered by the Creative Futures Academy at NCAD and DCCI, to support textile and apparel designers, brands and manufacturers to make the transition to circular practises in every step of their design practice, value chain and business model. A circular fashion industry is one in which waste and pollution are designed out, products and materials are kept in use for as long as possible, and natural systems are regenerated.
The Circular By Design programme is being piloted in 2022, with 7-10 Irish textiles and apparel designers, brands and manufacturers, and is now open for applications!
Circular by Design is for frontrunning Irish textile and apparel designers, brands and manufacturers, who have a passion and interest in driving positive social and environmental impact through their business by adoption of circular practices.
By joining the Circular by Design training pilot you will:
Learn
Innovate
Connect
Exact date and times will be decided in May, in consultation with the selected pilot participants. Please note that under the current planning (TBC), Masterclass 1 will be held in-person in Dublin and all subsequent activities will be delivered digitally (Zoom, Miro). An indicative plan can be found below;
In order to be eligible for the Circular by Design pilot, you must meet the following criteria:
Essential Criteria:
We would like to hear from you, as to why you and your company would like to do this training and your suitability for it.
Please apply HERE
On the application form you will be asked to provide information about:
Application Deadline: 30th April 2022 at 5pm.
Selection Deadline: Successful applicants will be informed by Friday 13th May.
On the 19th April, NCAD and DCCI hosted a Zoom webinar to introduce the programme and answer your questions. Watch the recording below:
If you have any query about the Circular By Design training, please email Gwen Cunningham – Circular by Design Project lead at NCAD: cunninghamg@staff.ncad.ie
Circular by Design is proudly supported by a grant from the CIRCULÉIRE Innovation Fund under Grant Number INF-2901-010-2021.
CIRCULÉIRE is Ireland’s first industry-led innovation network dedicated to accelerating the circular economy. Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR) is the secretariat of CIRCULÉIRE which is funded by the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and EIT Climate-KIC
Delivered in collaboration with:
A CFA scholarship encourages the participation of learners from sections of society that are significantly under-represented in higher education by offering one free place on all of our CFA short courses.