Leakage Awareness Wānanga Tohutohu by Leafer Circular Design

Leakage Awareness Wānanga Tohutohu by Leafer Circular Design is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Parahi in Hoahoa Whakarōpū, Rautaki me te Ratonga Competition Category.

ParahiRatonga· 2024

Leakage Awareness Wānanga Tohutohu

by Leafer Circular Design

Client: Leafer Circular Design

A' Design Award Parahi Winner in Ratonga Category

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The Design

About Leakage Awareness Wānanga Tohutohu

Mā te Wānanga Māramatanga Maringi e āhei ai ngā kaiwhakahoahoa ki te mahi i ngā take nui ake, hohonu ake me ngā kiritaki. Ka whakarato tēnei i tētahi huarahi hei whakapiki i te tautoko o ngā kaipupuri pānga ā-roto, hei kohikohi pārongo tūnga e kore e tukuna māmā, hei whiwhi utu mō te rangahau hoahoa tīmata e kore e utua i te nuinga o te wā, ā, i te mutunga ka whakakite i ngā rere whakaputa hei matapakinga. He hoahoa mōtuka tō te wānanga mō te nekeneke me te whakawhānui māmā. Ka whakakotahi anō hoki ki te taupānga C-BAT hei whakaputa pūrongo tātaritanga rauemi.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Parahi

Ko Leakage Awareness Wānanga Tohutohu te toa o te A' Design Award Parahi, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke e tohua ana mā te auaha, te mahi mōhio me te whakaaro hōhonu. Ko ngā toa Parahi he mahi pukenga e rite ana, he auaha mīharo, e whakatūturu ana i te wheako nui, te whakaaro me te mōhio-ā-ringa o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Leakage Awareness Wānanga Tohutohu he taonga whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he ngaio, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Parahi e whakauru ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa i te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau, ā, he tino mīharo ki ngā taipitopito. Ka whakatutuki a Leakage Awareness Wānanga Tohutohu i ngā hiahia, ka pā ki ngā hiahia, ka whakaoho i ngā kare-ā-roto, ā, ka kume i te pākiki.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The Leakage Awareness workshop is a tool that makes it possible for designers to work on bigger, deeper cases with clients. It provides a way to build internal stakeholder support, gather reluctantly disclosed situation info, receive pay for typically unpaid early design research, and ultimately visualize production flows for discussion. The workshop features a modular design for portability and easy extension. It also integrates with the C-BAT app to generate a material analysis report.
Dimensions & Packaging: The workshop is formatted into a series of modular A4 PDFs for easy printing and flexibility. Sheets can be stacked for as many production steps as needed. The workshop suggests facilitators to judge from participant interactions whether a single larger A2 or multiple A4 sheets works better.
The companion C-BAT app provides training content, and can generate a material analysis report from gathered workshop info. A planned upgrade to C-BAT would allow quick upload via OCR capture.
Tags: workshop, consulting, stakeholder, consensus, design service, service design, manufacturer, leakage, resources, circular economy
Production Technology: Major personas involved during project communication were first mapped, and a topical survey of 50 SME manufacturers was conducted to understand their design expectations and willingness. The designs were iteratively adjusted through internal testing and 2 major rounds with target facilitator designers. The workshop was also run by a few long-term clients for feedback. This confirmed overall direction and design decisions were finetuned in line with real feedback.
Design Challenge: Compared to usual design, circular design requires deeper involvement into business and strategy, in order to resolve material and market issues. As such, a big challenge circular designers face is getting reluctant clients to share the resource info needed. The Leakage workshop addresses this by first suggesting NDAs and using feeling-based scales for sensitive details like material cost and waste disposal. During a trial run, the client said they felt comfortable sharing in that context.
Inspiration: After nearly a decade of working with long-term clients, two major hurdles were identified in their transition to circular business: finding resource leak and convincing stakeholders. A comprehensive method for visually exploring resource flows was needed, along with a means to gather stakeholders to create consensus. The Leakage workshop not only builds internal solidarity but also helps the designer deeply understand the clients’ situations and paves the way for more impactful design cases.
Project Duration: The project started in March 2023, and the alpha version launched in November 2023. The project was selected for showcase in 2024 by the Taiwan Design Research Institute.
Operation Flow: In the Leakage Awareness workshop, the designer is like a coach guiding the client’s team discussion. Once a main focal product is chosen, production steps are mapped out, with all resource input and output noted. Lastly, the team together identifies inefficiencies and opportunities. This step-by-step team huddle builds internal agreement on what can sustainably improve business, and provides clear targets for following design cases.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Leafer Circular Design, 2023.
Patent pending.
Team Members: Victor Wu
Craig Bossley
Image Credits: Image #1, Creator Victor Wu, Leakage Awareness Workshop with Stakeholders, 2024.
Image #2: Creator Victor Wu, Companion App for Situation Analysis, 2024.
Image #3: Creator Victor Wu, Presenting Workshop Overview, 2024.
Image #4: Creator Victor Wu, AI-Assisted Analysis Clarification, 2024.
Image #5: Creator Victor Wu, Prep with Leakage Report, 2024.
Video Credits: Creator Craig Bossley, Workshop Tutorial, 2023.