Leakage Awareness Ìpàdé Ìmọ̀ràn by Leafer Circular Design is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ìlànà àti Iṣẹ́ Ìsìn Competition Category.
IdẹIṣẹ́ Ìsìn· 2024
Leakage Awareness Ìpàdé Ìmọ̀ràn
Client: Leafer Circular Design
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award Winner in Iṣẹ́ Ìsìn Category
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The Design
About Leakage Awareness Ìpàdé Ìmọ̀ràn
Ibi-ìkọ́ Ìmọ̀ Ìsọnù yìí jẹ́ kó ṣeéṣe fún àwọn ayàwòrán láti ṣiṣẹ́ lórí àwọn ọ̀ràn tó tóbi tó sì jinlẹ̀ pẹ̀lú àwọn oníbàárà. Ó pèsè ọ̀nà láti kọ́ ìtìlẹ́yìn àwọn alábàápín inú ilé, kó àwọn àlàyé ipò tí wọ́n fi sílẹ̀ láìfẹ́, gba owó fún ìwádìí àtúnṣe ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ tí kì í ní owó lọ́pọ̀ìgbà, àti láti ṣàfihàn ìlàsàn iṣẹ́ ìṣelọ́pọ̀ fún ìfọ̀rọ̀wérọ̀ níkẹyìn. Ibi-ìkọ́ náà ní àtúnṣe ẹ̀yà-ẹ̀yà fún gbígbé-káàkiri àti fífẹ̀ bọ́ọ̀sí rọrùn. Ó tún darapọ̀ mọ́ àpò C-BAT láti ṣèdá ìjábọ̀ ìtúpalẹ̀ ohun èlò.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award
Leakage Awareness Ìpàdé Ìmọ̀ràn jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó tayọ tí wọ́n yàtọ̀ nípasẹ̀ ìṣẹ̀dá, àrékérekè àti ọgbọ́n inú. Àwọn olùborí Idẹ jẹ́ àwọn ohun èlò tó ní ìjáfáfá gan-an tí wọ́n sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá tó yani lẹ́nu tí wọ́n ń ṣe ẹ̀rí ìrírí gbígbòòrò, ìrònú àti ọgbọ́n àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Leakage Awareness Ìpàdé Ìmọ̀ràn yóò jẹ́ ohun tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó jẹ́ ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ nínú iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ jọ, ó sì tayọ nítorí àfiyèsí rẹ̀ sí àwọn àlàyé kékeré. Leakage Awareness Ìpàdé Ìmọ̀ràn ń tẹ́ àwọn ohun tí a nílò lọ́rùn lọ́nà àgbàyanu, ó ń fọwọ́ kan àwọn ìfẹ́ inú, ó ń gbà ọkàn ó sì ń fa ìfẹ́ láti mọ̀ mọ́ra.
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.
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