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We help companies achieve a competitive edge through design. We provide advice on how to design products, services and business models that align with the principles of circular economy, and how to turn a brand into a company’s most valuable asset. Taking full advantage of circular economy accelerates a company’s green transition.

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Design serves as the customer’s voice within a company. Through service design methods, an organization’s culture can be transformed into a truly customer-centric one, where customer needs genuinely guide all activities.

Without a distinctive and sustainably designed product or service concept, a company cannot achieve real competitive advantage. Through design, business and brand goals can be translated into products, services, or new business models that truly meet user needs and stand out from the competition.

Increasingly, consumers encounter businesses and brands for the first time in digital format. A consistent customer experience, in which every touchpoint follows the same logic and tells the same story, is the most important competitive advantage today.

Responsible companies differentiate themselves from their competitors by taking full advantage of circular economy. Circular design, which is based on circular economy, is a method of designing products, services and business models to align with circular economy right from the start.

Design seeks solutions that sustainably and resource-wise balance the needs of users, businesses, the environment, and society.

What is circular design?

Circular design is a holistic approach to designing new products, services, and business models, considering all solutions generated by the company, both tangible and intangible.

Circular Design Guidebook

Our new guidebook is aimed at business decision-makers, product and service developers, as well as design professionals. Read the book on our website or download it!

Circular Design for Business

Do you work in product or service development and are fluent in Finnish? Our free online course will provide you with an understanding of circular economy-based design in just ten hours.

Pioneering brands view building sustainable business not only as a responsible way of operating but also as a competitive edge.

Find a partner!

Through our member agency search, you can look for a partner for your company in the fields of design, marketing, branding and visual design. Wherever necessary, we can provide advice on finding a suitable partner – we know our member companies well.

Benefits for companies from projects

Design Forum Finland takes actively part in various domestic and international projects. The aim of the projects is to gain new skills and information to benefit companies, boost business e.g. with new operational concepts and create contacts and networks between different operators.  

Membership of Design Forum Finland speaks of your company’s strong desire to develop its operations and abilities in the areas of circular and sustainable design, brand or customer experience.

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