Circular Economy refers to an industrial economy that is aimed at restoration and regeneration by careful design. It
requires a re-thinking progress to explore how we can re-design the way our economy works and how we can rethink
and redesign products that we make, consume, use and discard. However, the concept is still relatively new and how
we can introduce the concept in design education and what kinds of tools and methods can be used are still not
well known. This paper is to share some teaching experience of Design for Circular Economy and its design process,
and the tool Sustainable Product Matrix will be introduced. Two student projects were demonstrated how this tool
helped them to gain deeper insights of sustainability problems and create a comprehensive solution. Finally, the
challenges and opportunities of Circular Economy will be discussed, and some suggestions will be provided for this
new kind of design thinking and doing.

Author: Barbara Wong