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Announcing the crQlr Awards 2024: A Global Award for Designing a Circular Economy
David Benjamin, Founding Principal of The Living, joins a panel of cross-industry experts as a judge for this year's Special Prize, which highlights the circular bioeconomy. We are now accepting submissions for groundbreaking circular economy projects from across the globe!
Loftwork Inc., a leading Asian creative company, together with the global creative community hub FabCafe Global, is excited to announce the launch of the 2024 edition of the ‘crQlr (“Circular”) Awards.’ These awards seek innovative projects and ideas that promote circular economy design. Applications will be accepted from Tuesday, September 17, 2024, through Friday, October 18, 2024.
First launched in 2021 as Japan’s pioneering awards for circular design, the crQlr Awards are a key initiative of the crQlr Consortium, which promotes four main activities—awards, events, exhibitions, and projects—to advance circular economy thinking. Since its inception, the awards have grown into an international competition, attracting 474 submissions from 43 countries, and providing a lasting platform for innovation and collaboration.
This year, the crQlr Awards will continue to uphold its three core guiding principles: “Circular, not linear,” “Action, not prestige,” and “Learning from global perspectives.” We invite projects from around the world—whether large-scale initiatives, conceptual ideas, ongoing activities, or artistic creations—that contribute to realizing a circular economy to apply.