City Case Description: Lund & Ecodesign – Fashion, Textile & Craft

How does “prototyping” work?

This City Case Description is the outcome of a policy prototyping exercise within a city ecosystem.
Once the ekip research team has explored a policy area and its connection to cultural and creative
industries (CCIs) and innovation, we ask: what would this mean in a local city context?
Together with local stakeholders, we test how a draft policy recommendation might stimulate
innovation. Using Portfolio Sensemaking, stakeholders simulate an innovation portfolio, analyse the
strengths and gaps of the local support system, and identify what resources are needed to realise the
portfolio.

Lund Context & Area of Focus

Sweden (and Lund) has strong design and retail sectors, advanced fibre and material science, a vibrant crafts scene, but there is almost no textile manufacturing left. Yet, Lund is a Net Zero Mission City with ambitious leadership in sustainable transformation and wants to find a way to bring back circular manufacturing. We explored what happens when fashion and craft meet in a shared mission for sustainable, circular manufacturing.

What role can the Digital Product Passport (DPP) play for circular and eco-design in a local context where manufacturing has largely moved to other countries outside Europe?