Circular Design Summit

The Circular Design Summit by the German Design Council shows how design, the circular economy, sustainable design and sustainable innovation work together. With insights, strategies and best practices for transformation fit for the future.

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Design Shapes a Circular Future

Discover how design makes sustainable and design led innovation possible – and how you can apply these approaches directly in your projects.

From Idea to Implementation

Learn methods and examples that you can apply directly to products, services, and processes – supporting circular economy transformation.

Exchange, Knowledge, Progress

Connect with experts and companies driving circular design forward across various industries and design fields.

Details

Date & Time

25 March 2026

Venue

Hospitalhof

Büchsenstraße 33
70174 Stuttgart, Germany

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Programme

The full programme of the Circular Design Summit 2026 will be published soon. Look forward to insights from international experts, hands-on sessions and dialogue formats that highlight pathways towards a circular future.

* The event will be held in English.

Ticket prices and registration

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Circular Design Clinic

Circular & Hands-On. The Circular Design Clinic offers you a practice-oriented introduction to circular design. Develop concrete solution pathways, discuss challenges with experts, and shape strategies that make your products and processes future-ready. The workshop will take place on 24 March, also in Stuttgart, making it the ideal addition to the Circular Design Summit.

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Speakers

The speakers at the Circular Design Summit combine international experience with a clear point of view and a sharp understanding of the dynamics behind circular business models. They reveal how design drives innovation, reframes processes and reshapes markets. This gives you the orientation you need for confident decisions that move your organisation forward – today and in an economy that is rapidly transforming.