Industry Panel
A broader view of the power of design to revolutionize a sector in order to contribute towards a larger circular industry. A sustainable lens in application to design, material and process innovation.
Moderator
Panelist
Eranthi Premaratne
Sustainability Strategist
Gayara Dissanayake
Sustainable Product Lead, MAS
Arjuna Hettikankanam
Vice President,
Design at InQube Global
​Thusitha Cooray
Chief Transformation Officer,
Hirdaramani Industries
CIRCO - Circular Business Design Methodology Workshop by Chani Perera
The Pressure Cooker Workshop designed by CIRCO provides a quick hands on insight into the circo methodology and how it enables you to relook at the industry value chain, identify opportunities to innovate with circularity at its center.
Chani is a multidisciplinary graphic designer and a design educator based in Sri Lanka with over 10 years of industry and academic experience. She works with a broad range of design applications and stakeholders that allows her to explore her deep fascination in the transdisciplinary nature of visualizing. Currently she is working as the Designer at the Modern Museum of Contemporary Art, Sri Lanka.
She initiated ‘Riot House’ - an independent graphic design practice based in Colombo. Constantly experimenting in its process, Riot House’s objective is to re-introduce visual design as a strategic approach to consciously develop sustainable and inclusive design impact within Sri Lanka.
After teaching and heading the Visual Communication department, she is still the Strategic Advisor for the undergraduate program at the Academy of Design. A certified CIRCO (Netherlands) trainer, she’s actively envisioning the future of circular design into design education and the local industry sectors along with the Academy of Design.
Designing for Longevity by Lonali Rodrigo
There are many ways to practise circularity in the fashion industry, one such lens is designing with longevity in mind. Upcycling is about getting inspiration from waste, and giving it another life, thereby extending the life of what was once considered waste. Designers can also create an impact by using design to rethink pattern development with minimum waste, material choices to be more environmentally friendly, designing for recycling, less packaging and re-purposing and much more
Lonali Rodrigo, is the founder and designer behind House of Lonali, the brand for all who believe there is unique beauty in every flaw. As soon as she graduated from the University of Northumbria she decided to take the challenge of starting her own social enterprise House of Lonali, as the first up-cycling fashion brand from Sri Lanka designing and crafting beautiful unique pieces from textile waste. In 2010, she emerged as the winner of the ‘Ethical Fashion Award’ at the Sri Lanka Design Festival and in 2013 she received the ‘Emerging Designer’ and ‘Sustainable Designer’ Awards at the Sri Lanka Apparel and Fashion Awards. Lonali is a protective advocate for sustainability. Sharing her entrepreneurial journey, she was also a speaker at TEDx Colombo in 2014. She is a pioneer in Sri Lanka’s Sustainable Fashion and has been recognized by (Echelon) Cosmopolitan 35 under 35 Women Game Changers 2020.
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Lonali has experience working with many cottage and craft industries in Sri Lanka and she collaborates with other local brands to promote and celebrate craftsmanship. With a circular mindset she minimizes the impact of production and consumption on the planet and creates a positive impact.