The Compositor Tool: Investigating Consumer Experiences in the Circular Economy

Humanity is living through a crisis that sees our way of life exhausting the resources earth and ourselves. The fashion sector shows negative impacts conspicuous consumption on socioenvironmental wellbeing. Despite citizens’ growing awareness their responsibility within cycles, they reveal concerns about lack understanding support required for them to become agents responsible consumption. Circular Economy flourishes as conceptual approach help society transition more sustainable existence. This paper explores how emerging creative technology interaction design might shift in role citizens Economy. We performed inquiry investigated moment acquisition via configuration products, storytelling, multimodal techniques creation experiences could catalyse citizen-consumers custodians materials. developed retail-based concept tool—The Compositor Tool—with which we ran user study investigate new experiential ways consumers can participate materials’ circularity. highlighted experience introduce circularity part consumer by forging deeper connections between people products/materials enabling have informative material engagement.