Circle Sector

Toni Taloni is an Antwerp based shoemaker. Until recently he produced custom shoes for his customers using traditional shoe making techniques. Unfortunately the time consuming process of shoemaking is to costly to continue his custom shoemaking services. He continues to focus on shoe repair.  Prolonging the life cycle of a product is an extremely valuable […]

Karel Van Acker is professor circular economy at the KULeuven. He is also chairman of the sustainability council of the KULeuven. Karel explains that the circular economy is not only about recycling, it primarily about changing the way we produce and consume things. Strategies to facilitate this systemic change include repairing, sharing and prolonging the […]

Jef Vandebeek is the head of research and development at shoe manufacturer Ambiorix in Tongeren, Belgium. Jef has over 55 years of experience in designing and making shoes. He embodies the core values of Ambiorix; quality and craftsmanship. He combines his sense of craftsmanship with state of the production techniques like laser cutting. Jef shares […]

Ben Hagenaars is a post-doc design researcher in the research group Interactions and teacher in the product design department of the LUCA School Of Arts in Genk, Belgium. He researches the role of the designer in relation to sustainability and circular economy. He initiated the Circle Sector project and integrated it within LUCA School Of […]