Overview
What this challenge is about.
Circular Economy Strategy for a Fast Fashion Retailer. Expert-level challenge in design. Designing real products under real constraints, earn a blockchain-ve...
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
How can TrendLoop design and implement a scalable garment take-back program in Amsterdam that reduces waste, engages customers, and generates profit?
This is not a design exercise. It is the work a product designer does between a brief and a shipped interface. That distinction matters to every hiring manager who has seen candidates redesign Spotify's homepage and none who have worked under real product constraints.
When you finish, you will have something most graduates do not: a real-world deliverable, verified by Ewance, that you can show to a hiring manager and say "I did this. Here is the proof."
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Design a circular business model for a linear industry
- Apply systems thinking to reverse logistics
- Quantify environmental and economic trade-offs
- Develop a scalable pilot with measurable KPIs
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Circular Economy and Sustainable Operations
Master · Sustainability
Strong alignment
This challenge maps to Circular Economy and Sustainable Operations at the Master level. It sharpens the same practical skills your coursework expects — but in a real industry context with actual constraints and deliverables.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
Each one shows up on your verified credential.
- Circular Economy
Apply circular economy to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Business Model Innovation
Apply business model innovation to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Logistics
Apply logistics to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Customer Insights
Apply customer insights to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Sustainability Metrics
Apply sustainability metrics to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
Careers
Career paths this challenge builds toward
Completing this challenge demonstrates skills that transfer directly to these roles: