is famously quoted saying "I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn". This paper explores the conditions and adaptive methods used by practice design researchers to enable circular design knowledge exchange between a university research community and the student body. This paper explores and draws on the experience of the authors across three academic years (2018-2020) as PhD practice researchers at Centre for Circular Design (CCD). It unpicks the adaptive practice research approaches used by the authors which enabled them to set up and deliver a series of activities under the 'Circular Design Lab' an education and teaching platform at CCD. Through its creation it supported a thriving community of circular designers. Using reflective practice, the paper explores the authors practice design methods to create a bridge between emerging research practice and the taught courses.

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is a multi-technique textile designer trained at ENSAD Paris in skills covering weave, knit, print and other textile embellishment techniques. Her practice explores the tension between technical challenges and creativity in sustainable design for textiles. Her ongoing PhD research project at the Centre for Circular Design at University of the Arts London aims to explore design driven solutions for incorporating ease of recyclability into textiles. The project takes a pro-active approach to developing alternatives to the unsustainable status-quo the creation of blends through the use of design for disassembly (DfD), the design of products and materials that can be taken apart to divert their components from waste streams.

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