Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The University of British Columbia

IDEO  -  Circular Economy, Climate  -  Strategy & Venture Design

IDEO

Director

Leading multi-disciplinary teams to create strategies, internal capabilities, and innovative solutions that enable IDEO clients to tackle climate change.

Senior Design Lead

IDEO’s Partner Lead for the Beyond the Bag Pilots, as the Innovation Partner to the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag.

Collaborated with circular experts, innovators, and retailers to prototype and test in-market solutions that eliminate the need for single-use plastic bags. Check out insights on reuse from the collaborative, multi-organization effort here - https://www.closedlooppartners.com/beyond-the-bag/beyond-the-plastic-bag/.

Design Lead

Business designers at IDEO bring strategic insight and market acumen to the design thinking process – ensuring that solutions are feasible and viable, while being highly desirable. While working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams of design researchers, writers, graphic designers, industrial designers, and data scientists, I have

Designed a clean energy retail venture from conception to MVP, including its value proposition, pricing strategy, and service experience, which has since launched successfully in market.

Created circular alternatives to plastic packaging for a major beverage brand, considering alternative materials, reduction in virgin plastic use, and designing for reuse and recyclability.  

Discovered and tested human centered solutions for retirees, to live safely and independently in their homes.

Uvini Lokuge