Modularity

Modularity Theory: The Compass for Circular Innovation Strategy

Bundling and unbundling—business history's endless cycle. Modularity theory explains why circular products fail when they're caught halfway between.

The circular atelier: co-locating production, repair, and refurbishment in customer-facing brand temples. Accessible luxury through transparent craftsmanship. Image by GPT-5

A mid-century-style illustration: a suburban home with rooftop solar panels and a pergola of solar panels shading tomato plants in the back yard. Late afternoon golden sky.

Energy Sovereignty

The household has been at the far end of a long fragile string for a century. Energy sovereignty is the move out. Solarpunk 2.0, and the triad that builds it.

A sunlit home workshop in mid-century illustration style. A small desktop 3D printer extrudes a citrine yellow modular part on a wooden workbench; a modular kitchen visible beyond.

The Living Home

How it feels to live in a home that gets better with time, and what it takes to make one. Why the dwelling is the test case for better living with circularity.

Mid-century illustration of a warm neighborhood street: a figure walks toward an open workshop, a small food counter sits across the way, and a citrine yellow delivery vehicle rolls past.

The Neighbors

What happens when a block generates its own power, grows its own lunch, and tends its own things? The neighborhood becomes the operating layer of plenty.

Mid-century illustration of a craftsperson at a well-lit workbench in a neighborhood atelier, tending a textile with care. Warm citrine light, gouache texture, 1960s World's Fair poster style

The Atelier

The neighborhood workshop where skilled artisans tend your things before they break — making them more yours over time.

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Energy Sovereignty

The Living Home

The Neighbors

The Atelier