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XcoPack

A Circular System

for Urban Recycling

Project

Introduction

Brand Strategy & System Framework


Brand Identity & Visual System Design
Spatial & Recycling Infrastructure Concept
Product & Material System Development
Campaign & Public Activation Direction

XcoPack focuses on the lifecycle of non-woven shopping bags in China, where they have become a high-frequency disposable item despite being designed for reuse. These bags circulate rapidly through everyday consumption but rarely enter visible systems of reuse.

The project introduces a continuous model based on participation. Collection, interaction, and redistribution are treated as part of one evolving process, allowing users to engage more directly with the lifecycle of these materials.

To support this, a modular system was developed across communication, product, and infrastructure. The system defines how bags are collected, tracked, and reintroduced, enabling reuse to become part of everyday behavior rather than a separate action.

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repetition becomes variation, and how variation leads to coherence.

It is a practice of returning, so that what moves can begin to think.

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