curiousChallenge Explorer
Circular Economyintermediate~35 mins

Design a community sharing system for rarely used household items.

Drills, ladders and party supplies sit unused in homes 99% of the time.

Real-world context

Drills, ladders and party supplies sit unused in homes 99% of the time. Sharing them within a community could cut waste and cost — if trust and logistics can be solved.

The challenge

Design a community sharing system for rarely used household items. Study who is affected, dig past the obvious symptoms to the real root causes, and design a solution that could actually work in the real world. There is no single correct answer — what matters is the quality of your thinking, the stakeholders you consider, and how clearly you justify your chosen direction.

Reflection prompts

  • Who is most affected by this problem, and how did you account for them?
  • What is the single biggest risk to your solution working?
  • Which assumption, if wrong, would break your whole idea?