Announcing the 2022 crQlr Awards 2022 winning entries!
The awarded projects have been selected from a record number of 131 participants from 30 different countries!
FabCafe Global and Loftwork Inc. are proud to announce the 53 awarded prizes of the crQlr Awards (“Circular” Awards) 2022, an award that gathers circular economy projects and ideas from around the world.
The crQlr Awards, which are celebrating their second edition this year, are based on three criteria: "Circular, not linear" "Action, not prestige," and "Gain from global perspectives”. In addition, a Special Prize, the "FabCafe Global Prize," has been newly established to honor bottom-up activities aimed at empowering communities around the world.
The call for entries, which was open for approximately two and a half months, attracted 131 projects from companies, organizations, start-ups, designers, and other groups and institutions from 30 countries around the world.


Judges' Prize
Noriko Ishizaka
Mitchell van Dooijeweerd
The "Neochromato Process", a polyester textile decoloring technology that enables the reuse of garments by changing their colors and patterns.
Decolor Without Waste Award
Machi no Closet (Machi Closet) - An upcycling community that creates a "circulation of clothes
Rethink Fast-fashion Prize
Yeliz Mert
Amorpol Huvanandana
Organic Reusable Cloth Pads for Circular Economy and Access to Sustainable Menstruation for All
Menstruation Sustainability Prize
Richie Lin
Lingchih Yang
Recycling Service for Reusable Packaging Materials Aims to Reduce as Much Waste as Possible from Deliveries ~Connecting Delivery" with stible~.
Tree Friendly Prize
Jérémie Bellot
Atsuko Ogawa
GURUGURU Radish A home-delivery circular economy that transforms the waste to resource.
Waste-Not Circular Design Prize
Kotaro Iwaoka
GOOD CYCLE BUILDING 001 Asanuma Corporation Nagoya Branch Office Renovation Project
Urban Architecture Prize