Renée Verschraege obtained her Master's degree in Product Development from the University of Antwerp in 2008. A few years later, she started the higher degree programme in painting at the Stedelijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten Lier. She worked for 10 years as a product developer at Voxdale, an Antwerp-based design and engineering firm. Now she is a researcher in circular design at HOGENT and teaches product development, Department of Design Sciences University of Antwerp.