ALL JUST RUBBISH? - ETH Sustainability
ALL JUST RUBBISH? - ETH Sustainability
ALL JUST RUBBISH? - ETH Sustainability
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<strong>ETH</strong> SUSTAINABILITY - <strong>ALL</strong> <strong>JUST</strong> <strong>RUBBISH</strong>?<br />
Supervisors<br />
Beat Karrer<br />
Product Designer and Owner<br />
Studio Beat Karrer, Zurich, Switzerland.<br />
Where does a product designer get his ideas? From new<br />
materials that encourage challenging new applications,<br />
new production techniques that make the previously<br />
unthinkable possible, and by observing everyday life<br />
revealing unsatisfied needs.<br />
It is in this arena that Zurich designer Beat Karrer together<br />
with his team develops new products which resound<br />
favourably with his renowned clientele such as Anthologie<br />
Quartett, Ballfinger and Designerslabel (Germany), Boffi<br />
and Corian/DuPont (Italy), Offecct (Sweden), Burri,<br />
Röthlisberger, Kidsmodern and Tossa (Switzerland) or TossB<br />
(Belgium). As well as among the juries of international<br />
competitions in Belgium, Germany, Spain and Switzerland<br />
that awarded Beat Karrer with several prizes for his designs<br />
which often are unusual in their approach yet very<br />
functional and practical in their daily application.<br />
Today, Beat Karrer is also an active visiting teacher,<br />
leactures all over Europe, participates in juries and leads<br />
workshops, e.g. for the Vitra Design Museum. Beat Karrer‘s<br />
ideas have appeared in many publications and books.<br />
Misch Sutter<br />
Product Designer<br />
FORMPOL, Zurich, Switzerland.<br />
Misch Sutter (1970) grew up in a small village near<br />
Solothurn and spent most of his spare time outdoors due<br />
to his curiosity for nature.<br />
In order to better understand the ecosystem with its<br />
complex relations and interdependencies, Misch decided to<br />
study Environmental Sciences at <strong>ETH</strong>. During his time at<br />
<strong>ETH</strong>, his awareness regarding the harmful effects of<br />
products and processes grew and finally influenced his<br />
decision to study Industrial Design at the Zurich University<br />
of Arts (ZHdK). He wanted to be part at the very beginning<br />
of the product development process, rather than trying to<br />
solve the negative effects on the environment after the<br />
fact. His intention was to create more sustainable products<br />
and processes. To this end, he started working at the design<br />
company Formpol in 2000, where he still develops and<br />
designs products for everyday life.<br />
Besides work, Misch is part of a network of environmentally<br />
conscious designers and holds lectures or acts as an<br />
examiner.<br />
Misch lives with his family in a large settlement in Zurich<br />
and is a part of the neighborhood association.
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