Intro to Sustainable Product Design with Wood
Sustainable Design
A course by Thomas Schnur , Industrial and Product Designer
About the video: Sustainable Design
Overview
“Now we come to a central topic, namely sustainability in design. I will describe basic terms and considerations of sustainable design so that your holistic view of the product world is sharpened. ”
In this video lesson Thomas Schnur addresses the topic: Sustainable Design, which is part of the Domestika online course: Intro to Sustainable Product Design with Wood. Discover a holistic approach to product design and learn to make furniture that meets your design, sustainability, and functional needs.
Partial transcription of the video
“Sustainable design In this lesson I will talk about the topic of sustainability and in this context about a holistic view. I have prepared a few notes for this and a pen. I will do this again what I'm going to explain now record in the form of simple sketches. I draw simple trees. For us, they are a symbol of nature. Man has evolved from nature from homo sapiens, evolved into homo technicus. Or, as Yuval Noah Harari says, to Homo deus. So it has evolved from nature to culture. As a symbol of the culture, I will now simply draw a block. In a way, this block represents the city and for our cu...”
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Course summary for: Intro to Sustainable Product Design with Wood
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Thomas Schnur
A course by Thomas Schnur
Thomas Schnur is a product designer and has been living and working in Cologne, Germany, for more than ten years. He trained as a carpenter and later studied product design at the FH Aachen. His educational background allowed him to develop the awareness that people design their environment on a daily basis and to realize that he was also part of this group of designers. His projects, which often surprise people with their simplicity and originality, open up new perspectives on the concept of everyday objects.
In 2014 he started to mass-produce his first designs and in 2016 they were part of an exhibition entitled Funktionsraum at the PASSAGEN design festival. Over the next few years, he started teaching at ECOSIGN in Cologne, as well as at HBK Saar, UdK Berlin, and Kunsthochschule Kassel. Thomas designs products for the craft and industrial sectors as well as for exhibitions, books, and spaces. This wide range of activities gives him a comprehensive overview of product design at each moment. In his book Common Things he shares his experiences, reflections, and thoughts on some objects from everyday culture. In Chairman, published in 2021, he offers insight into his collaboration with craft professionals and clients for whom he has created designs.
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