FIND YOUR FOOTPRINT
a cooperation project with Zeitraum Furniture
Designproject for:
4.-5+. Sem, max 10 students
Language:
German & English
Supervision:
Prof. Ineke Hans
LB Mathias Hahn
Included talk:
• Julia Läufer (on Läufer & Keichl for Zeitraum)
Compulsory Excursions:
• 29/30 April London:
studio visit Mathias Hahn / furniture visits and meetings, a.o:
V&A Furniture Galleries & Contemporary Design Galleries and Design Museum: Enzo Mari Exhibition
• 14/15 Mai Bayern:
visit to Zeitraum, Kvadrat + Production Factory
Zeitraum is an international operating German furniture company with a strong focus on furniture footprint and ecological certification.
In recent years they have developed tools to communicate how this is integrated in their design and production, as well as new strategies for repair and recycle and they set up an in depth material library and criteria for sustainable product design.
This Summer Semester we will cooperate with Zeitraum. We’ll look into future scenarios for living and how furniture could be produced, shipped and used in the future.
You will design a piece of furniture:
• with an ‘as low as possible’ ecological footprint.
• out of solid wood (wallnut, oak….)
• fitting in a 40 x 40 x 80 cm box
• each project should focus on 2 to 3 of the following 10 challenges:
1. repairability and spare parts
2. logistics (ordering online, pre and post production transport routes and packaging )
3.natural upholstery materials (that comply with fire safety regulations)
4.flatpack (foldable furniture, quick assembly in the contract sector, modularity)
5. dwindling resources (resource efficiency)
6. recyclability and separability of materials
7. increasingly smaller living spaces and higher costs for smaller living)
8. alternative upholstery (webbing, paper cord, rattan, flag line, etc.)
9. social compatibility of the materials
10. usability in the property
• As a kick-off we visit some of Zeitraum’s production facilities and hear about their visions and strategies.
• You will get insight in and access to their eco-database and material library to support you in making the footprint of your design as low as you can.
• At the end of the project a good 1:1 model is required + a film that represents your concept, the project and its impact.
• The best outcomes will be presented at a desingfair or exhibition in 2024 or 2025
