«Kraft»: exploring lightweight and sustainable material
«Kraft» at Designers' Saturday
PITCH and MATCH LAB
Designers’ Saturday
Location:
Hector Egger Holzbau
Steinackerweg 18
4900 Langenthal
Friday 2 November
For Professionals only
13:00-21:00
Saturday 3 November
Open to the public
9:00-18:30
Event: Prototypitch
14:30-16:00
The designers have 5 minutes to present their prototypes to the audience. The presentations will be each time followed by a round of questions and advice given by invited experts.
Sunday 4 November
Open to the public
10:00-18:00
Meet our designers – contact us now to book a meeting
«Kraft» is a material research project, focusing on the properties of a 100% bio-based and biodegradable Swiss made material, commonly used in the electrical industry.
The designers Jerome Rütsche (Crisp ID) and Leon Laskowski teamed up for this research project and have examined the potential of this massproduced material for worthwhile uses in other valuable applications such as sustainable consumer products or lightweight structural components for automotive or furniture purposes. The two designers now wish to partner with a producer to develop a pioneering project informed by the gathered knowledge about and the established framework for aspects such as processing, shaping and surface treatment of the material. The research project was generously supported by the Pro Helvetia foundation.
About the designers
Jerome Rütsche (Crisp ID) and Leon Laskowski are two independent industrial designers occasionally collaborating on projects related to the field of product, furniture and lighting design.
