The first parts are printed!
This weekend I looked at parts of existing vacuum cleaners (left) and finished both the design and a prototype of the adaptive vacuum cleaner's first component: the adaptive hose mount…
24. March 2019
Focus: Adaptive vacuum cleaner
I guess my previous posts already indicated that I am leaning towards the vacuum cleaner concept. I will now fully concentrate on this concept, examine trashed vacuum cleaners, see which…
13. March 2019
I published an Article!
I can proudly anounce, that I just published my first article on Medium: Sustainable Design – for the throwaway society: How not understanding the products we use helps trash heaps…
11. March 2019
Four Concepts!
Today I want to share four concepts that came out of my ideation phase. I present them in the two videos below and provide a reflective evaluation of each concept…
10. March 2019
Inspiring initiative: Low-tech lab
While all the ressources from the Ore streams archive are really interresting, among others I especially enjoyed The low tech lab. It's a collaborative research and documentation project aiming to…
3. March 2019
Nuclear obsolescence
Today I visited the nuclear power plant in Barsebäck that offers free tours to interrested visitors. The Barsebäck plant has been shut down in 2005 and is now in decomission.…
1. March 2019
Formafantasma’s study on e-waste
Today a friend shared Formafantasma's Ore Stream project with me that examines e-waste management. While they ahve also created objects that incorporate e-waste, it is their archive of articles, videos,…
27. February 2019
A bear
Well, why did I buy a plush bear? I saw this bear at the second hand store two weeks ago and was amazed by it's character. Sometimes, used things age…
23. February 2019
Redefined goals
After ideating and taking apart all those devices last week I realized something: A repurposed object has greater potential to inspire us when we can still recognize what it has…
21. February 2019
Testing all 7 vacuum cleaner motors
After disassembling the reamining 6 vacuum cleaners yesterday, I was curious if my assumption that most of the motors would still work fine was true, so I put them to…
20. February 2019