Konstfack University Of Arts Crafts and Design
Graduates: 2024
Specialisms: Industrial Design / Sustainable Design
My location: Stockholm, Sweden
First Name: Beata
Last Name: Salonen Ripa
University / College: Konstfack University Of Arts Crafts and Design
Course / Program: Design Ecologies
Graduates: 2024
Specialisms: Industrial Design / Sustainable Design
My Location: Stockholm, Sweden
As a counterpoint to globalization, I wanted to investigate how locally a sofa can be produced and highlight how outsourcing/offshoring affects Swedish production. With inspiration from the region in which I grew up, I designed and built a deconstructable sofa made of wool, pine and linen from Skåne. In my essay I elaborate on the friction between profit-making, sustainability and consumerism and try to find answers to what production should look like in the future.