Beata Salonen Ripa
Design Ecologies
Konstfack University Of Arts Crafts and Design
Specialisms: Industrial Design / Sustainable Design /
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Beata Salonen Ripa
First Name: Beata
Last Name: Salonen Ripa
Specialisms: Industrial Design / Sustainable Design
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My Location: Stockholm, Sweden
University / College: Konstfack University Of Arts Crafts and Design
Course / Program Title: Design Ecologies
About
Design Ecologist from Konstfack, with focus on sustainable furniture
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.
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