Sustainability – Where to start in the design industry?
Digitalt
Moderator: Konrad Olsson
Panelists: Emma Olbers, John Löfgren, Maria Uggla
What methods should you use as a designer to secure a sustainable end product? What responsibilities lies with the designer and the company? We analyse the steps from initial idea to finished product with a new design thinking at the core.
Lecturers
Konrad Olsson Moderator
Curator, Stockholm Design & Architecture Talks and Editor in chief, Scandinavian MIND
Scandinavian Mind
Konrad is one of Sweden’s most established magazine editors within fashion and design and the founder and editor-in-chief of Scandinavian MIND, a magazine and platform covering the intersection of lifestyle and technology. He’s an experienced speaker, moderator, and podcaster and regularly advises brands and organisations on content strategy and digital transformation
Emma Olbers Panelist
Designer and Creative Director
Emma Olbers
The award-winning designer has worked with a focus on sustainability for the last 20 years, designing products and interiors with a circular mindset. She’s a frequent speaker on topics concerning sustainable design practice and for Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair 2022, Olbers curates the climate exhibition One kilo CO2e.
John Löfgren Panelist
Co-founder and Creative director
Form Us With Love
John brings an innate understanding of materials and production techniques to the prominent design studio’s projects, determining innovative ways to create impact through small means. His approach to design is one that relies on intense hands-on preparatory work, visualising opportunities for the company and their partners to align to.
Maria Uggla Panelist
Senior Design Manager
Polestar
Maria has a strong focus on sustainable materials and is one of the main drivers of Polestar’s sustainability work which focuses on climate, circularity, transparency, and inclusion. In Polestar Precept, winner of the Eyes on Design award 2021 for Innovative Use of Color, Graphics, or Materials, she introduced a number of sustainable material solutions