Compact packaging: are we shipping air, or are we shipping goods?

When thinking about lasting designs, responsible consumption and sustainable production methods, reducing waste, avoiding single-use plastics and compact shipping become important subjects.

We are a platform for eco-friendly prototyping -(https://ecomaker.de/). As a part of our knowledge transfer initiative, we host meetup sessions every second Friday around sustainable product development. The sessions are hosted by Tamara Palaske (http://matmat.studio/) and Ackeem Ngwenya (https://www.doshimatoshi.com/).

These sessions are useful if you are an entrepreneur, student or maker, industrial/product designer concerned about the impact of your products on the environment or simply wanting insight into sustainable product development. The sessions are free of charge and space is limited.

Join us at our Kreuzberg office.

This Friday we are hosting a discussion on packaging & sustainability from our expert contributor Fabian Hoffmann of Neon Berlin(https://www.neonberlin.com). He will present and talk about a recently developed, elegant, economic and sustainable
all-paper shipment system.

More about Fabian:
Fabian Hofmann is a Swiss-born eyewear designer who founded 'fmhofmann design agency and since 2001 he has co-founded and worked as Head of Design for a diverse range of independent brands. Parallel to this work, he is active as a business consultant, university lecturer and engineer in the optical and medical fields as a freelance designer.

At the end of this session, you should:
Have an overview of compact shipping ideas, materials, and boxes.
Participate in an all-paper packaging activity.

The event will end with a bit of socializing and some drinks.

Schedule
17.00 = 17.10 Greetings/introduction to ecoMaker platform.
17.10 = 17.20 Participating groups' intro
17.20 = 18:00 Are we shipping air, or are we shipping goods?
18.00 = 18.15 Discussion
18.15 = 18.30 BREAK
18.30 = 19:15 Practical Activity
19.15 = 19.45 DRINKS