Due to Ryotaro Bordini Chikushi’s presentation about his “Liegewiese” (a giant sofa lounge with integrated DJ booth which he built in 2009) at Berlin’s Global Pecha Kucha Day for Haiti, Uleshka was asked by IDEO to host a small workshop on social furniture and suggest speakers. To emphasize the importance of the independent maker movement for this particular topic Uleshka invited Luis Berrios Negron, one of the leading makers in Germany.

Workshop members:
Uleshka
Ryotaro Bordini Chikushi
Luis Berrios Negron
Martin Meier (IDEO)
Ela Ben-Ur (IDEO)

Themes discussed:
Social furniture, phenomena of personalizing and making things on your own, furniture hacking, experiencing spaces

Duration:
3 hours