Compodry
Disassembly through composting
The service life of small electrical appliances is getting shorter and shorter. In the recycling process, manual dismantling of these appliances is not worthwhile. Despite sophisticated technological processes, finite raw materials such as precious and special metals are lost. This study investigates the use of compostable materials in small electrical appliances using the example of a hairdryer. What if, at the end of a biodegradation process, only components made of recyclable materials remained that could be reused or collected separately?
Company/Institution
Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle
Visionary thinking and design are encouraged in the more than 20 degree programmes at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, as is the development of practical professional skills. The university has excellently equipped studios and workshops and is networked with numerous research facilities, institutions and companies. In the more than 100 years of its existence, the BURG has developed into an art academy that explores the tension between practice and research.
Country
Germany
Designer(s)
Eric Geißler
*18.11.1988
2007 - 2010: Ausbildung zum Uhrmacher bei A. Lange & Söhne
2013 - 2018: Bachelorstudium an der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
2021 - 2023: Masterstudium an der Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle
Eric Geißler ist Industriedesigner mit großem Interesse an Natur- und Ingenieurwissenschaften. Seine Erfahrungen liegen in spekulativen, interaktiven und materialbezogenen Projekten während seines Studiums sowie in der Gestaltung von Konsum- und Investitionsgütern für Großserien während seiner Tätigkeit als Produktentwickler bei der Papenfuss Development GmbH.