SHOP - Key Persons


Dr. Silke Claus

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
Executive Director of bayern design, the German design promotion institute of the Federal State of Bavaria located in Munich and Nuremberg. There she initiates programs of the Ministry of Economics and is involved in international exchange and trainings. bayern design is also responsible for the Munich Creative Business Week.

Elisa Bacchetti

Job Titles:
  • Student
PhD Student on the topic of "System Design for Sustainable Energy for All" and fellow researcher at the Design and system Innovation for Sustainability (DIS) research group, Design dept. Politecnico di Milano.

Ernst-Jan van Hattum

Job Titles:
  • Expert in Ecodesign and Design for Sustainability, Switzerland, O2 International, International Eco - Designers Organization

Frits Klaver

Job Titles:
  • Webclusive, Software Development, the Netherlands

Isadora Burmeister Dickie

PhD Candidate at Unversidade Federal do Parana, Brazil, expert in Design and Open Innovation for Sustainability and bottom up solutions, projects with underrepresented communities

Nadezhda Angelova

Job Titles:
  • Communication Design, Bulgaria

Prof. Anil K. Gupta - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder

Prof. Carlo Vezzoli

Job Titles:
  • Head of the Design and System
  • Politecnico Di Milano, Italy
Prof. Carlo Vezzoli, head of the Design and system Innovation for Sustainability (DIS) research group, Design dept. Politecnico di Milano and funder of the Learning Network on Sustainability

Prof. Peter Stebbing

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
Member of the board, used to teach drawing and visualizing at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany (now retired). He studied zoology and scientific illustration and was a practicing scientific illustrator in London for 16 years prior to taking up his appointment in Germany. As a consequence of his concern for the natural world he is a committed enthusiast for sustainability. He recently co-edited and part authored with Ursula Tischner Changing Paradigms; designing for a sustainable future.

Ursula Tischner

Job Titles:
  • Econcept, Agency for Sustainable Design, Germany