Occupy, Stuttgart 21 and the Arab Spring made 2011 a year of protest and demonstration. And more than ever before, it was driven by media such as blogs, smartphone videos and photographs, published on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. As digital media spread around the world it rapidly became iconic of the rebellion. The focus of this work was the influence of digital media on protest culture.

When the wedding of a befriended couple came up, I didn´t want to go for just another dinnerware set. Instead I wanted to give them something personal which would make them smile even in 50 years, when they would find the present going through old storage boxes on their attic with their twenty grandchildren…given that my gift would somehow end up in a storage box by accident.

In 2013, online competition platform jovoto announced a pitch for Victorinox. The Swiss brand, famous for it’s pocket knives, planned to release a limited edition for ladies, and was on the lookout for submissions. These are my designs: