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Eine ganze Zivilisation wird benötigt um einen Toaster zu bauen. Designer Thomas Thwaites hat das auf die harte Tour gelernt, als er versuchte, einen von Grund auf zu bauen: Eisenerz für Stahl fördern, Plastik aus Öl herstellen... es ist offen gesagt unglaublich, dass er so weit kam wie er kam. Eine Parabel unserer ineinandergreifenden Gesellschaft, für Designer ebenso wie für Konsumenten.
Thomas Thwaites is a designer "of a more speculative sort," he says. Full bio »
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