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I Seating Tool
2024An adjustable tool that lets designers find ergonomic seating dimensions by direct experiment.
Product Designer · Vienna
Sebastian
Förstel.
What I design, I think through to the end — from the first idea to the end of its life. To me, form, function and impact belong together.
01Selected Projects
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II Re-EverythingGROUP RESEARCH / SOLO BUILD
2022Shoe soles pressed from recycled PVC cable waste — from scrap granulate to wearable material.
Case study soon
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III CarbonFixGROUP PROJECT / TEAM OF 3
2024/25An always-mounted emergency repair kit for carbon road bikes — the entry point into a circular repair system instead of a new frame.
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IV MealGrin
2023A kitchen grinder that turns dried mealworms into protein flour — making future food practical.
Case study soon
02About me
I started out as a cabinetmaker — the foundation everything else builds on: solving problems by hand and caring about the details that make a result feel right. For a while I worked in restoration, and that attention to the small things nobody notices but that carry the whole has stayed with me. Through my design and eco-design studies I learned to think a product across its entire path — from making to use to recovery.
How I work
I work as a perfectionist and a problem-solver: I think a design through to the end, seek criticism early, and turn it into better solutions. Life-cycle assessment (LCA) makes the environmental impact visible — I find the hotspots and bring them down, with facts instead of claims.
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