etikstudio

14th of September 2011

Welcome to ETIKSTUDIO,

an urban sustainability design consultancy in the widest sense.
Our work realises diverse approaches to the change we want to see in the world and the potential, which is already there.

What is so important about design?
Design is a facilitation tool for change.
Design is a methodology for identifying potential.
Design thinking empowers all of us to envision our future.

WHAT DO WE DO?

:INCUBATION, PROCESS DESIGN & STRATEGY

Clear Village is a do-tank of change makers, urban planners and process designers focused on participatory planning, genuine empowerment of people and bringing design thinking to derelict places. [visit website]

: SCENARIO PLANNING & CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP

is an adaptable concept in a design thinking format to be employed in strategic planning, innovation and change management. We provide an orchestrated and well-facilitated engagement and empowerment process that aims on getting the most out of participant’s collective intelligence.

: CURATION, CATALYSING & ADVOCACY

Dreams on Wheels is a traveling exhibit, where we showcase best-practice from Denmark to make the impact of a bicycle culture comprehensible and desirable for a broader audience. [visit website]

: CREATIVE DIRECTION, CROWDSOURCING & COMMUNICATION

Love the Earth is a celebration of the joy and wonder many of us feel toward nature. The Love the Earth events have these collaborative expressions of admiration as foundation to catalyse a sound and environmentally sustainable lifestyle. [visit website]

: SPEAKING AT MASTERCLASSES & EVENTS

All of our team members are passionate individuals, who contribute to the discourse on sustainability and co-creativity. Here you will find Etikstudio owner and creative director, Thomas Ugo Ermacora, giving his view on the need for a paradigm shift toward livability withing the urban planning sector as well as the sustainability discussion.

Thomas Ermacora Interview from Sustainable Cities™ on Vimeo.

: PUBLICATIONS

The Dreams on Wheels curator’s Cyclocentric Manifesto The bicycle in our climate change era could be regarded as a trojan horse for sustainability. In other words, it can insidiously infiltrate people’s subconscious ambition to become climate-friendly. When inhabitants adopt bike culture, knowingly or unknowingly, the city and urban spaces become more sustainable in terms of transportation, but even more so in terms of quality of life and lifestyle.. [read more]

: UPSETMEDIA – WAREHOUSE KITCHEN APP

With guest chef Paul Cunningham from Upsetmedia on Vimeo.

etikstudio co-developed the concept and curated the content for a kitchen program via Thomas Ermacora with upsetmedia.com. It focuses on “everyone can cook” for a young demographic unsensitized to the health and social benefits of home meals. The aim is to make this cooking culture concept an app exciting people to consider cuisine as a life-quality enhancer. Michelin Chef Paul Cunningham came as a guest with host chef Peter Ansell, previously celebrity home-chef and second at Heston Blumenthal restaurant.
More soon.