About this episode

Sébastien El Idrissi discusses the implications of industrial design and his vision for positive change.

Is the term “industrial design” frowned upon by design purists? Zürich-based Sébastien El Idrissi thinks so. He joins Nic Monisse to discuss why his goal is positive change at an industrial scale. Plus: what to look forward to at our Quality of Life Conference in Lisbon this year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Nic Monisse

Guest: Sébastien El Idrissi

Topics covered

• industrial design
• positive change
• Quality of Life Conference
• design purists
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• industrial design
• Sébastien El Idrissi
• positive change
• Zürich
• Quality of Life Conference
• Lisbon

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Places: Zürich, Lisbon

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