My purpose is to regenerate human-planetary relations.
My vision is to establish regenerative design collaborations that contribute to the transition to a healthy degrowth scenario.
My mission to specialise in developing holistic strategies that bridge inner development, organisational culture and transformative design for planetary health.
My role as IDG Ambassador
As an Ambassador for the Inner Development Goals, I am building a global community of purpose, practice and research for restoring human-planetary relationships through inner development. By implementing the Inner Development Goals at scale, I guide organisations in creating cultures where personal growth becomes a catalyst for organisational transformation and systemic change.
about me
… is a design researcher, lifelong learning expert and author based in Switzerland. He is the founder of hortopia.org – a regenerative design platform aimed at prototyping better human-planetary relationships.
Jan has held various positions in the field of design. He has been Head of the Living Lab at the Swiss Centre for Design and Health, Head of the Design Unit at the University of Gothenburg, Full Professor and Head of the Master’s Programmes in Design at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Senior Researcher at the Competence Centre for Typology & Planning in Architecture in Lucerne, Senior Strategy Consultant at Mint Architecture in Zurich, and has worked as an interior architect in Switzerland and Germany.
He holds a PhD in Design Sciences from the IUAV University of Venice and an international Master’s degree in Interior Architectural Design from the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, the Edinburgh College of Art and the University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland. Previously, he studied interior design at the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences and at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.