Elisabeth Buecher is a
French textile designer based in England. She first got involved with sustainability while
studying at Central St Martins College of Art in London. Understanding the responsibilities she has as a designer, her
creativity started to be more meaningful from then. She considers that the two most
important challenges to a sustainable globalfuture are, first to raise
awareness by helping people to visualise the excesses and the damages, and
secondly to find practical solutions to encourage them to behave well on a
daily basis. More specifically, Elisabeth chose to look at the environmental
issue of excessive water consumption.
At the Salone internazionale del Mobile 2009 in Milan as well at the ICFF in New York, she presented her water-saving shower curtains with
her collective Puff and Flock. In Milan she also started as a reporter for the green design
website Inhabitat. Back in London Elisabeth runs sustainable crafts workshops
and designs digitally printed textile for the Heafford and Hall gallery’s
catalogue. At the 2009 London Design festival Elisabeth collaborated with Amelie
Labarthe to create two animated inflatable installations.