Christopher Doering is a product designer, educator and co-founder of the Open Design City. He studied Product Design in Hamburg and Weimar, followed by courses in Applied Ethics and Economic History at the University of Jena. Christopher worked at the environmental design agency EPEA, got involved in social projects in Germany and abroad, was a resident at the Palomar 5 innovation camp and currently runs a design research project on accessible sustainable materials. His passion is to explore and develop collaborative design processes and new ways of interaction between creators, producers and consumers.