Wolf Jeschonnek
Wolf Jeschonnek is a founder of Fab Lab Berlin, a graduate in product design and a teacher of that subject at the weißensee academy of art berlin. Before and during his studies, Wolf Jeschonnek was a member of the German national sailing team and had long been a passionate shipbuilder. His sailing career began with the construction of his own racing yawl. He has more than five years' experience in digital fabrication and rapid prototyping as a founder and designer; as well as in teaching at the Academy of Art and in other educational projects. In 2012, he undertook a research trip of several months in the US, visiting over twenty hackerspaces, fab labs and tech shops and analysing their work methods, educational concepts and business models. Building on this experience, he founded the Fab Lab Berlin and has run this as his chief occupation since July 2013.
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