Egon Zippel

1960
Born in Timisoara, Rumania

1964
Family moved to Germany

1981 – 83, 1986 – 88
University of Mannheim, Germany, communication design and advertising, diploma.

1984 – 85
Fulbright scholarship, Georgetown University, Washington D.C. and University of Texas, Austin.

1985
Traveling scholarship to Mexico from the Institute of International Education.

1985 – 86
New York, New York Institute of Technology, computer graphics

1986 – 91
Moves back to Germany, starts to work and show as conceptual artist.

1991 – 93
Moves to Milan, Italy.

1993 – 94
Postgraduate studies at Staedel Frankfurt Art Academy / Institute for New Media with Peter Weibel.

1996 – present
Lives and works in New York.

Website: http://www.egonzippel.com
Twitter: twitter.com/ezinnyc
Facebook: facebook.com/Egon Zippel
Country: USA

The Bunder Project – Rio Tinto Tries to Be (and Remain) Good

“Our mining operations must have a long-term, positive impact on the people we work with and the communities that surround us.” These are the opening words of a Bunder Project [...]

Monday, 19 November 2012. No comments

The Slums of Mumbai: A Model for Urban Sustainability?

Mumbai is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India (approximately 21 million), and the fourth most populous city in the world. In [...]

Monday, 19 November 2012. No comments

India: On Its Way to Learning Its Lesson

India has made progress in terms of increasing the primary education attendance rate and expanding literacy to approximately two thirds of the population. However, the country continues to face stern [...]

Tuesday, 2 October 2012. No comments

Back to the Future

An ancient recipe: Collect/Recycle/Use frugally. Apply to cities and rural areas. These simple guidelines could resolve a lot of water issues in developed and developing countries where water is still [...]

Thursday, 1 December 2011. No comments

The Downside of the Digital Tide

According to the article “Africa’s Mobile Future,” the continent’s digital future is bright. New and innovative technologies will have the power to propel a large unemployed and undereducated demographic into [...]

Wednesday, 30 November 2011. No comments

Small and Dumb – but Mine

Sebastian Petrick talks in his article “Big and Clever: Towards a supra-national electricity market” about the creation of a multi-national conglomerate to produce and distribute solar and wind energy across [...]