Another day, another feature. Welcome Jessica Altenburger from Switzerland.

Jessica just moved back to her native town Zurich after spending a year in London, where she worked for a small furniture design firm. The spirit of change surrounds her and she's redoing, improving, creating – trying to wipe off old dust and get ready for a new chapter in her life. That's why she can't await for the camp to begin.
As she's a product designer, she's very passionate about art and design; 'They have always been in my head and always will be', she says. However, the functional aspects fascinates her more than the decorative ones. She strongly believes that the function is the key to the user’s happiness and to a long life span of a product.
Everything new and different fascinates her whether it is in science, politics, literature, or music. However, what she enjoys observing and reading most about is quite simply – human behavior. It’s her biggest inspiration and everything about it, from the source (brain) to the final consequences.

From the Palomar5 camp she expects to dive into an atmosphere loaded with motivation, creativity, and productivity. She can’t wait to start working together with people from all around the world and from various disciplines. She hopes it to turn out as a great learning experience and a valuable exchange of knowledge. 'Myself, I am most interested in the working environment on a small scale – the office. That’s where my daily frustration comes from. I want to change everything from the set-up of the space, to the way we interact with our ‘tools’, to the interaction with each other, and the way we structure our daily processes', she tells. Ideas can turn out abstract or tangible, but the hope to be able to change perspectives on things and create visions that will be valuable beyond the camp should last.

See her application video for Palomar5: