Join this webinar hosted by Re-board for an honest, experience-driven conversation with designer and engineer Maximilian Hansen — covering structural design thinking, what paper-based materials can actually do, and how to navigate the gap between a client's brief and a genuinely great result.
What you’ll learn
Why geometry is the real barrier in structural design
Most structures are boxes - and there's a reason for that. Max breaks down how conventional thinking limits what designers build, and what it takes to move into free-form and parametric design.
How to handle clients, budgets and difficult briefs
An honest look at navigating the gap between a client's brief and a genuinely great result — including when the right move is simply to walk away.
What paper-based materials can actually do
From self-supporting structures and rapid prototyping to complex curved forms and overhead installations — the practical capabilities most people haven't fully explored.
Meet the participants
A frank, experience-driven conversation about structural design, creative process and what it really takes to push paper-based materials past the expected.
Maximilian Hansen (Guest)
Designer & Engineer, Nordwerk Design
Max approaches structural paper design from an engineering perspective — always asking how far the material can be pushed, and how to make it work in the real world. With 15 years of building large-scale, self-supporting paper structures for clients across Europe and North America, he brings both technical depth and hard-won practical insight.
Ali Khalili (Host)
CEO, Re-board
Ali leads the conversation as host and interviewer, guiding the discussion with practical questions and real-world focus. The goal is a relaxed, honest dialogue that gives you insights you can actually use — not a presentation or sales pitch.
Who should attend?
For you who work with - or want to work with - structural paper-based materials at a higher creative and technical level.
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Structural designers and display producers
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Print businesses looking to expand into more complex, high-impact builds
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Anyone curious about what paper-based materials can actually do
