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
