Thomas Bade
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CEO, Institute for Universal Design: Germany
Thomas Bade, who holds a degree in social education, sees social design and social entrepreneurship as the key element of universal design. For ten years, he has been committed to achieving the aim of entrenching universal design in business, academia and society.
Thomas Bade is a co-founder of universal design e.V., signatory to the Weimar Declaration and lecturer for Industrial Design at the Technical University of Munich. Since July 2016, he has also served as the CEO of the Institute for Universal Design in Munich.