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My Take
Joachim Sauter deserves to be a household name, and I am a little frustrated that he is not. A German media artist, designer and professor at the Berlin University of the Arts, he built Terravision in 1993, a program that let you fly around a digital globe years before Google Earth, and later took Google to court over the underlying patent. That blend of art and engineering, of seeing the future before the rest of us, is precisely what I love. Sauter died in 2021, but the work of people who glimpse tomorrow early tends to keep glowing quietly in the world they left behind.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Joachim Sauter
- Name (Japanese)
- ヨアヒム・ザウター
- Reading
- よあひむ・ざうたー
- Born
- January 1, 1959 – July 10, 2021
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Boar
- Origin
- Schwäbisch Gmünd, Stuttgart Government Region, Germany
- Occupation
- artist / designer / sculptor / university teacher / light artist
2. Background
- University
- Berlin University of the Arts
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Joachim Sauter born?
January 1, 1959 – July 10, 2021.
Where is Joachim Sauter from?
Joachim Sauter is from Schwäbisch Gmünd, Stuttgart Government Region, Germany.
What does Joachim Sauter do?
Joachim Sauter works as artist, designer, sculptor, university teacher, light artist.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.