IDEATION WORKSHOP I Part 1: Brainstorming 3 Definitions – Everyday situations – Everyday objects – Properties of algae Starting from the concepts collected to the individual definitions, three random terms are selected from each conceptual cloud and then used for the generating of ideas. Part 2: Brainwriting Everyone selects one from all ideas that were …
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A WORLD MADE OF ALGAE
A WORLD MADE OF ALGAE Ideation Workshop II From a selection of problematic cultural, technological and … future trends, every student chooses a subject. In groups of two, six ideas are developed to solve the problematic scenarios with the aid of algae. The dilemmas of the solutions are then to be found. Noted and used …
INTERIM PRESENTATION
INTERIM PRESENTATION For the first interim presentation each student had to present two to three concepts. Here they are: by Marc Wejda by Ulrike Silz by Yi Gong by Dorothea Lang by Ida Flick by Ina Turinskyand Andi Wagner by Laura Pelizzari by Luis Undritz
ROTATION MOULDING WORKSHOP
ROTATION MOULDING WORKSHOP As a model making process we used rotational moulding even though most bottles are blow moulded industrially. Yet, the rotational moulding was easy to experiment with in our workshops and realized similar shapes. We used polyurethane, which was poured into a negative mould made of silicone. The moulds were clamped in a …
PARAMETRIC DESIGN WORKSHOP
PARAMETRIC AND EVOLUTIONARY DESIGN WORKSHOP a workshop by Tom Pawlofsky We spent half of a day together building small paint robots with very simple techniques. Our main focus was to play with the physical parameters of our bots and program them hereby. During the process, we got a feeling for the impact of small changes. We …
SEMINAR PAPERS
SEMINAR PAPERS on question concerning biotechnology with design all students wrote a seminar paper What are the potentials of growth processes for design and production? by Tony Beyer Biotechnology: What are the key elements and potentials? What are the risks? by Paulina Gellert Swarm intelligence by Luis Undritz Intersections of computer-aided production methods and biotechnological …
INTERIM PRESENTATION
INTERIM PRESENTATION with external guests
DUTCH DESIGN WEEK
DUTCH DESIGN WEEK excursion to Eindhoven After we arrived in Eindhoven in the early afternoon, we visited the van Abbe Museum. The exhibiton showed all kind of projects of art and design, like the darkest black, which absorbes more than 99 % of light and for example the Endless Chair of Dirk Vander Kooij. After that …
INTRO MICROBES I
INTRO MICROBES I by Filipe Natalio What are biominerals? What is biomineralisation? Why is it so important to study biominerals and biomineralisation? Can one use this knowledge towards applications with improved properties compared to current state-of-the art technologies? Biomineralisation is a field of research that deals with the fabrication of minerals by biological systems. But …
ARS ELECTRONICA
VISIT OF THE ARS ELECTRONICA Linz 2017 Daria Nazarenko visited the Ars Electronica 2017 in preparation of the project. Here her impressions.