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Teaching and research areas

  • Design research
  • Material innovations
  • Circular economy / circular design processes
  • The role of design as a transformative practice for social change.
  • The unexpected in the design process
  • The integration of design methods in interdisciplinary research contexts

Courses:

  • Fundamentals of design: material, process, form
  • Design theory
  • Social and individual skills
  • Material exploration
  • Design activism

Functions within the university

  • Deputy Chairwoman of the Examination Board Bachelor Integrated Product Design
  • Representative for Equal Opportunities for Women in Science and Art Faculty of Design
  • International Representative / Erasmus Representative Bachelor Integrated Product Design
  • Student Advisory Service Bachelor Integrated Product Design
  • since 2021: Representation of the Dean of the Faculty of Design in the association of Bavarian design faculties

Short vita

  • Since October 2024: Entry-level research professorship HS Coburg
  • Since March 2024: Equal Opportunities Officer of the Faculty of Design, HS Coburg
  • Since March 2023: Student advisor + aptitude test officer in the Integrated Product Design degree program
  • Since 09/2021: W2-Professor for "Product Design – Project, Practice and Theory", degree program: Integrated Product Design, Faculty of Design, Coburg University of Applied Sciences
  • Since 04/2021: PhD student at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Chair: Experimental Computer Science, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Georg Trogemann
  • 2019-2021: Member of the Senate at the ABK Stuttgart
  • 2015-2021: Academic assistant at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart
  • 2015-2016: Designer at Stephen Williams Associates (architecture / interior design)
  • 04-09/2020: Lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, Architecture
  • 10-2019-03/2020: Lecturer at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHDK), Interaction Design, Zurich
  • 2019: Lecture + workshop, AA Visiting School (Architectural Association, School of Architecture, London), in Stuttgart
  • 10/2018-4/2019: Lecturer, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
  • Since 2013: Self-employed as a freelance designer
  • 09/2013-08/2014: State Graduate Scholarship, Baden-Württemberg, project title: "Counterparts"
  • 07-08/2013: Dionysia Artist Residency, invitation to residency, project realization and exhibition in fiingeyri, Iceland
  • 2010-2013: Study program: Master of Design / European Design, State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, Degree: Master of Design
  • 10/2011-03/2012: Designer at David Adjaye Associates, London, UK (Architecture)
  • 06/2011-9/2011: Designer at Doshi Levien, London, UK (product design, furniture design) – Internship
  • 09/2010-08/2011: Visiting student at Aalto University, Master in Collaborative and Industrial Design, School of Art and Design in Helsinki, Finland
  • 09/2009-03/2010: Visiting student at the ENSCI – Les Ateliers, study program: Industrial Design, Paris, France
  • 2007 – 2010: Study program: Bachelor of Design / European Design, State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, Degree: Bachelor of Design

 

Prizes, awards and exhibitions

  • 2024 Exhibition project "Hacking the Porcelain Industry" at the International Crafts Fair / Zukunft Handwerk; Munich
  • 2023/24 Exhibition project "Hacking the Porcelain Industry" (cooperation project with KOBER Porcelain) as part of "Wege zum Design" (Coburg Design Forum Upper Franconia); Steinweg 45, Coburg
  • 2023 Exhibition "Design research at the design faculties in Bavaria" at the MCBW in Munich
  • 2022 Award for excellent teaching for the academic year 2021/2022, Faculty of Design, Coburg University of Applied Sciences
  • 2021 Elia Academy Conference, conference paper: "Radical Viral Pedagogy Model" in collaboration with Kristian Jones, Birmingham City University, (Brussels, Belgium & online)
  • 2020 Science exhibition in the Planetarium, "Pretty Porous – Alles Porös", scientific information videos for the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 1313 and the SimTech Cluster of Excellence at the University of Stuttgart in the Planetarium Stuttgart
  • 2020 Elia Academy Conference, conference contribution: "The digital in art and design meet biochemistry", Stuttgart
  • 2019 Science Club: Culture in the Club funding, supported by the Cultural Office of the City of Stuttgart
  • 2019 1st prize + realization, competition for the design of the bridge deck at Österreichischer Platz Stuttgart, realization of the design in public space, in collaboration with Dipl. Artist Marieke Kühner, awarded by: Stadtlücken e.V. and the City of Stuttgart
  • 2019 COMPETITIONLINE CAMPUS AWARD 2019, "Faculty projects or concepts" for the interdisciplinary seminar 'Dare'n'Do – Gestaltung kreuzt Biochemie' (ABK Stuttgart) in collaboration with Dr. M. Urban (MPI for Intelligent Systems Stuttgart)
  • 2019 Academy Award of the ABK Stuttgart – "Exhibition Concept" Joint exhibition class Fundamentals of Design + class Fundamentals of Construction Architecture and Industrial Design
  • 2018 ABK Stuttgart Academy Award – "Innovative teaching concept" for Dare'n'Do Topicality and relevance of open-ended research in architecture and design
  • 2018 Academy Prize of the ABK Stuttgart – "Exhibition Concept" Class Basics of Design AR and ID
  • 2018 Conception, organization and management of a mini-symposium, "Wohnzimmergespräch", ABK Stuttgart
  • 2017 Academy Prize of the ABK Stuttgart – "Exhibition Concept" Class Fundamentals of Design Architecture and Industrial Design
  • 2017 COMPETITIONLINE CAMPUS AWARD 2017: Innovative Teaching, For "Fundamentals of Design in the Departments of Architecture and Industrial Design" at the ABK Stuttgart
  • 2014 SAMT RAU and WEA at the SIMPLE. EXHIBITION
  • 2014 'MINI DESIGN AWARD, Project: Samt Rau, Blickfang, Hamburg
  • 2014 Counterparts exhibition, 27.10.-02.11.2014, ABK Stuttgart, Am Weißenhof 1, Stuttgart
  • 2014 German Design Award Newcomer Nominee
  • 2012 Award + Exhibition, Gold Point: Award for 'Exceptional Design', Duravit Competition, Architect@Work, Trade Fair, Stuttgart
  • 2011 Piezo Shower: Red Dot Design Award Nominee 2011
  • 2010 Piezo Shower: 2nd place, Salone Satellite, Milan Salone Furniture Fair (ITA) 2010
  • 2010 Piezo Shower: exhibited in Green Machines Exhibition, the Science Gallery, Dublin (IRL), 2010