Devices with interactive multi touch surfaces are ubiquitous and are getting more and more sophisticated in terms of providing experiences, that thanks to ultra low latencies and carefully tuned prediction algorithms are smooth and have a natural feel to them. But the digital world lacks physicality…

The threat, fine particulate matter – commonly known as air pollution – poses to the health and life quality of breathing organisms is evident, yet widely downplayed or not even perceived at all. The installation is an interactive data visualisation of PM 2.5 and PM 10…

ENTOMON – Interspecies Metamorphosis Content TBA /…

The experimental short film “Borrowed Limbs”, created in collaboration between the two designers Lisa-Marleen Mantel and Laura Juliane Wagner, emphasizes the mediating role speculative design has in the face of disruptive technological advancements, as it allows for the exploration and simulation of ethical issues. The short…

AI systems such as DALL·E  or  it’s open source counterpart Stable Diffusion, are captivating the masses with their stunning, maybe even eerie capability of translating text to images. A text prompt like “a potato wearing a wig” can be translated into a convincing image within seconds,…

Designers in the silicon age proficiently mediate between the visceral and digital realms, when designing with and around technology. But how exactly do we reconcile disembodied technologies such as AI, with those aspects of the design profession that emphasize and often rely on tacit knowledge, gained…