Who we are and what we want

We come from design (in the diversity of its species), from the arts, from the natural sciences, life sciences and the humanities.

What unites us is the notion that everything that is called knowledge, at its deepest foundation, goes back to the formation of forms (Gestaltung) and related experiments.

With our designs and projects we show that in design and in the arts insights are produced which are irreplaceable and even special compared to other forms of knowledge.

We have come together in 2014 for this research group. Since then, we have been presenting our projects and designs at regular meetings and conferences, debating and developing them together, organizing publicity and promotion.

We reject the interpretive sovereignty of merely deconstructive sciences about the occasions, procedures, results of creative work. Instead, we simply design our own new theories that fit better with our aesthetic-practical experiments, i.e. those motivated by sensual experiences.

PERSONEN

Veronika Aumann
Textile Design & Research

Kristin Dolz
Interaction Design

Anouk Hoffmeister
Interaction Design & Sociology

Rebekka Lauer
Interaction Design

Prof. Dr. Jörg Petruschat
Theory and History of Design

Anika Schultz
Interaction Design & Product Design

Katja Marie Voigt
Art & Architecture

Babette Wiezorek
Product & Process Design

Tiny Data by: Katja Marie Voigt

How does it feel to turn rating systems the other way around?

Christa Petroff-Bohne (*1934) – an exhibition and a book by: Prof. Dr. Jörg Petruschat

What conditions are needed for a talented young woman to become so exceptional at such an early age?

Digital Materials by: Veronika Aumann

What if materials were digital?

Medical imaging and guiding interactions by: Rebekka Lauer

How do workplaces, tools, and routines shape non-technological practices? How do they need to be reflected in technological workspaces and tools?

process.annotator by: Anouk Hoffmeister

Does it make sense to talk about a thing without the thing itself?

Empathy by: Anika Schultz

How well can individualized expression be handled in clinical practice? Do tools for tangible data collection and visualisation support finding a patient narrative?

Erosive Modeling by: Kristin Dolz

Does CAD software today match our needs as designers?

Real-time Coding and the aesthetic of feedback-loops by: Babette Wiezorek

What is the constitutional aesthetic of feedbacks and circuits within an emerging form?