Category Archives: design research
Designing Utopia – Designers as Catalysts for Transformation
by Tom Bieling It is said that if 3.5% of the population, across all classes, are prepared to change substantial aspects of their way of life, this will set in motion a profound change in society. 3.5 %, that doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in activism, architecture, awareness, body, design research, exhibition, gender, posthumanism, Protest, social design, sustainability and social innovation
Tagged Critical Care, design research, Designtheorie, NDU, New Design University, Political, Social, St. Pölten, tom bieling, Transformation Design, Transformationsdesign, vienna, wien
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Practice based Design Research
Buchbesprechung von Tom Bieling Entwurfsbasierte Forschungsansätze werden in verschiedenen Gestaltungsdisziplinen seit einigen Jahren in zunehmendem Maße als Gegen- oder Ergänzungsmodell für bislang etablierte Bereiche und Vorgehensweisen der Grundlagenforschung diskutiert und entwickelt. Der Grundlagenforschung werden dabei zwar nach der wissenschaftlichen Methode … Continue reading
Posted in design research, design study, designwissenschaft, german/deutsch, Literature
Tagged Alain Findeli, Cameron Tonkinwise, design, design research, Designforschung, Eva Brandt, Jodi Forlizzi, Joyce Yee, Laurene Vaughan, Pelle Ehn, phd, Practice based, praxisbasierte Forschung, project grounded research, research, Research through Design, Teal Triggs, Thomas Binder, Thomas Markussen, tom bieling, Wolfgang Jonas
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Design and Activism – A Relationship that needs Reflection
by Andréa Poshar According to Bart Cammaerts (2007a), activism is a relatively new term. It was introduced in the mid-70s to refer the ability to act and produce changes within society’s history. In other words, activism is all about “generating … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, andréa poshar, design, Design Activism, politics, Protest
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Linguistik und Gestaltung – Zur Sprache des Designs und dem Design der Sprache
von Tom Bieling Wenn in kulturtheoretischen Diskursen von Bezugsebenen der Sprache zum Design die Rede ist, so geschieht dies häufig im Hinblick auf Aspekte der »Produktsprache«. Dass Dinge an sich nicht sprechen und dennoch viel zu sagen haben, wird spätestens … Continue reading
Posted in design research, designwissenschaft, german/deutsch, philosophie, Politik
Tagged design, Designforschung, designresearch, Language, Linguistik, Sprach, Theorie
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Moving Protests: The Stories Objects Can Tell
by Anna Feigenbaum Public protests are a highly visible feature of social movements’ activism across the world. They are spaces where people come together to imagine alternative worlds and articulate contentious politics, often in confrontation with the state, global companies … Continue reading
Posted in activism, awareness, design research, Protest
Tagged activism, Anna Feigenbaum, artifacts, Camp, design, design research, Designforschung, Disobedient Objects, objects, Protest, Social Change, Tear Gas, Things
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Digitale Teilhabe verwirklichen
Dass Digitalisierung der Megatrend schlechthin ist und zudem immense Umwälzungen mit sich bringt, ist kein großes Geheimnis mehr. Laut Koalitionsvertrag für die 19. Legislaturperiode ist der Ausbau der Digitalisierung ein Kernthema für die neue Bundesregierung. Praktisch alle Bereiche wie Wirtschaft, … Continue reading
Communicating through Objects: Facilitating qualitative Research in Design
by Megan Ashton When it comes to user inquiry and observation in design research, much emphasis is placed on verbal exchange and dialogue. While this is often an essential tool in understanding the user’s needs and reactions, it is important … Continue reading
CUT//ACT: Video (and) Activism
Have you ever wondered how media has changed over time, and how “video” has been used as a political tool? In this course, you will learn both, not least by producing an activist video yourself! You may improve your knowledge/skills … Continue reading
Summer Scholarships
As two of our Editorial Members are involved in this one (Course: CUT//ACT – Video (and) Activism), we are happy to share this Call for the Berlin Summer University of the Arts: „Artists, designers, musicians and creative minds around the … Continue reading
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Zwischen Materialität und Medialität: „Die Sprachen des Materials“ (#BookReview)
Die in den letzten Jahren auch in den designtheoretischen Diskursen zunehmende Auseinandersetzung mit dem Begriff „Agency“ – der in diesem Zusammenhang im Deutschen wohl am ehesten mit „Handlungsmacht“ übersetzt werden kann – hat nicht nur die Wirkungskraft von Subjekten, sondern … Continue reading
Posted in body, design research, designwissenschaft, embodiment, german/deutsch, interaction, philosophie
Tagged buch, design, Designforschung, Designwissenschaft, Digital Materialism, Harald Weltzien, Julia Wolf, kulturwissenschaft, Martin Scholz, Material, material turn, Materialforschung, New Materialism, Patrick Rupert-Kruse, rezension, Stefan Wölwer, tom bieling
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Beseelte Dinge – selige Designer? Spiegelungen gesellschaftlicher und philosophischer Debatten in den Designwissenschaften.
Wenn der Computer „spinnt“ und das Smartphone den „Geist aufgibt“ mag dies Ausdruck von archaischen Denkmustern sein, die den Dingen eine Seele zu schreiben. Dass sich diese Denkmuster nicht nur auf begriffliche Metaphern reduzieren lassen, wird deutlich, wenn unsere Umgebungen … Continue reading
Posted in design research, designwissenschaft, Literature, philosophie
Tagged Animismus, Arno Schmidt, Beseelte Dinge, design, Designethik, Designforschung, Designwissenschaft, Don Ihde, Ethik, Hannah Arendt, Judith Dörrenbächer, Kerstin Plüm, Manja Unger-Büttner, Technikphilosophi, Technoanimismus, tom bieling, Vilém Flusser
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Building Gravity: On Gravity in Architecture, Urban Development and Utopia
PROTOCOL Magazine’s recent issue (No. 8) showcases a variety of original works brought together under the theme of “the ground”. In their contribution “Building Gravity” Fernando Luiz Lara* (Austin University of Texas) and Tom Bieling** discuss the concept of “gravity” not exclusively related to the … Continue reading
Posted in activism, architecture, art, design research, philosophie, Protest, social design, sustainability and social innovation
Tagged architecture, blockupy, curitiba, democracy, democratic, design, favela, fernando luiz lara, gravity, jorge luis borges, movement, participatory, Protest, protocol, rio de janeiro, Social, Soziale Bewegung, space, spatial planning, teilhabe, tom bieling, urban planning, utopia
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Beseelte Dinge – Design aus der Perspektive des Animismus (#BookReview, german)
Der Titel kommt als vermeintliches Oxymoron daher. Seele und Ding? Das will nicht recht zusammen passen. Seele, das steht für Lebendiges, verweist auf den Bereich der Psyche, des Geistigen oder der Magie. Sie ist mit rationalen Mitteln nicht zu fassen, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andreas Muxel, Animismus, besselte Dinge, book, buch, design, Hartmut Böhme, Jean Piaget, Judith Dörrenbächer, Kerstin Plüm, review, rezension, Techno-animismus, tom bieling, transcript
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On the Organization of Products in German Design
Our latest Editorial Board Member Prof. Dr. Marion Godau discusses the interconnections between Design and Organisation from a German Design History Perspective… For sociologist Elfie Miklautz, objects are important for understanding the world. She writes: “Communal reality is produced and judged with … Continue reading
Posted in Design History, design research
Tagged bauhaus, design, designgeschichte, designhistory, deutsches design, Dieter Rams, Frankfurter Küche, german design, herbert lindinger, hfg ulm, history, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, marianne brandt, Marion Godau, nick roericht, organisation, organization, penny sparke, Peter Behrens
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relationShips (Beziehungskisten) – Sociality and Sociability through Things.
Within the contexts of debates on economic and social sustainability and of a sociology and cultural studies that increasingly explore things in their relation to social processes, design research is focusing more and more on the social dimensions of product … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Drazin, albena Yaneva, Alexander Hagner, anamaria Depner, Annette Geiger, bauhaus, design, dinge, Herbert Fitzek, Johannes lang, Judith Seng, Kathrina Dankl, konferenz, Martina Fineder, moritz ebeling, Peter-Paul Verbeek, soziabilitiät, weimar, Wolfgang Sattler
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Dementia Lab – The Role of Design: Reflections on Design Education, Research and Practice.
Without doubt, design today has to respond to the growing need of the elderly population and specifically those with dementia. Central to this is the question on how to include the person with dementia, their family and (in)formal caregivers in … Continue reading
Design and Organisation 2.0: From „Design for Life“ to „Design Your Life“
Looking at society as the embodiment of a living environment, which is constituted of social, cultural, mental and material components, raises the question about how this is (or should be) actually organised. In the summer semester 2015, a new issue of … Continue reading
Posted in cyborg, design research
Tagged anja rosendahl, applied science and art, Ares Kalandides, Berlin, Berlin campus, cairo, christoph fleckenstein, cyborg, design, design research lab, FASA, GUC, inpolis, Iondesign, Juli Gudehus, Marion Godau, organisation, organization, Staubach Kuckertz, Stefan Greiner, Tammo Bruns, tom bieling, Uwe Kuckertz
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Die Welt als Modell | Andres Janser und Tom Bieling über Modelle als epistemische Praxis.
Modelle können vieles (sein): Sie fungieren als Referenzobjekt für Bestehendes oder noch nicht Existentes, sie dienen der Veranschaulichung, sind haptisch oder visuell, detailgenau oder abstrakt. Wir sprechen von Modellen im Zusammenhang mit theoretischen Konzepten und wir kennen praktische Modelle … Continue reading
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Tagged Andres Janser, Architektur, design, Designforschung, designresearch, Designtheorie, Entwurf, epistemic practice, epistemische Praxis, Forschung, kunst, Modell, Modelle, Modelle zum Entwerfen, Museum für Gestaltung, Otl Aicher, reflective Practice, reflexive Praxis, Schaudepot, Stadtplanung, tom bieling, Urbanism, Welten Bauen, Zürich
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Between digital commons, urban struggles and local self-organization
[German below!] MAZI* – Open night with discussions, presentations, food and DIY networks: Social and political processes are becoming increasingly digitized and restructured by and through digital aspects. Beyond the various narratives about the “hybrid” or “smart” city, between dystopian visions … Continue reading
Reflecting Research (DGTF Tagung 2016)
Die diesjährige DGTF-Tagung findet am 18. und 19.11. an der Hochschule Anhalt, Fachbereich Design in Dessau statt. Aktuelle Ansätze und Praktiken der Designforschung wollen dort anhand konkreter Beispiele aus der Forschungslandschaft diskutiert werden. Zum einen soll es dabei um inhaltliche Problemlagen und Fragestellungen gehen: Welche … Continue reading
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Tagged conference, design promoviert, design research, Designforschung, dessau, DGTF, konference, symposium, tagung
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Dementia Lab – The Role of Design
Call for Participation (Essen, Germany – 14 and 15 September, 2016): Design educators of all disciplines, design researchers and designers are invited to attend this two-day event on designing together with people with dementia. Design in all of its forms, … Continue reading
Weltdesign – Als Konstruktion und Destruktion. Über das Politische im Design
Ja, Design changiert irgendwo zwischen Weltverbesserung und Weltverschlechterung. Und ja, dies ist sehr häufig auch eine Frage der Deutungs- und Betrachtungsweise. Über die politische Wirkung von Design lässt sich daher immer noch trefflich streiten. Und richtig langweilig wird es dabei nie. Bereits im 19. … Continue reading
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Changing Worlds – Ideologies, Utopias and Ambitions in Science and Technology
The latest issue of the Graduate Journal of Social Sciences (GJSS) has a strong focus on Science and Technology Studies (STS) topics. Its title “Changing Worlds” alludes to multiple meanings as not only are we changing the world – or worlds –, but they … Continue reading
Posted in accessible, activism, alternative communication, augmentative communication, deaf-blind, design project, design research, design study, disability studies, Diversity, Enhancement, Literature, STS
Tagged Berlin, deaf-blind, deafblind, design research lab, gesche joost, lorm glove, Lorm Hand, lormhand, STS, taubblind, tiago martins, tom bieling, Udk, wearable
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Grow | Degrow. Design zwischen Exzess und Kalkül (KISD Conference)
Am 20. Mai 2016 lädt die KISD zum interdisziplinären Symposium „Grow | Degrow. Design zwischen Exzess und Kalkül“ ein. Aus verschiedenen Perspektiven tauschen sich Wissenschaftler/innen und Gestalter/innen an diesem Tag über die Bedeutung von Nachhaltigkeit und Postwachstumsökonomie aus und diskutieren gestalterische Positionen … Continue reading
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Tagged anthropocene, Anthropozän, Cologne, conference, design, Dirk Hohnsträter, Gerhard M. Buurman, Gionata Gatto, growth, harald gründl, IRDV, Johannes lang, Judith Dörrenbächer, köln, kisd, konferenz, philipp heidkamp, research, Stephan Willinger, Stephanie Haury, sustainability
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No Body – Some Body – Any Body: Gestaltete Gender-Identitäten (Konferenz)
Auf der Konferenz vom 22. – 23. Oktober, die in Kooperation zwischen dem international Gender Design Network / iGDN und der Fakultät Medien, Information und Design der Hochschule Hannover veranstaltet wird, diskutieren Designpraktizierende und Designforschende über Gender und Design im Kontext Körper und Objekt mit Bezug zu … Continue reading
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Partizipative und inklusive Mensch-Technik-Interaktion
Bereits am 21. April 2015 fand in der Berliner Villa Donnersmarck das “Friedrichshainer Kolloquium des Instituts Mensch, Ethik und Wissenschaft (IMEW) unter dem Titel „Technikgestaltung – die Perspektive Behinderung im Kontext der Innovations- und Technikentwicklung“ statt. In ihrem gemeinsamen Vortrag und der anschließenden Podiumsdiskussion … Continue reading
Posted in accessible, Conference, design research, designwissenschaft, event, philosophie, social design, universal design
Tagged Birgit Behrisch, design, design research lab, designabilities, Fürst Donnersmarck Stiftung, Forschung, Friedrichshainer Kolloquium, IMEW, inklusion, interaction, lorm glove, Lorm Hand, partizipation, research, technik, tom bieling
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Design Research Lab sucht studentische/n Mitarbeiter/in
Das Design Research Lab sucht zum 1.10.2015 ein/e studentische/r Mitarbeiter/in aus dem Bereich Produkt-, Interface- oder Textildesign für das Projekt DAAN. Weitere Infos finden sich in der Stellenausschreibung:
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Community Now? The Politics of Participatory Design
The Design Research Lab and the DGTF (German Society for Design Theory and Research) are currently preparing an international symposium which focusses on current social developments and participatory community projects in Germany and Israel. Participatns from all over will present and … Continue reading
Posted in co-design, Conference, design research, Politik
Tagged Berlin, Community, conference, design research lab, gesche joost, Jesko Fezer, Michal Eitan, Museum, participatory design, politics, Udk
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Design der Zukunft (Book Review, german)
Welche Rolle spielt Design in einer sich wandelnden Gesellschaft? Eine nicht erst seit Victor Papanek häufig gestellte, wenn auch dadurch nicht weniger berechtigte Frage. Ebenso kontinuierlich wie die ökologischen, ökonomischen, technologischen und sozialen Transformationsprozesse, die immer auch stark in die … Continue reading
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Tagged avedition, buch, buchbesprechung, cornelia lund, design der zukunft, holger lund, kritik, rezension
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Design as Radical Labour (Interview with Tom Bieling)
NewPractice (Issue One) on ‘Design as Radical Labour’ includes an interview with Tom Bieling about social, cultural and political dimensions of Design. Find the entire interview here!
DFG Roundtable Design Research (Video)
The Design Research Lab conducted an intense two-days event: The DFG Roundtable Design Research. Numerous highly profiled positions from the international field have been brought together in order to compare, discuss and map the different approaches and perspectives within design … Continue reading
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Tagged andreas unteidig, Arne Scheuermann, Axel Vogelsang, Berlin, Bianca Herlo, Bill Gaver, Brigitte Wolf, Cameron Tonkinwise, Chris Rust, Christian Wölfel, Clive Dilnot, Corinna Schmidt, design, design research lab, Designforschung, designresearch, designtransfer, dfg, Ezri Tarazi, Fabian Hemmert, Florian Conradi, florian sametinger, Forschung, Gerhard Buurman, gesche joost, Jennifer Schubert, Jure Purgaj, Katharina Bredies, Klaus Krippendorff, Malte Bergmann, Marc Pfaff, Marcel Befort, Matthias Held, Michael Hohl, Michal Eitan, Michelle Christensen, Mike Press, Peter Stephan, Rachel Cooper, Ralf Michel, Ranulph Glanville, research, Roundtable, Sabine Foraita, Sandra Groll, Stefanie-Vera Kockot-Baur, Susann Vihma, tom bieling, Udk, universität der künste, University of the Arts, Uta Brandes, Wolfgang Jonas
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New Book: The History of Sustainable Design
click to enlarge! The new publication ‘Die Geschichte des nachhaltigen Designs‘ (= The History of sustainable Design) by Karin-Simone Fuhs, Davide Brocchi, Michael Maxein & Bernd Draser (Hrsg.) contains a contribution by Design Research Lab‘s Tom Bieling, Florian Sametinger and Gesche … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernd Draser, buch, Davide Brocchi, design research lab, Die Geschichte des Nachhaltigen Designs, florian sametinger, gesche joost, Innovation, Karin-Simone Fuhs, Michael Maxein, nachhaltigkeit, Social, sustainability, tom bieling
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“Flugmusik” – Jazz Institute Berlin meets Design Research Lab
[Dehnhard & Bieling: F L U G M U S I K] The Jazz Institute Berlin and the Design Research Lab are going to collaborate for early 2014. In the project Tilmann Dehnhard and Tom Bieling are going to work on flying … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, campus, design research lab, flug, jazz institute, kollision, kollisionen 2014, musik, tilmann dehnhard, tom bieling, Udk
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Job Opportunity: Student Worker (f/m) in alternative Interaction.
Job Opportunity: Student Worker (f/m) in „alternative Interaction“. The Design Research Lab at Berlin University of the Arts is looking for two student workers (f/m) to support us in the project “SPEECHLESS” from now to June 2014 (4 – 6 … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, design, design research lab, Designforschung, designresearch, interaction, interface, jobs, Udk
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Community Infrastructuring
Communities can be understood as forms of active engagement, collaboration and knowledge sharing which create new social bonds and be regarded as catalysts for social innovation and participation. The community infrastructuring research group (Florian Sametinger, Jennifer Schubert, Andreas Unteidig, Malte … Continue reading
Interaction and Interface Design for and with People with Dementia
This Berlin-based project has been running since 2012 and already lead to promising results: Dementia is a syndrome that mainly affects people over the age of 65 and the probability is increasing with age. Current literature and statistics show that … Continue reading
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Lorm Hand connects deaf-blind people with twitter
On the 4th October an impressive protest march of the deaf-blind took place in Berlin. Many of the participants took the opportunity to express and tweet their thoughts, demands, needs, wishes and requests with the @LormHand. The Lorm Hand is an … Continue reading
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Tagged andrea clemens, Berlin, deaf-blind, deafblind, design research lab, gesche joost, hand, inci zohrap, interaction, interface, lorm, taubblind, tiago martins, tom bieling, Udk
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“Die Politik der Maker” DGTF Jahrestagung 2013
DIE POLITIK DER MAKER Die gesellschaftliche Bedeutung neuer Möglichkeiten des Produzierens von Design Jahrestagung der DGTF 2013 Fr. 22. – Sa. 23. November 2013 an der Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg (HFBK) ACHTUNG: DIE ANMELDUNG ENDET AM 17.11.2013! Die Tagung „Die … Continue reading
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Radio Interview (Tom Bieling, Multicult FM, 24 October 2012)
Tom Bieling talks about the Project DESIGN IN(G) SOCIETY in this Radio Interview (Language: German). To listen or download the Interview click here! Or “watch” it on Youtube: For further Infos on the project click here! Project DESIGN IN(G) SOCIETY In the winter semester 2012/13, a … Continue reading
Design science – and what makes it tick! (Panel Discussion)
As a young discipline, design studies/science is currently establishing itself within the worldwide community of academia. A couple of months ago, the Institute of Design Research Vienna conducted a panel discussion at Designforum Vienna (MQ/Museumsquartier). The participants various positions from the fields … Continue reading
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Job Opportunity: Internship at Design Research Lab Berlin
Das Design Research Lab der Universität der Künste Berlin sucht ab März/ April 2012 in Berlin eine/n Praktikant/in für 3 – 6 Monate im Projekt „Services für Demenz-Patienten“. Das übergreifende Ziel des Design Research Lab (www.drlab.org) besteht darin, durch praktische und theoretische Beiträge im … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, demenz, design research lab, gesche joost, praktikum, Stefan Göllner, tom bieling, Udk
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Touching new ways of commincation for 2012 and beyond….
Dear friends Liebe Freunde Caras amigos A healthy, successful and happy 2012 to all of you (especially those we haven’t met this year)! Euch allen (insbesondere denen, die wir in diesem Jahr leider nicht treffen konnten) sowie einen sicheren Rutsch … Continue reading
Künstlerisch/Wissenschaftliche(r) Mitarbeiter/in gesucht…
Das Design Research Lab der Universität der Künste Berlin sucht ab Februar 2012 in Berlin eine/n Künstlerisch/wissenschaftliche(n) Mitarbeiter/in im Projekt „Services für Demenz-Patienten“ Das übergreifende Ziel des Design Research Lab besteht darin, durch praktische und theoretische Beiträge im Bereich benutzerzentrierter … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, design research lab, Designforschung, job, mitarbeiter
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HangUp (Deafness-inspired Interaction at Design Research Lab Berlin)
“HangUp” is a tool that accounts certain human conditions or situations, where people can not use their hands while being on the phone. For example deaf people need both hands for sign language. But also non-deaf people are often confronted … Continue reading
Posted in accessible, co-design, deaf, design project, design research, Film, prototyping
Tagged Berlin, design research lab, designabilities, gesche joost, Kai Hattermann, tom bieling
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Mobile Alert Recognition (Deafness-inspired Interaction at Design Research Lab Berlin)
“Mobile Alert Recognition” is an application that identifies auditory alerts through signal recognition and informs the user about important events. It results from the Project “Speechless” at the DESIGN RESERACH LAB of the University of the Arts in collaboration with … Continue reading
Posted in accessible, alternative communication, care, co-design, deaf, design project, design research, Film, movie, universal design
Tagged deaf, deafness, design research lab, designabilities, Designforschung, designresearch, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, disability, gesche joost, hci, interaction, Interaction Design, Interface Design, mobile phone, T-Labs, tom bieling, Udk
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What distinguishes “Research through Design” from “Design”? (german text)
In one of our last feature discussions on http://www.designresearchnetwork.org, Prof. Wolfgang Jonas gave a plausible answer: —please excuse: the text is in german — Wie unterscheiden sich Design und RTD hinsichtlich ihrer Ergebnisse? Wann ist es Design, wann ist es … Continue reading
Sign-to-Text (Deafness-inspired Interaction at Design Research Lab Berlin)
“Sign-to-Text” is an application for tracking fingeralphabet for SMS-use on Mobile Phones. It results from the Project “Speechless” at the DESIGN RESERACH LAB of the University of the Arts in collaboration with T-Labs Berlin. . The project explores challenges and possibilites … Continue reading
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Tagged deaf, deafness, design research, design research lab, designabilities, Designforschung, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, fingeralphabet, gesche joost, hci, interaction, Interaction Design, Interface Design, Kai Hattermann, mobile phone, Sarah Schipper, sign language, T-Labs, tom bieling, Udk
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Feature Discussion: “Wie schaffen wir Designwissenschaft” (DRNetwork, 12.04.2011)
The official announcement will be posted here, as well as via DRNetwork and dgtf, soon! So, this one’s only an advance notice: Feature Discussion auf DRNetwork – ‚Wie schaffen wir Designwissenschaft?’ 12.04.2011 ‚Wie schaffen wir Designwissenschaft?’ knüpft an die letzte … Continue reading
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Tagged design research lab, Design Research Network, Designwissenschaft, DGTF, DRNetwork, Feature Discussion, Gavin Melles, Grundlagen der Designwissenschaft, June H. Park, Katharina Bredies, Leif Ostman, Rainer Funke, Rosan Chow, Sabine Foreita, Stephen Rust, Susann Vihma, Udk, universität der künste, Wolfgang Jonas
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Teilnahmeaufruf: 5. Kolloquium ‘Design Promoviert’
Zum Jubiläum mal wieder in Berlin: Wie schon beim allerersten mal, so werden wir auch das 5. Kolloquium »Design promoviert« wieder in Berlin durchführen. Diesmal an der Universität der Künste, der neuen Heimat des Design Research Lab. Am 4. Juni … Continue reading
Call My Attention (Deafness-inspired Interaction at Design Research Lab Berlin)
“Call My Attention” is an application for immediate Line-of-Sight Signaling on Mobile Phones. The application proposes a mobile device function to be used like a remote control, for achieving immediate attention. It results from the Project “Speechless” at the DESIGN … Continue reading
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Tagged deaf, deafness, design research, design research lab, designabilities, Designforschung, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, gesche joost, hci, interaction, Interaction Design, Interface Design, mobile phone, sven kratz, T-Labs, tilo westermann, tom bieling, Udk
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TRANSNATURAL (Amsterdam, march/april 2011)
[transnatural; exhibition/symposium, amsterdam 2011; campaign: Lucy McRae] Technology was the means by which mankind seperated itself from nature, and escaped its limitations. In the 21st century we move beyond the animosity between nature and technology. In a lot of areas we … Continue reading
Human Enhancement – The Role of Art and Design
Already mentioned before, but in context of certain art and design positions in terms of human enhancement technologies we would like to draw attention again to some of the RCA (Royal College of Art, London) projects in this field: The Methods Network was … Continue reading
Design Research Lab – Alles NEU!
On the occasion of Gesche Joost‘s inaugural lecture, the Design Research Lab recently celebrated a “houswarming” of its new office at the University of the Arts. In the course of the establishment of the endowed professorship, the research team transferred to the faculty … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, design research, design research lab, Designforschung, gesche joost, Udk, University of the Arts
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2nd Feature Discussion on ‘Designwissenschaft’ (DRNetwork, 12.april 2011)
After the last feature discussion in january, there is going to be a follow-up in april. Under the working title ‘Wie schaffen wir Designwissenschaft?’, a group of invited participants will discuss with you several positions and challenges for designwissenschaft. Please mark the date … Continue reading
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5. Kolloquium ‘Design Promoviert’ in Berlin (Juni 2011)
Zum Jubiläum mal wieder in Berlin: Wie schon beim allerersten mal, so werden wir auch das 5. Kolloquium »Design promoviert« wieder in Berlin durchführen. Aller Voraussicht nach wird es am 4. Juni 2011 stattfinden. Dieses Mal an der Universität der Künste, der neuen … Continue reading
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Tagged design promoviert, design research lab, DGTF, kolloquium
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Book: Questions, Hypotheses & Conjectures (Book by Design Research Network)
[Rosan Chow, Wolfgang Jonas, Gesche Joost (Hg.): Questions, Hypotheses & Conjectures; IUniverse; 360 pages; ISBN: 9781450259651] In 2008, the Design Research Network (DRNetwork) conducted the Design Research Conference “Questions & Hypotheses” (Q&H) in Berlin. Since the goal of DRNetwork is … Continue reading
Book (german): Entwerfen – Wissen – Produzieren
[Claudia Mareis, Gesche Joost, Kora Kimpel (Hg.) Entwerfen – Wissen – Produzieren. Designforschung im Anwendungskontext; Language: German; Nov 2010, 302 S., Transcript; ISBN 978-3-8376-1463-3] ”Knowledge” and “Research” have become key terms for design. The reciprocal relationship between design practice and … Continue reading
Posted in design research, german/deutsch, Literature, philosophie, research
Tagged Claudia Mareis, design research, Designforschung, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Designtheorie und -forschung, DGTF, Gert Hasenhütl, gesche joost, Kees Overbeeke, Kora Kimpel, Mads Nygaard Folkmann, Rosan Chow, tom bieling
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Tuuli Mattelmäki speaks at our Research Colloquium (on 23nd of august)
Another Talk, another interesting guest speaker: On august 23 (Monday), Tuuli Mattelmäki from Aalto University Helsinki comes to talk at our T-Labs’ Research Colloquium. Here topics will range from design probes, empathic design, co-design to service design and design for … Continue reading
Posted in design project, design research, design study, event
Tagged Aalto, Berlin, Colloquium, Design Probes, design research lab, tom bieling, Tuuli Mattelmäki
Sanders and the participatory mindset
As one of the guiding figures in Co-Design Theory and Practice, Liz Sanders gives an overview of the design research landscape as it has emerged over the last 20 years. In her IIT lecture she discusses some of the recent … Continue reading
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Ramia Maze on social Inno
After Dr. Ramia Maze could unfortunately not attend personally the last DRNetwork Forum, she did an interesting online presentation. I am not sure, if that video will be uploaded on DRNetwork, so in substitute i post her recent talk on … Continue reading
StreetLab at 4010
For those who have missed our recent talks at 4010 Berlin, here is a little press review about last weeks presentation about StreetLab: Further Information to our talks at 4010: Speechless @ 4010; may 21 StreetLab @ 4010; may 28 … Continue reading
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Experience research live at 4010
Next Week (April 21, 2010 at 7 p.m.) we will present some insights from our research process of the project speechless. Entrance is free; refreshments will be provided We are looking forward to seeing you there! Presentation “Speechless – Researching … Continue reading
Reading Chart
Flipside of our latest flyer for a workshop on interaction and visual impairment… [Designabilities // Tom Bieling]
“Pictograms” for the Blind?
[Elevator Buttons – Braille subtitled; Foto: Tom Bieling] Taking the elevator this morning again, i was asking myself: Are there any kind of “non-visual” pictograms or icons for blind people? For me as a non-blind person my life is often … Continue reading
Posted in blind, design research, visual communication
One Day blind in Berlin
Check out our video from our Self Experience “One Day blind in Berlin” (we reported from it in november here!): How do blind people navigate in public areas? How do sighted people react on a blind person? How does it … Continue reading
Posted in blind, Capability Simulation, design research, Experience Disability, Film, movie, senses
PROAESTHETICS by FRANCESCA LANZAVECCHIA
Francesca Lanzavecchia’s thesis project ‘pro aesthetics supports’ explores the perception of disability through its artefacts. In her project she redesigned common medical artefacts associated with disability such as neck braces, canes, crutches and back braces. [The aid-object grows to accommodate the … Continue reading
StreetLab – Documentary (4:59 min)
Laboratorial Design Research goes into the Field. In August 2009 we organized the StreetLab* in Berlin Neukölln. Now, the documentary is ready. Watch it! * StreetLab Background: In an experimental and human-centered design approach we seek to understand young people … Continue reading
Posted in co-design, design research
Selfexperience Day
Last week, we went out on the street trying to find our way and find out more about being blind in public. We called it our selfexperience day, on which we explored orientation and navigation in Berlin with a white … Continue reading
THINKING AND PROBLEMMAKING (Interview with Paola Antonelli)
Earlier this year i did this interview with Paola Antonelli for the DesignResearchNetwork We talked about the relationship between “making” and “thinking”, and that both these worlds seem to actually grow together especially in design research. We talked about the … Continue reading
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Tagged Design and the elastic mind, Paoloa Antonelli, tom bieling
