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Wicked Problems mehr denn je?! Gedanken zu Horst Rittel

von Tom Bieling Das alte Bild vom Designer als Problemlöser mag punktuell noch zutreffen, ist bei genauerem Hinsehen jedoch unzureichend. Denn längst wissen wir, dass es sich bei Problemen (jedweder Art) stets um hochkomplexe Sachverhalte handelt, die sich aus … Continue reading →

Aside | Posted on July 14, 2020 by designabilities | Tagged Architektur, Bazon Brock, Complexity, design, Designforschung, designresearch, Designtheorie, Entwerfen, Horst Rittel, Macht, Melvin Webber, Planen, Planung, Planungstheorie, Power, Stadtplanung, tom bieling, Unlösbare Probleme, Wicked Problems, Wissen | Leave a comment

NERD for – New Experimental Research in Design (Hamburg, 23. – 24.October 2020)

Posted on March 9, 2020 by designabilities

Call for Papers The particular epistemic and innovative potentials of Design Research are increasingly recognized within the wider academic sphere and are in constantly growing demand by businesses, institutions and politics alike. Yet, design research also is a field and … Continue reading →

Posted in Conference, design research, design study, designwissenschaft, event | Tagged Anke Haarmann, Call for Papers, cfp, conference, design, Designforschung, designresearch, Experimental, Forschung, hamburg, haw, michael erlhoff, NERD, NERDfor, research, Sandra Groll, specspace, speculative, Studies, symposium, tom bieling, Wolfgang Jonas | Leave a comment

Designing Utopia – Designers as Catalysts for Transformation

Posted on May 24, 2019 by designabilities

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 | Leave a comment

Politiken des Alltags

Posted on April 20, 2019 by designabilities

Buchbesprechung von Tom Bieling Demokratie und Design bilden ein schwer zu trennendes Beziehungskonstrukt. So wie sich Design im Gebrauch verwirklicht, ist auch eine demokratische Gesellschaft ohne Öffentlichkeit kaum denkbar. Und beides gilt erst recht, zieht man demokratisch bedingte und bedingende … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, design research, Literature, Politik, Protest, social design, sustainability and social innovation | Tagged Barbara Hoidn, book, buch, collaborative consumption, democracy, Demokratie, design research, Designforschung, ezio manzini, Parizipation, Politcs, Politics of the Everyday, politik, Politken, Postkapitalismus, review, rezension, Sharing, SLOC, social innovation, tom bieling | Leave a comment

Practice based Design Research

Posted on March 1, 2019 by designabilities

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 | Leave a comment

IT für soziale Inklusion (Buchvorstellung)

Posted on November 13, 2018 by designabilities

Das jüngst bei DeGruyter erschienene Buch “IT für soziale Inklusion“, herausgegeben von Aljoscha Burchardt und Hans Uszkoreit widmet sich den Potenzialen der sozialen Inklusion im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung und Künstlichen Intelligenz (KI). Aktuelle Debatten über Digitalisierung und künstliche Intelligenz sind … Continue reading →

Posted in accessible, augmentative communication, interaction | Tagged AI, Aljoscha Burchardt, Astrid Aupperle, buch, Buchvorstellung, digial, digitalisierung, gesche joost, inclusion, Inga Großmann, inklusion, KI, Podiumsdiskussion, tom bieling | Leave a comment

Digitale Teilhabe verwirklichen

Posted on August 24, 2018 by designabilities

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 →

Posted in augmentative communication, awareness, co-design, design research, disability studies, Politik | Tagged DBSV, design, Digital Inclusion, Digitale Teilhabe, participation, participatory, participatory design, research, Resolution, teilhabe, tom bieling | Leave a comment

Vom Provisorium bis zur Improvisation – Margit Schild und Tom Bieling im Gespräch

Posted on October 24, 2017 by designabilities

. Manchmal – oft genug – geschieht Unerwartetes (ital.: improvviso). Dann müssen wir reagieren, mitunter entgegen unseren ursprünglichen Planungskonzepten: wir improvisieren. Etymologisch geht dies auch auf den Versuch zurück, dem Unvorhergesehenen entgegen zu wirken, also Dinge vorherzusehen und vorzubereiten (lat.: … Continue reading →

Posted in design research, designwissenschaft, event, exhibition, german/deutsch, music, performance, philosophie | Tagged Ad-hocism, Adhocism, Berlin, Charles Jencks, christopher Dell, design research lab, harald welzer, haus der kulturen der welt, hkw, improvisation, improvisieren, lucius burckhardt, margit schild, michael erlhoff, Nathan Silver, nid, non intenional design, tacit knowledge, tom bieling, Uta Brandes | Leave a comment

„Die Kunst als fünfte Gewalt im Staat?“ – Wolfgang Ullrich und Tom Bieling über Artivismus

Posted on September 20, 2017 by designabilities

In jüngster Zeit, vor allem im Zuge der Flüchtlingsdebatte mehren sich Projekte, die sowohl als Kunst verstanden wie an politischer Wirksamkeit gemessen werden wollen. Das Stichwort lautet ‚Artivism’, zusammengesetzt aus dem Englischen „Art“ und „Activism“. Zu den bekannteren Vertretern zählen … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, interview, Politik | Tagged activism, Ai Weiwei, art, Artivism, Artivismus, Dashndem, design, Enmedio, John Jordan, kunst, Liam Young, Peng Collective, The Yes Men, tom bieling, Tools for Action, Wolfgang Ullrich, Zentrum für politische Schönheit | Leave a comment

CUT//ACT: Video (and) Activism

Posted on August 5, 2017 by designabilities

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 →

Posted in activism, design research, event, Film, Politik, Protest | Tagged activism, andréa poshar, Berlin University of the Arst, Design Activism, Media Activism, Practice, Simona Venditti, Summer Course, theory, tom bieling, Udk, universität der künste, Video Activism | Leave a comment

Zwischen Materialität und Medialität: „Die Sprachen des Materials“ (#BookReview)

Posted on April 9, 2017 by designabilities

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 | Leave a comment

Beseelte Dinge – selige Designer? Spiegelungen gesellschaftlicher und philosophischer Debatten in den Designwissenschaften.

Posted on March 11, 2017 by designabilities

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 | Leave a comment

Räume des Ankommens – Topographische Perspektiven auf Migration und Flucht (#BookReview, german)

Posted on February 12, 2017 by designabilities

Möglichkeiten, sich auf neue Orte einzulassen, gibt es viele. In der Migrationsforschung wird hierbei häufig zwischen zwei bipolaren Modellen unterschieden: Assimiliation und Multikulturalismus. Ersteres zeichnet das Bild einer Gesellschaft, die Neuankömmlinge aufnimmt, welche sich dann kompromisslos an die Aufnahmegesellschaft anpassen. … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, architecture, art, Diversity, Literature | Tagged amalia barboza, Architektur, buch, flucht, georg winter, Migration, partizipation, politik, räume des ankommens, rezension, stefanie eberding, tom bieling, topgraphie, ulrich pantle | Leave a comment

Building Gravity: On Gravity in Architecture, Urban Development and Utopia

Posted on January 9, 2017 by designabilities

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 | Leave a comment

Beseelte Dinge – Design aus der Perspektive des Animismus (#BookReview, german)

Posted on December 5, 2016 by designabilities

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 →

Posted in design research | Tagged Andreas Muxel, Animismus, besselte Dinge, book, buch, design, Hartmut Böhme, Jean Piaget, Judith Dörrenbächer, Kerstin Plüm, review, rezension, Techno-animismus, tom bieling, transcript | Leave a comment

Design and Organisation 2.0: From „Design for Life“ to „Design Your Life“

Posted on August 21, 2016 by designabilities

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 | Leave a comment

Die Welt als Modell | Andres Janser und Tom Bieling über Modelle als epistemische Praxis.

Posted on July 15, 2016 by designabilities

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 →

Posted in design research, interview | 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 | Leave a comment

Zum Wandel der Kommunikation im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung

Posted on June 22, 2016 by designabilities

Am Donnerstag (23. Juni 2016) startet eine zweitägige, interdisziplinäre Konferenz über die fortlaufenden Transformationsprozesse von Sprache, Literatur, Medien, Kunst und Alltagskultur am Beispiel der kleinen, heimlichen Globalisierungsgewinner digitaler Kommunikation: den Emoji und Emoticons. Tom Bieling sprach mit Elena Giannoulis (FU … Continue reading →

Posted in Conference, interview | Tagged affective labour, Berlin, conference, design, digitalisierung, Elena Giannoulis, emoji, emoticons, Forschung, kaomoji, kommunikation, linguistic, tom bieling | Leave a comment

Changing Worlds – Ideologies, Utopias and Ambitions in Science and Technology

Posted on May 16, 2016 by designabilities

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 | Leave a comment

Partizipative und inklusive Mensch-Technik-Interaktion

Posted on July 9, 2015 by designabilities

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 | Leave a comment

Design and Organization

Posted on February 6, 2015 by designabilities

In order to design, Designers need tools, such as pencils, dremels, notebooks, software or brainstorm-sessions. In order to mediate between the ‘uncertain’ and the ‘real’, Designers also design tools, such as guiding systems, urban structures, services or interfaces. The … Continue reading →

Posted in design study | Tagged anja rosendahl, Berlin, cairo, christian mayrock, christoph fleckenstein, connecting talents, cornelia horsch, design, design research lab, GUC, katrin hinz, l design, lola güldenberg, museum der dinge, organisation, organization, raban ruddigkeit, tom bieling, Udk, ulrike meyer, university, werkbundarchiv | Leave a comment

Schöpfer der zweiten Natur – Der Mensch im Anthropozän (Book Review, german)

Posted on January 5, 2015 by designabilities

Ob Tsunamis, Erdbeben oder Dürreperioden. Ob Meteoriteneinschläge oder Vulkanausbrüche. In der geologischen Arena spürbarer Brachial-Ereignisse und langfristig evidenter Veränderungsprozesse haben die herkömmlichen „Naturgewalten“ längst einen Konkurrenten bekommen: den Menschen. Mit den von ihm produzierten, transportierten, konsumierten, verarbeiteten und entsorgten Eingriffen … Continue reading →

Posted in Literature, STS | Tagged Anthropozän, Arno Bammé, Bazon Brock, buchbesprechung, Buchkritik, Christian Schwägerl, kultur, mensch, metropolis, natur, Paul Crutzen, postakademisch, schöpfung, technik, tom bieling, Wilhelm Berger, zweite natur | Leave a comment

Technik und Protest

Posted on September 23, 2014 by designabilities

Technik verändert die Gesellschaft und ihr Naturverhältnis. Sie ist Gegenstand und zugleich Ausgangspunkt und Antriebsfeder für Ängste, Konflikte, Hoffnungen und Heilversprechen. Ob Flughäfen, Stromtrassen, Atommüllendlager, Bahnhöfe oder Bauten zum Hochwasserschutz: Proteste gegen Infrastrukturprojekte haben Konjunktur. Nicht nur in Deutschland, sondern … Continue reading →

Posted in Conference | Tagged Achim Brunnengräber, André Baier, Annette OHme-Reinecke, Basil Bornemann, Bettina Engels, BMBF, Cathrin Klenck, chiara esposito, Constanze Kurz, Daniel Guagnin, design research lab, Dieter Rucht, Dr. Dr. Peter Ulrich, ETH Zürich, Eugen Huthmacher, Eva Kalny, fabian werfel, Gabriele Wendorf, gesche joost, Hans-Liudger Dienel, Heike Walk, Heinricht Böll Stiftung, Jürgen Rubelt, Jochen Stay, Johan Lilliestam, Klima Allianz, Lars Ostermeier, lorm glove, lormhand, Melanie Müller, Michael Reckordt, Mona Bricke, Niklas Creemers, Olivier Höbel, Ralf Fücks, Roland Roth, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Sabine Pongratz, Simon Teune, Tadzio Müller, tiago martins, tom bieling, TU Berlin, Valerie Hänsch, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Zentrum Technik und Gesellschaft, ZTG | Leave a comment

Signatur des Digitalen

Posted on September 22, 2014 by designabilities

Der Umgang mit den digitalen Tools verändert nicht nur unsere Art zu denken, zu kommunizieren und zu produzieren, sondern verändert auch unsere Erwartungen an die Benutzung und die Materialität der physischen Welt. Doch wie so oft gilt auch hier: Nicht … Continue reading →

Posted in Conference, design project | Tagged benedikt groß, darmstadt, dennis paul, designhaus, dutchdesigndesk, generative gestaltung, hessendesign, marc maurer, new narrative, signatur des digitalen, smarthome, tom bieling | Leave a comment

“Die digitale Arbeitswelt gestalten!”

Posted on September 10, 2014 by designabilities

“Die digitale Arbeitswelt gestalten!” Unter diesem Motto findet heute die 6. Engineering- und IT-Tagung der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung in Kooperation mit der IG Metall in Rüsselsheim statt. Im Fokus stehen dabei auch Themen wie das Recht auf informationelle Selbstbestimmung als Voraussetzung dafür, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged anne wohlauf, chiara esposito, design research lab, Designforschung, drlab, fabian werfel, gesche joost, interaction, lorm glove, lormhand, marie beuthel, smart clothes, taubblind, textile, tiago martins, tom bieling, Udk, Ulrike Gollner | Leave a comment

Disability Representation and the political Dimension of Art.

Posted on April 12, 2014 by designabilities

Tobin Siebers (University of Michigan) and Tom Bieling (Berlin University of the Arts) thoroughly explore the interconnections between disability, theory, aesthetics, artistic practice, as well as its political dimensions. The discussed elements help in setting the framework to a number … Continue reading →

Posted in art, disability aesthetics, disability studies, interview | Tagged art, disability, politics, tobin siebers, tom bieling | Leave a comment

Policital Interventions (Book Review, german)

Posted on April 11, 2014 by designabilities

Wann immer soziale Protestbewegungen ihr Formenrepertoire erweitern, verschieben sich auch die Grenzen von politischem Aktionismus und Kunst. Historische Beispiele finden sich etwa im Kontext der Arbeiterbewegung der 1920er, der Friedens-, Frauen-, Studenten- und Bürgerrechtsbewegungen der 1960er, oder der Öko-Bewegung der … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, art, Literature | Tagged activism, aktionsimus, aktivismus, Anke Hoffmann, art, book, Bruno Magrini, buch, Christoph Wachter, design, Dieter Daniels, Dominik Landwehr, kunst, Mathias Jud, Mercedes Bunz, politik, review, Stefan Heidenreich, technologie, technology, tom bieling | Leave a comment

Design as Radical Labour (Interview with Tom Bieling)

Posted on April 3, 2014 by designabilities

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!

Posted in design research, gender, interview, social design, sustainability and social innovation | Tagged interview, New Practice, Radical Labour, Thom Swann, tom bieling | Leave a comment

Mensch Raum Maschine – Bühnenexperimente am Bauhaus (Book Review)

Posted on April 2, 2014 by designabilities

Dass es im Bauhaus als Hochschule für Gestaltung nicht ausschließlich um den alltagsrelevanten, ganzheitlichen Gestaltungsansatz ging, zeigt bis zum 21. April die Dessauer Ausstellung »Mensch Raum Maschine – Bühnenexperimente am Bauhaus«. Begleitend dazu skizziert der von den Kuratoren Torsten Blume … Continue reading →

Posted in architecture, art, Literature, performance | Tagged bauhaus, bühnenexperimente, buch, dessau, maschine, mensch, raum, review, rezension, tom bieling | Leave a comment

Kollisionen

Posted on February 27, 2014 by designabilities

Was passiert, wenn Mode und Architektur kollidieren, Design beim Tanz aufschlägt oder Gesellschafts- und Wirtschafts- mit Visueller Kommunikation zusammenstößt? Was, wenn Textil- auf Textgestaltung trifft, Performance die urbane Raumplanung befragt oder Kulturtheorie durch bildende Kunst und Musik herausgefordert wird? In … Continue reading →

Posted in design project, music | Tagged alexander katzmann, art, axel kufus, Berlin, campus, design, design research lab, flugmusik, jazz, kollisionen, kunst, performance, tanz, tilmann dehnhard, tom bieling, Udk, universität der künste, University of the Arts | Leave a comment

Book Review (german): Budenzauber Inklusion

Posted on February 16, 2014 by designabilities

AG SPAK Bücher, Juli 2013, 147 S., kart., 16 €; ISBN 978-3940865571 In der öffentlichen Debatte um die Gleichstellung von Menschen mit Behinderungen ist der Begriff der Inklusion von zentraler Präsenz. Der mit respektablen Zielen und ebenso großen Hoffnungen verbundene … Continue reading →

Posted in Literature | Tagged buch, budenzauber inklusion, rezension, tom bieling, udo sierck | Leave a comment

DFG Roundtable Design Research (Video)

Posted on January 28, 2014 by designabilities

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 →

Posted in design research, movie | 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 | Leave a comment

New Book: The History of Sustainable Design

Posted on January 17, 2014 by designabilities

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 →

Posted in design research, Literature, sustainability and social innovation | 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 | Leave a comment

F L U G M U S I K (Kollisionen 2014)

Posted on January 11, 2014 by designabilities

Eine Woche lang arbeiteten Studierende aus verschiedenen Fachbereichen der Berliner Universität der Künste (UdK) zusammen an fliegenden Klangobjekten und klingenden Flugobjekten. Objekte, die schweben, gleiten, geworfen oder katapultiert werden. Objekte, die klingen, singen, knattern und flüstern. Einzige Grundbedingungen: kein Strom, … Continue reading →

Posted in art, design project, music, sound | Tagged 2014, Berlin, design research lab, flugmusik, flugobjekte, jazzinstitut, klangobjekte, kollisionen, tilmann dehnhard, tom bieling, Udk, universität der künste | Leave a comment

“Flugmusik” – Jazz Institute Berlin meets Design Research Lab

Posted on December 6, 2013 by designabilities

[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 →

Posted in design project, design research, music | Tagged Berlin, campus, design research lab, flug, jazz institute, kollision, kollisionen 2014, musik, tilmann dehnhard, tom bieling, Udk | Leave a comment

Lorm Hand connects deaf-blind people with twitter

Posted on November 18, 2013 by designabilities

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 →

Posted in accessible, deaf-blind, design research, interaction | Tagged andrea clemens, Berlin, deaf-blind, deafblind, design research lab, gesche joost, hand, inci zohrap, interaction, interface, lorm, taubblind, tiago martins, tom bieling, Udk | Leave a comment

DFG Roundtable Design Research

Posted on March 12, 2013 by designabilities

The Design Research Lab at Berlin University of the Arts is looking forward to an intense two-days workshop next week: the DFG Roundtable Design Research. Even more, we are excited to meet our ca. 40 participants. The list of participants … Continue reading →

Posted in Conference | Tagged andreas unteidig, Berlin, Bill Gaver, Brigitte Wolf, Cameron Tonkinwise, Chris Rust, Clive Dilnot, design, design research lab, Designforschung, designresearch, designtransfer, dfg, drlab, gesche joost, Katharina Bredies, Klaus Krippendorff, Mike Press, Pelle Ehn, Rachel Cooper, Ranulph Glanville, research, roundtrable, Ruedi Baur, Susan Vihma, tom bieling, Udk, universität der künste, University of the Arts, Uta Brandes, Wolfgang Jonas | Leave a comment

Posted on February 15, 2013 by designabilities

Current DESIGN RESEARCH LAB projects by our colleagues Katharina Bredies, Tom Bieling and Alexander Müller-Rakow will be shown in Munich from 21. – 24.2.2013. Click fyers to enlarge! [Look Twice | Exhibition & Symposium, Munich February 2013]

Posted in exhibition, team | Tagged alexander müller-rakow, ausstellung, design research lab, exhibition, Katharina Bredies, look twice, münchen, munich, nadin heinich, plan a, tom bieling | Leave a comment

Radio Interview (Tom Bieling, Multicult FM, 24 October 2012)

Posted on October 27, 2012 by designabilities

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 →

Posted in design research, interview, sustainability and social innovation | Tagged Berlin, design, DESIGN IN(G) SOCIETY, Designforschung, GUC, interview, nachhaltigkeit, research, sozial, sustainability, tom bieling, urban | Leave a comment

Job Opportunity: Internship at Design Research Lab Berlin

Posted on February 6, 2012 by designabilities

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 →

Posted in care, demenz, design research, jobs | Tagged Berlin, demenz, design research lab, gesche joost, praktikum, Stefan Göllner, tom bieling, Udk | Leave a comment

Mobile Lorm Glove – A Communication device for deaf-blind people.

Posted on December 28, 2011 by designabilities

The Mobile Lorm Glove is a communication and translation device for the deaf- blind. It translates the hand-touch alphabet Lorm, a common form of communication used by people with both hearing and vision impairment, into digital text and vice-versa. The … Continue reading →

Posted in accessible, deaf-blind | Tagged Berlin, design research lab, gesche joost, Mobile Lorm Glove, T-Labs, tom bieling, Udk, Ulrike Gollner, University of the Arts | Leave a comment

Impressions from “Falling Walls Lab”…

Posted on November 13, 2011 by designabilities

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Tom Bieling wins 2nd Place at Falling Walls Lab 2011

Posted on November 10, 2011 by designabilities

100 ideas, 3 minutes, 1 day. At the Falling Walls Lab in Berlin, 100 inspiring people presented their breakthroughs. DESIGNABILITIES Initiator Tom Bieling was one them….and won the second place. Congrats! [Chairmen of the falling walls lab jury, Ernst Th. … Continue reading →

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HangUp (Deafness-inspired Interaction at Design Research Lab Berlin)

Posted on June 20, 2011 by designabilities

“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 | Leave a comment

Mobile Alert Recognition (Deafness-inspired Interaction at Design Research Lab Berlin)

Posted on May 13, 2011 by designabilities

“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 | 2 Comments

Conference Review: INCLUDE 2011

Posted on April 26, 2011 by designabilities

Last week (18-20 April) the Helen Hamlyn Centre at the London Royal College of Art conducted the sixth edition of INCLUDE, the biannual conference on Inclusive Design. This year’s theme: The Role of Inclusive Design in Making Social Innovation Happen. … Continue reading →

Posted in Conference, universal design | Tagged alistair macdonald, Conference Report, ezio manzini, INCLUDE, inclusive design, RCA London, Sarah Harper, tom bieling | Leave a comment

Sign-to-Text (Deafness-inspired Interaction at Design Research Lab Berlin)

Posted on March 24, 2011 by designabilities

“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 →

Posted in accessible, alternative communication, care, deaf, design research, disability studies, Film, interaction, movie, research, universal design, visual communication | 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 | Leave a comment

Im Werden begriffen – Designperspektiven für Berlin (ARCH+ 201/202)

Posted on March 23, 2011 by designabilities

[ARCH+ issue 201/202 on Berlin; Cover by Meiré und Meiré] The german magazine for archicture “ARCH+” recently published this one: “Im Werden begriffen – Designperspektiven für Berlin Von Bieling, Tom Berlin, Stadt der Kreativen. 2006 zur „UNESCO City of Design“ ernannt, … Continue reading →

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Teilnahmeaufruf: 5. Kolloquium ‘Design Promoviert’

Posted on February 25, 2011 by designabilities

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 →

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Call My Attention (Deafness-inspired Interaction at Design Research Lab Berlin)

Posted on February 25, 2011 by designabilities

“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 →

Posted in accessible, alternative communication, augmentative communication, care, co-design, deaf, design project, design research, disability studies, Film, interaction, movie, research, universal design, visual communication | 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 | Leave a comment

Book (german): Entwerfen – Wissen – Produzieren

Posted on December 20, 2010 by designabilities

[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 | Leave a comment

Andy Miah speaks at our Research Colloquium (November 22)

Posted on November 10, 2010 by designabilities

On November 22 (Monday), Andy Miah gives a talk at our T-Labs’ Research Colloquium. Don’t hesitate to spread to spread the word and feel free to join! *** Research Colloquium *** Date: 22.11.2010 Time: 14.00 – 15:30 Location: Deutsche Telekom … Continue reading →

Posted in event, neuroscience, posthumanism, Transhumanity | Tagged Andy Miah, Berlin, Colloquium, design research lab, Posthumanism, T-Labs, tom bieling, Transhumanism

Tuuli Mattelmäki speaks at our Research Colloquium (on 23nd of august)

Posted on August 12, 2010 by designabilities

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

Tom Shakespeare speaks at our Research Colloquium (on 2nd of august)

Posted on July 20, 2010 by designabilities

This august is full of interesting guest speakers. Before Graham Pullin (august 9) and Tuuli Mattelmäki (august 23) come to talk at T-Labs’ Research Colloquium, we are happy to have Tom Shakespeare speaking on “What do we need to know … Continue reading →

Posted in accessible, activism, alternative communication, augmentative communication, event, Experience Disability, people, philosophie, research | Tagged design research lab, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, T-Labs, tom bieling, Tom Shakespeare

Graham Pullin speaks at our Research Colloquium (on 9th of august)

Posted on July 16, 2010 by designabilities

We are happy to have Graham Pullin as a guest speaker at our next Research Colloquium at T-Labs on monday, 9th of august. Graham will talk about aspects from his book, as well about some of his latest projects, e.g. … Continue reading →

Posted in alternative communication, augmentative communication, design project, event | Tagged design research lab, Graham Pullin, tom bieling

Lennard J. Davis speaks at our Research Colloquium

Posted on June 2, 2010 by designabilities

We are happy to have Lennard Davis as a guest speaker at our Research Colloquium next monday. Lennard will speak on the interconnections between science, medicine, technology, and culture, arguing that to separate these categories, as has been historically done, … Continue reading →

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Book Review (german): Fritz Kahn – Man Machine

Posted on May 11, 2010 by designabilities

[BuchCover: Fritz Kahn – Man Machine; Springer Wien New York, 2009] Halb Wesen und halb über Ding Tom Bieling Was haben eine Fabrik und ein Penis gemeinsam? Worin liegt die Parallele der menschlichen Verdauung zur Eisenbahntechnologie? Synchron zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung … Continue reading →

Posted in art, exhibition, graphic, Literature, STS, visual communication | Tagged Fritz Kahn, Man Machine, tom bieling

Conference Report: PRESENT DIFFERENCE – The Cultural Production of Disability (Manchester)

Posted on January 8, 2010 by designabilities

Just got back from „Present Difference – The Cultural Production of Disability“, a Conference at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), that brought together academics, writers, artists, performers, broadcasters, film-makers and one design-researcher (;-)) to explore the cultural production of disability. A … Continue reading →

Posted in Conference, disability studies | Tagged david t. mitchell, disability studies, Lennard Davis, lucy burke, manchester, robert mcruer, sharon l. snyder, tom bieling

THINKING AND PROBLEMMAKING (Interview with Paola Antonelli)

Posted on September 7, 2009 by designabilities

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 →

Posted in design research, interview | Tagged Design and the elastic mind, Paoloa Antonelli, tom bieling

Deaf StreetLab (Review)

Posted on August 20, 2009 by designabilities

Our Workshop with with deaf Teenagers at the StreetLab (13 august 09) was interesting and fun. We had two Sign Language Translators to support us. We talked about specifics and properties of Deaf Life. What are typical problems for Deaf … Continue reading →

Posted in alternative communication, augmentative communication, co-design, deaf, design project, reciprocal learning, report, social design, visual communication | Tagged design research lab, StreetLab, tom bieling

Welcome to DESIGNABILITIES!

Posted on June 1, 2009 by designabilities

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