Excursion: Visit of Circular Berlin 7.10.2024 Circular Berlin e.V. is a non-profit organization working to develop Berlin into a circular-oriented city within the framework of the sustainability goals adopted by the city, by generating knowledge, building networks, and realizing implementation-oriented projects. Their activities include workshops for companies or educational institutions, regular events, and digital tools …
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Excursion: Visit of PCH Innovations
Excursion: Visit of PCH Innovations 7.10.2024 After our visit at Circular Berlin, we went on to PCH Innovations, a studio working at the intersection of technology and design. Moritz Koch, who also studied industrial design at Burg Giebichenstein and now works in the field of robotic hardware, and Gabriella Seeman, Head of Design at the …
Excursion: Visit of toolbot
Excursion: Visit of toolbot 7.10.2024 The idea behind Toolbot arose from the observation that many people buy expensive tools that they only use infrequently. So why pay high purchase costs and sacrifice valuable space for tools that are only used occasionally? Borrowing tools from a DIY store is often associated with long distances, adherence to …
Excursion: Lecture by Melanie Jäger-Erben
Excursion: Lecture by Melanie Jäger-Erben 8.10.2024 How can objects promote sustainable consumption? This question marks the beginning of Jaeger-Erben’s lecture. Melanie Jaeger-Erben is a sociologist and transformation researcher and professor of technology and environmental sociology in Cottbus. In her work, she deals with topics such as circular economy and other economic concepts like degrowth or …
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Excursion: Haus der Materialisierung
Excursion: Haus der Materialisierung 8.10.2024 with Vera Rotter and Johannes Scholz from TU Berlin Chair of Circular Economy and Recycling Technology (CERT) The project “Haus der Materialisierung“ in Berlin is part of a larger creative space closely tied to the so-called “Haus der Statistik“ at Alexanderplatz. This building complex, originally constructed for government administration purposes …
Excursion: NochMall
Excursion: NochMall 9.10.2024 On the third day of our excursion, we stand in front of a department store in Berlin-Reinickendorf. There are still a few minutes until opening time, and we are not the only ones waiting. The store is called NochMall and has built a loyal customer base since opening four years ago. Above …
Excursion: Open Funk
Excursion: Open Funk 9.10.2024 On 9th of October 2024, we visited Open Funk at Motionlab Berlin, a makerspace in Neukölln, and met one of the founders Paul Anca.Frustrated by the poor repairability of conventional blenders, they developed the re:Mix, a powerful blender that uses mason jars and is based on open source instructions. Paul brings …
Excursion: Berlinische Galerie – Closer To Nature
Excursion: Berlinische Galerie – Closer To Nature 10.10.2024 The Closer To Nature exhibition at the Berlinische Galerie presents various forms and examples in which architecture merges with organic materials or processes. The growth properties of mushrooms or trees are used, as well as the aesthetic and practical use of rammed earth. MY-CO-X: The objects designed by …
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Excursion: Futurium – Treasures of the future
Excursion: Futurium – Treasures of the future 10.10.2024 The Futurium in Berlin is not a traditional museum, but an interactive knowledge space that invites visitors to engage with the complex issues of the future. Visitors can immerse themselves in future perspectives in a creative and diverse way in the so-called thinking spaces of nature, people …
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Delft Design Guide
Delft Design Guide 22.10.2024 As part of the idea generation process, we looked at various methods from the Delft Design Guide. Some of these were already familiar, such as Design Drawing to Define, a method for visualizing design ideas and details. Others, such as the Written Scenario – a written form of storyboarding in which …