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Projects of Prof. Mareike Gast at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design
EXCURSION TO CARL MERTENS & GEBR. HARTKOPF A Cutlery Manufacturer & Drop Forge in Solingen – 2.4.2019 Carl Mertens is a company with a long tradition which, for almost 100 years now, in addition to the production of cutlery, has paid special attention to the manufacture of high-quality kitchen knives. Carl Mertens cutlery is punched out …
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WORKSHOP BRONZE CASTING Introduction to mould making & casting with Carsten Theumer In order to get to know the material bronze and the technology of casting, we produced a classic bell form using the bronze casting method with the help of Carsten Theumer, the head of the BURG’s metal casting workshop. The original form was …
EXCURSION TO THE MUSEUM OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS with a tour by Dr. Veit Heller from the University of Leipzig Veit Heller gave us a unique insight into the world of sounds and instruments. In detail he explained the origin of the sound or sounds in metal objects – first by means of simple and deformed …
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SOUND WORKSHOP with Kevin Strüber In a one-day workshop with the musician and industrial design graduate Kevin Strüber, the students went on a sound expedition.First, the sounds of objects brought along were sensed and described with closed eyes: loud, pleasant, swinging, light, dark, sounding, soft, scratching, soothing, perceptible, melodic, analog, electric.In the end, the first …
THE ANTHROPOCENE – LECTURE by INA TURINSKY Halle – 09.04.2019 Ina Turinsky begins the lecture on her master’s thesis by enumerating examples illustrating the effects of environmental pollution, such as the extinction of species, rising water levels and air pollution. All the examples can be traced back to human behaviour and interventions in nature. Because …
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METAL RECYCLING LECTURE by MARKUS REUTER Halle – 09.04.2019 Markus Reuter’s career began 35 years ago in South Africa’s gold mines. Later, after spending a few years in Australia, among other places, he went to Europe and was director of technology management in the recycling industry. He seeks contact with designers and dialogues in general. …
URBAN MINING LECTURE by FELIX MÜLLER Halle – 09.04.2019 Felix Müller started his lecture with: One of the biggest design flaws may possibly be the way we commute, car transportation with its roads and waste of fuel. The environmental impact of looking at the automobile industry is underestimated. Factors such as road construction, destroying valuable …
SUSTAINABILITY LECTURE by CONRAD DORER Halle – 08.04.2019 The German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt UBA) is an institution in Dessau that deals with environmental conditions. It is essentially divided into five departments: Strategies of sustainability; soil, water, air; production and consumption; chemicals and energy. About 1600 employees work at the German Environment Agency in Dessau.Conrad Dorer’s …
WORKSHOP: TOOLS OF THE FUTURE – INTRODUCTION TO THE DESIGN OF TOOLS FOR THE FUTURE 08.04.2019 In order to come a step closer towards “tools for the future”, the group brainstormed existing tools, possible metal sources of the future, various recycling aspects, as well as trends of the future. The tools ranged from hammers to …
WORKSHOP: WITHIN A MILE – FOUND MATERIALS AND RESOURCES OF TOMORROW 08.04.2019 Within one mile – in the immediate vicinity of the home over a period of six weeks the students collected different recyclable waste that could potentially serve as “raw material” in the future. The findings were then photographed at the location. The findings …
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