EXPERIMENTAL SEAWEED Workshop with Tjeerd Veenhoven, 1.4.2017 – 25.11.2019 Studio Tjeerd Veenhoven is a Dutch product design studio with a focus on material development. ‘We invent materials, develop new applications, design products and enable sustainable business’. In an open lecture at the material library, Tjeerd Veenhoven introduced us to his work. Exploring the potential of …
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EXPERIMENTAL MICROALGAE
EXPERIMENTAL MICROALGAE Workshop with Mirela Alistar, 4.4.2017 Mirela Alistar visited us for a workshop to teach us about the experimental cultivation of microalgae. Mirela is an internationally known expert for biochips and works for the Hasso Plattner Institute. After a short introduction by Mirela, we got information on what to keep in mind before working …
PLASTICS FROM SEAWEED
PLASTICS FROM SEAWEED Workshop by Norman Friedrich, 2.4.2017 Extracting alginate, agar and carrageen from macro algae – a biochemistry workshop with Norman Friedrich from Martin Luther University Halle. We spent the first part of the day with a presentation which introduced us to the chemical characteristics and possible applications of three substances extracted from algae. …
EXCURSION TO THE COMPETENCE CENTER ALGAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
EXCURSION TO THE COMPETENCE CENTER ALGAL BIOTECHNOLOGY Köthen, 3.4.2017 We started our visit at the Hochschule Anhalt with a guided tour through the labs. Afterwards we heard a talk from Prof. Griehl about her research, she is one of the leading algae researchers. At the end we could see the photobioreactor system, that Prof. Griehl …
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WARM-UP ALGAE EXPERIMENTS
WARM-UP ALGAE EXPERIMENTS The students were asked to search for algae experiments that they could try by themselves – as a warm up. Photosynthesis with algae balls by Yi Gongand Laura Pelizzari creating agar-based bioplastics by Dorothea Lang Algaegraphs, on the model of Lia Giraud by Ina Turinskyand Andi Wagner Species and habitants by Luis …
IDEATION WORKSHOP I
IDEATION WORKSHOP I Part 1: Brainstorming 3 Definitions – Everyday situations – Everyday objects – Properties of algae Starting from the concepts collected to the individual definitions, three random terms are selected from each conceptual cloud and then used for the generating of ideas. Part 2: Brainwriting Everyone selects one from all ideas that were …
A WORLD MADE OF ALGAE
A WORLD MADE OF ALGAE Ideation Workshop II From a selection of problematic cultural, technological and … future trends, every student chooses a subject. In groups of two, six ideas are developed to solve the problematic scenarios with the aid of algae. The dilemmas of the solutions are then to be found. Noted and used …
INTERIM PRESENTATION
INTERIM PRESENTATION For the first interim presentation each student had to present two to three concepts. Here they are: by Marc Wejda by Ulrike Silz by Yi Gong by Dorothea Lang by Ida Flick by Ina Turinskyand Andi Wagner by Laura Pelizzari by Luis Undritz
ROTATION MOULDING WORKSHOP
ROTATION MOULDING WORKSHOP As a model making process we used rotational moulding even though most bottles are blow moulded industrially. Yet, the rotational moulding was easy to experiment with in our workshops and realized similar shapes. We used polyurethane, which was poured into a negative mould made of silicone. The moulds were clamped in a …
PARAMETRIC DESIGN WORKSHOP
PARAMETRIC AND EVOLUTIONARY DESIGN WORKSHOP a workshop by Tom Pawlofsky We spent half of a day together building small paint robots with very simple techniques. Our main focus was to play with the physical parameters of our bots and program them hereby. During the process, we got a feeling for the impact of small changes. We …