Workshop with Felix Kraemer Firstly, Felix Kraemer, a graduate of BURG and the MIT Media Lab, presented his impressive work with insects, including in the Silk Pavilion project for Neri Oxman. The students were particularly impressed by the methods and interdisciplinary collaboration.In the subsequent workshop with Felix Kraemer, the participants had the chance to benefit …
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Insect Dinner
Insect Dinner After an intense workshop day and a real cold start to the project, the students longed for a relaxed and casual atmosphere to get to know each other better and get back to everyday university life.And what better way to do that than with an insect dinner? Everyone brought insect or insect-related dishes, …
Visit to the Zoological Collections
Visit to the Zoological Collections The Zoological Collections are part of the Central Repository of Natural Science Collections (ZNS) at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. The collection serves research, teaching and the transfer of knowledge and comprises around three million specimens that have been collected over a period of more than 250 years. It also preserves …
Chitosan Workshop
Chitosan Workshop Since January 2023, the BioLab and the SustainLab of BurgLabs have been investigating the extent to which chitinous insect skins can be used sensibly and transferred to regional, circular material cycles in the “insectmatter” research project. The BurgLabs take on a contextualising and explorative function. They analyse the environmental impact and material cycles …
Visit to the Institute of Zoology, Department of Animal Ecology, MLU
Visit to the Institute of Zoology, Department of Animal Ecology, MLU A half-day visit to the Institute of Zoology AG Animal Ecology at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg gave the students a deep insight into the current research projects of the doctoral students and professors at MLU. At the beginning, Prof. Dr. Claudia Fricke gave a …
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Lecture by Artist Yana Zschiedrich
Lecture by Artist Yana Zschiedrich Yana Zschiedrich is an artist from Leipzig and presented her work Hybris and the collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute to the students in a lecture on site. The students gained wonderful insights into artistic work and research in collaboration with an institute and the challenges that need to be overcome …
Lecture by Entomologist Lorenz Mammen
Lecture by entomologist Lorenz Mammen “Insects are really just crabs.” With this sentence, Lorenz Mammen opened his lecture on the diversity and usefulness of insects. The Halle-born entomologist moved to the U.S. after studying biology and mathematics and is currently conducting research on the neurobiology of insects. Insects are descended from crustaceans. This is one …
Visit of Dutch Design Week
Visit of Dutch Design Week We went to the Dutch Design Week 2023 in Eindhoven, where we wanted to get inspired for our own project, but also to see what other designers deal with and how they work.On Monday we arrived around noon. On site we treated ourselves to a portion of fries at Piet …
Visit of Fraunhofer IGB
Visit of Fraunhofer IGB After the eventful days in Eindhoven at the Dutch Design Week, we visited the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB on Thursday, 26.10.2023. Our excursion there began with a talk by Christian Schmidle, PhD student in Bioprocess Engineering, about his work on the insect biorefinery (InBiRa for short). The …
1. Interim Presentation
1. Interim Presentation The first interim presentation took place in the materials collection on 6 November. We used the perforated wall to present the concepts developed up to that point using a one-pager. Each student presented three concepts that addressed as many different aspects and concerns as possible. The aim of the interim presentation was …