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 …
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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 …
Symposium future fever
Symposium future fever “(How) can resilient products, systems and structures be designed?” – With this question, BurgLabs and The Insect Project hosted a symposium on 8 November 2023 Under the title future fever, BurgLabs and our semester project The Insect Project organised a symposium on 8 November 2023 on the topic of the adaptability and …
2. Interim Presentation
2. Interim Presentation Shortly before Christmas, we entered the home straight: on 18 December, all the students presented their final concepts and the plans for implementing them.Firstly, everyone had the opportunity to present their ideas – also to Sabine Epple from the Grassi Museum – using a digital presentation. This was followed by the opportunity …
Presentation
Presentation The preliminary conclusion of the project was the semester exhibition in the workroom. The students presented their work to the university public with a video and short lecture. All projects were presented on shelf brackets on the wall, while the manifestos were displayed on the pillar in the room – similar to an advertising …
Jahresausstellung
Project Habitat at the Jahresausstellung
ideation workshop
ideation workshop Our last workshop’s assignment was to randomly combine natural phenomena, specific microorganisms and everyday objects, which we had researched in preparation, in order to develop as many product ideas and application scenarios as possible. In a 2-day ideation workshop, we tried to explore innovativeand disruptive approaches around designing with microorganisms, without considering their …