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 …
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THE ANTHROPOCENE – LECTURE by INA TURINSKY
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 …
METAL RECYCLING LECTURE by MARKUS REUTER
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
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
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
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 …
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WORKSHOP: WITHIN A MILE – FOUND MATERIALS AND RESOURCES OF TOMORROW
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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LECTURES DURING OUR EXCURSIONS
LECTURES DURING OUR EXCURSIONS CIRCULAR ECONOMY REGARDING METALS Lecture by Manuel Bickel (Wuppertal Institute) – 03.04.2019 On the third day of our excursion, we visited the Bergische Universität Wuppertal. In the product design department we had the chance to further learn about urban mining, circular economy and recycling aspects of metal, as well as understanding …
INTRO MICROBES II
INTRO MICROBES II by Carola Griehl Algae can be considered as aquatic plants with simple structures lacking roots, stems and leaves as well as specialized reproductive mechanisms and life cycles. They are a very diverse group of organisms that include prokaryotes (Cyanobacteria) and a large number of different eukaryote groups such as Chlorophyta, Rhodophyta, Phaeophyceae …
‚WADDEN SEA‘ HIKE
‚WADDEN SEA‘ HIKE Schillig / ‚Wadden Sea‘ (Wattenmeer) 29.3.2017 We began our excursion with a walk from Schillig through the ‚Wadden Sea‘. Our guide gave us a broad impression of the habitat (and UNESCO world natural heritage), which stretches out as far as 10 km from the shore. Our tour went all the way from sun-earth-flood-tide …