From a historical perspective, modern culture and technology have been extensively built on passivated materials, like concrete, steel, plywood or glass, resulting in anthropogenic ecological crises. The core objective of »Material Form Function« is to overcome this logic, which considers matter as an exploitable, passive and ahistorical substance. Our approach emphasizes the inherent self-activity of (bio-)materials. It serves as a critical intervention towards more livable futures and is embedded in humanistic, scientific, and designerly knowledge and expertise. As we are conducting interdisciplinary research on and with materials like air, sand, cellulose, fish-skins, rubber or phase-changing waxes, the troubling reality of the planetary condition requires us to develop an integrative approach to making. Our aim is to question the modern relationship between the three key terms, ›material‹, ›form‹ and ›function‹, and by doing so exploring conditions of a new culture of the material. To achieve this, we have structured our goals and activities around three key missions: Material Legacies, Urgencies of Making, and Beyond Functionality.
Copyright: ICI Berlin
TRAZOS Edición Biomateriales, 2024, Gisela Pozzetti, Heidi Jalkh, Sistemas Materiales. Photo: Maia Croizet
Copyright: Mina Mahouti
»Dissect« Event at Tieranatomisches Theater Berlin, 02.11.2022. Foto: Alexandra Ruppert. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Experimental Settings
Key Visual On Water Ausstellung, Humboldt Lab 2025. Copyright: Berlin University Alliance
»Syntopolis« reef prototype in STARESO. Design: Rasa Weber, rasaweber.com. Co-Design and Production: Atelier Marie Drouet. Photo: Till Timmermann
Energy Things, Iva Rešetar, Project »Architectural Yarns«. Detail from the exhibition »Material Legacies« in Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, 2022-23. Photo: Michelle Mantel, 2023
Film still Overcast, Michaela Büsse, 2025
Beetle-infested Spruce. Copyright: Pelin Asa, MPICI
Inverse problem for fabrication: From a 3D model a deposition plan is optimized for a 3D printed plate, such that once dipped into water the plate deforms into the target shape. This is achieved by optimizing the shape of the plate and the orientation of the plastic deposition trajectories. Copyright: Thibault Tricard, Vincent Tavernier, David Jourdan, Cédric Zanni, Jonàs Martínez, Pierre-Alexandre Hugron, Fabrice Neyret, Camille Schreck, Sylvain Lefebvre
Long-term monitoring plot of a heath population rendered as point cloud. Remote sensing data and processing: Carsten Neumann and Nicole Köllner, Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam; Visualization: Jona Möller, 2025
Charlett Wenig im Podcat »Die Biopioniere«. Copyright: BIOCOM | Robert Quante
Swamp Things, Charlett Wenig, 2024. Photo: Janne Ebel, 2024
Beetle galleries on a spruce tree. Copyright: Karola Dierichs, Matters of Activity, Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces and weißensee school of art and design
Beetle Galleries in Spruce Wood. Photo: Pelin Asa, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Matters of Activity, 2024; Graphic Design: NODE Berlin Oslo
Entangled – Architectural Yarns and Structural Textiles. Photo: Michelle Mantel, adapted with drawing: Natalija Miodragović, 2025
Corrosion Cast of Liver Vessels, Dietrich Polenz, 2023. Image: Igor Sauer, 2025
Still with Eriselda Keshi (left) and Igor Sauer (right) at Experimental Surgery Lab of Charité Berlin from »Ein Herz auf Bestellung?«, Documentation by ARTE TV
Figure 1 of Koleva, Denitsa; Özdemir, Eda; Tsiokou, Vaia; Dierichs, Karola (2022): Designing Matter: Autonomously Shape-Changing Granular Materials in Architecture. In ACADIA 2021, Realignments: Toward Critical Computation: Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA). Copyright: Denitsa Koleva, Karola Dierichs, ICD, University of Stuttgart
Beeswax Luminaire. Copyright: Junpyo Kwon, Pelin Asa, Karola Dierichs / MoA, MPICI, KHB
Overview of first results. Charlett Wenig, »Sustainable Tree Bark Objects«, 101
Ailanthus altissima, Musée national d’histoire naturelle Luxembourg, title: Specimen № 15467, MNHNL 2000, license: CC BY 4.0, color and framing of this image were modified
CONQ, Heidi Jalkh & Angie Dub
Latent Accumulations: Walking Along Paraffin Pollution at Nida Coastline. Film still: Anna Luise Schubert 2025
»Syntopolis« reef prototype in STARESO, Rasa Weber & Atelier Marie Drouet. Photo: Till Timmermann, 2024
Screenshot Article »Bauen mit Flachs statt Beton«, 29.04.2025. Copyright: Tagesspiegel
Pieces of Paraffin collected at the Curonian Spit in Lithuania, 2025. Copyright: HU Berlin/Stefan Klenke
Automated elevator system for harvesting BC, photo: Marius Land. Detail of fig. 6 in: N. Rackov, N. Janßen, A. Akkache, B. Drotleff, B. Beyer, E. Scoppola, N.E. Vrana, R. Hengge, C.M. Bidan, S. Hathroubi, in: Bacterial cellulose: Enhancing productivity and material properties through repeated harvest, in: Biofilm Volume 9, June 2025, 100276, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioflm.2025.100276
Film Still taken from a film by Oula A. Valkeapää. Still: Oula A. Valkeapää, 2021
Co-Weaving Biofilms, Bastian Beyer, Iva Rešetar, Moritz Liedtke, Regine Hengge, Installation for Bauhaus Museum Dessau, 2025, photo: Michelle Mantel. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Laurentiu Constantin measuring a soil core sample in Bieselfließ, Germany, Nov 2024.Copyright: inherit. heritage in transformation
Project »Myko.Plektonik«, Natalija Miodragović & Dimitra Almpani-Lekka. Photo: Michelle Mantel. Copyright: Matters of Activtiy
MAKING Material Move with Heidi Jalkh. Copyright: Matters of Activity (with a special thanks to Max Planck Gesellschaft for the ice plant footage)
Still »¡Aquí Estoy!« with Heidi Jalkh (left) and Pía Castro (right). Copyright: DW
Still of MAKING Artificial Reefs with Rasa Weber. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Emile de Visscher, Vascularizations, still of video article released on 15 January 2025 at .able journal.
The eight most common biological structural design elements (from upper left to lower right): Fibrous: high tensile strength in one direction, minimal compressive strength; Helical: toughness in multiple directions, in-plane isotropy; Gradient: gradual property transition to reduce interfacial stress, enhancing toughness; Layered: complex composites that improve toughness, especially in brittle materials; Cellular: lightweight porous structures for stress distribution and energy absorption, often in sandwich forms; Tubular: organized porosity for energy absorption and crack deflection; Overlapping: layered plates or scutes for flexible, often armored surfaces. In the center, a 3D printer is shown schematically; Suture: interdigitating interfaces for controlled strength and flexibility (figure inspired by: Naleway et al. 2015). Figure by Konrad Eyferth.
GHOST MINES. Copyright: Johanna Mehl
Beetle-infested Spruce. Copyright: Pelin Asa, MPICI
Hyomandibula - Tesserae shapes and their growth. Image: Mason Dean
Copyright: TUM, Institute for Advanced Studies
Edward Burtinsky, Iberia Quarries #2, Marmorose EFA Co., Bencatel, Portugal, 2006
Seaweed resonance, presentation by Julia Lohmann (Aalto, Helsinki). Photo: Clemens Winkler
»Kiki Prototype«. Design: Rasa Weber, rasaweber.com. PhD Project: «SymbiOcean». Location: STARESO - Calvi (FR). Diver: Noémie Chabrier. Installation team, assistance and monitoring: Arnaud Boulenger, Sandra Bracun, Noemi Chabrier, Mélodie Chapat, Sylvain Coudray, Stéphane Jamme, Leonie John, Teal Jordan, Michael Karle, Mathieu Kelhetter (design intern), Michaela Roger, Bram van der Schoot, Kelly Stiver, Anja Wegner, Lena Wesenberg, Aubin Woehrel. Date: June 2023. SNF research project: «Interfacing the Ocean». Hosting University: Zurich University of the Arts & University of Art and Design Linz. Photo: Stéphane Jamme @stepp_aquanaute.
Samples from the CONQ project, 2024. Copyright: Angie Dub and Heidi Jalkh
Portrait Charlett Wenig, 2024. Copyright: Berlin University Alliance / Simon Detel
Copyright: ICI Berlin
Coral bleaching on Caribbean Coast. Photo: Rasa Weber. Diver: Jota Uparela. From the Project: »Symbiotic Coral Nurseries« in collaboration with The Polynesian Institute of Biomimicry IPB, Andry Carrasquilla, Paraiso Dive Center. Location: Tierra Bomba (COL), 2023
Miss Read Visual 2024
Exhibition of research objects during the MoA PhD presentations 2024. Posterlayout Ada Favaron. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Book Cover Toward a New Culture of the Material, September 2024. Copyright: De Gruyter.
CollActive Materials’ Workshop »Open Lab Abend: Wachsende Architektur – Co-Design mit Pilzen« im Futurium Lab, 13. Juni 2024. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Charlett Wenig und Johanna Hehemyer-Cürten mit der Barksphere am Strausberger Platz, Kampagne »Das offene Wissenslabor«, 2024. Copyright: Berlin University Alliance
Syntopia 1—Soma I Body, Minimal Machines by Matters of Activity. Copyright: Sebastián Plaza Kutzbach
Folgenbild Syntopische Architekturen, 2024. Käferbefallenes Fichtenholz, Foto: Pelin Asa, MPIKG, adaptiert von MoA.
Watery digits at the Venetian sestiere of Dorsoduro. Copyrigth: Gina Caison
Syntopia – Harvesting the Forest; MoA Design Research Studio. Prototype by Gaia Reiner. Copyright: Gaia Reiner
Copyright: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum / Gestaltung: cyan Berlin
Experimental spatial drawing and processing sedge, Embodied Architecture, 2024. Original photo by Dalma Stift and image by Elaine Bonavia. Copyright: weissensee school of art and design berlin, Matters of Activity
Visit Bauhaus Earth, 15 July 2024. Copyright: Matters of Activity
TRAZOS Edición Biomateriales, 2024, Gisela Pozzetti, Heidi Jalkh, Sistemas Materiales. Photo: Maia Croizet
Tracing paraffin accumulations. Fieldwork on the coastline of the Curonian Spit in the Neringa Nature Reserve, Léa Perraudin and Iva Rešetar. 2024. Copyright: Iva Rešetar
Mykoplektonik by Natalija Miodragović and Dimitra Almpani-Lekka. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Beetle-infestation of spruce, Feldbuch, Frankonia. Image: Pelin Asa, MPI-CI, MoA
Book Cover Perraudin, L. 2024. Elementare Ekstasen. Sondierungen der Technosphäre. Series: Future Ecologies, Lüneburg: meson Press.
Gestalten mit Cellulose, Wasser und Luft. Copyright: Eva Bullermann
Verbautes Wetter. Copyright: Literaturforum am Brechthaus
Ausstellung »Visiting Material Futures«, Futurium 2024. Copyright: David von Becker
Poster Lecture Series 2024, Photo: Charlotte Linton. Copyright: Matters of Activity.
Project PERISKOP. Copyright: Digital Surgery Lab, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Workshop »Critical Times. Part II: Ecologies of Relation«, April 11-13, 2024, workshop with Lara Almarcegui at ALBETON concrete plant, Rotterdam. Photo: Rahel Kesselring
Copyright: Sistemas Materiales
Multispecies Design Symposium March 2024, Kunstgewerbemuseum. Copyright: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
»Manheim Calling«, March 2024. Foto: Rahel Kesselring
Charlett Wenig, Bark Sphere, 2021. Copyright: Alexander Magerl
Syntopia 0 – Anthropos I Human. Copyright: Roland Halbe
Cover Material Trajectories, 2023. Coypright Meson Press
»Yu Li, a diary of cooking a curtain« by Tin Qizhen Gao, detail of curtain. Copyright: Mareike Stoll for MoA Design Research Studio Beyond the Curtain
Ernest Cormier, Thermometer. ARCH252051 Ernest Cormier fonds, CCA. Copyright: Fonds Ernest Cormier, CCA
Poster Symposium »Terra Morphosis II: Patterns«
Visual Master Architecture and Urban Design Thesis Review. Copyright: Leibniz University.
MidJourney generated AI images for the prompts »architectured material across scales«, »topological interlocking«, »elastic instabilities« by Charlett Wenig | Poster Design: Node Berlin Oslo
Copyright: Rasa Weber
The struggle for the best ideas is also a social survival strategy, believes the design researcher Claudia Mareis. Her ideas are changing how we view design. | Image: Kostas Maros / 13Photo. Copyright: Horizons
Seed Coats. Copyright: Michaela Eder
Workshop participants discussing T.J. Demos recent book »Against the Anthropocene: Visual Culture and Environment Today« with the author. »Critical Times« at »Matters of Activity«, 17 & 18 November 2023
Copyright: Jann Mausen
Syntopia 1:Soma I Body. Roland Halbe
Open Space Event, 9 November 2023. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Samples of Flax Fiber Bundles as a precursor for Architectural Yarns, adapted by Node Berlin/Oslo. Copyright: Maxie Schneider, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, weißensee school of art and design, Matters of Activity
Film Still Building (with) Nature, 2023. Copyright: Michaela Büsse.
Copyright: Photo by My Walking Diary from Pexels
Interview mit Martin Müller, Tagesspiegel, 22. Oktober 2023. Copyright: Tagesspiegel
Gosia Lehmann, Breathless Choir. Copyright: CollActive Materials, Foto: Michelle Mantel
Exhibition Opening »Airbound«, 19 October 2023. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Still from Film »Fordland Malaise«. Copyright: Susana de Sousa Dias
Leben machen. Die Zoëpolitik der synthetischen Biologie. Copyright: DeGruyter
Floating University. Copyright: Lena Giovanazzi, Raumlabor
Copyright: Michelle Mantel, Matters of Activity
Cover »Théories du Design« at Presses du Réel
Design, Gestaltung, Formatività. Philosophies of Making. Copyright: Birkhäuser, 2022
Toxic Legacies. Copyright: Leila Wallisser
Syntopia 1—Soma I Body. Copyright: Karola Dierichs, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, weissensee academy of art and design and Matters of Activity
Landscape at Maralinga site (South Australia). Copyright: Wayne England, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Workshop »Aerial Witness/ing«. Copyright: The Future of Life School, Clemens Winkler
Syntopia. Copyright: Jihae Lee, weißensee school of art and design berlin
Bark by Johanna Hehemeyer-Cürten and Willow Plektonik by »Structural Textile Project« of Natalija Miodragović, Nelli Singer and Daniel Suárez. Copyright: Johanna Hehemeyer-Cürten
Brochures, doctoral presentations 2023. Layout: Ada Favaron. Project coordination: Franziska Wegener
ICD Aggregate Pavilion 2018. Copyright: Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD), University of Stuttgart
As part of the performance »Tender Absence«, Siegfried Saerberg sits on a bench amidst deforested trees. Copyright: Disabled Landscapes
»Textile Gestures - Mapping Tactile Practices with Architectural Yarns«, Hand-on Workshop at Bauhaus Study Rooms. Copyright: Thomas Meyer
Copyright: Mina Mahouti
Poster Lecture Series, May–June 2023. Copyright: weißensee school of art and design berlin
Design of soft robots. Research on form, its deformation and possible function. Copyright: Anna Schaeffner
FiBB 2023. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Keyvisual Exhibition »Zur Nachahmung empfohlen«, Berlin, Uferhallen Wedding May to June 2023. Copyright: Jennifer Allora und Guillermo Calzadilla, from »Under Discussion«, 2004/2005, courtesy the artists, adapted by anschlaege.de
Driving the Human Book Launch at Matters of Activity, 10 May 2023. Copyright: Camille Blake / Driving the Human
Copyright: Mina Mahouti
Research Stay at Sitterwerk, St. Gallen, March 2023. Copyright: Iva Rešetar
Poster Lecture Series »Designing in Times of the Anthropocene«, 2023. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Copyright: N Scot Unsplash
Chemical Reviews, Special Edition »Sustainable Materials«, Design: Ella Marushchenko, 2023. Copyright: Chemical Reviews
Petrification, publication at .able Journal, 2023. Copyright: Emile De Visscher, Ophélie Maurus
.able Journal, Going with the Flow, 2023, Image: Gisèle Trudel. Copyright: .able
»The Bark Project«, Charlett Wenig. Copyright: Patrick Walter, MPIKG
Round Table »On Fibres amd Mixtures«. Foto: Michelle Mantel. Design: studioeins, adapted by »Matters of Activity«
Design: studioeins, adapted by MoA. Photo: Michelle Mantel
Round Table »Poetics and Politics of Sand«. Design: studioeins, adapted by Matters of Activity
MoA Diagram: Workshop Research Modules for the Creation, Cognition and Perception of Matter. Copyright: Franziska Wegener
Schematic representation of the pressing process, right: ready pressed bark panels. Copyright: cc-by 4.0 PLOS ONE
Round Table »Rinde: Gestaltung mit Resten«. Design: studioeins, adapted by Matters of Activity
Flyer Book Launch, 19 January 2023. Copyright: Pro qm
Roundtable »Vascularization«. Design: studioeins, adapted by MoA
Round Table »Tesselated Material Systems«. Design: studioeins, adapted by Matters of Activity
Self-Shaping Textiles. Design: studioeins
Annual Conference »Deep Material Futures« at silent green, November 2022. Copyright: Michelle Mantel
Presenting the Humboldt Award to Heidi Jalkh. Photo: Phil Dera. Copyright: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Poster Material Legacies. Image: Dietrich Polenz and the Experimental Surgery Lab, 2020
»Dissect« Event at Tieranatomisches Theater Berlin, 02.11.2022. Foto: Alexandra Ruppert. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Dissect event, »Behavioral Matter« symposium, 29/03/2019 © Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris)
Poster »Frictioned Functionality«. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Panel »Interdeterminacy and Liveliness« at MoA Annual Conference »Tipping Points« 2021. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Poster PhD presentations 2022. Layout: Ada Favaron
Poster »The Interdisciplinary World of Tangling«. Copyright: Myfwany Evans
MoA Project »Bacterial Cellulose: Co-Weaving Biofilms« at the Milano Triennale 2022. Copyright: Triennale Milano – photo by DSL Studio
Poster Online Lecture Series »Talking Matters«, Copyright: Cécile Bidan and Salif Sawadogo, adapted by NODE Berlin
Screenshot Conference Website. Copyright: Fraunhofer
Flyer Open House 2022. Copyright: weißensee school of art and design berlin.
Multiscale architectures. Left: the wooden tower of Lake Mjøsa, Norway Reproduced with permission from [1]. Copyright: Voll Arkitekter AS & Ricardo Foto. Right: the internal structure of wood based on parallel tube-like wood cells with diameters in the range of tens of microns (shown for several wood species from top to bottom). The white arrow points to a sketch where nanometer-thick cellulose fibrils are indicated by black lines [2] John Wiley & Sons. Copyright: 2020 The Authors. Published by Wiley-VCH GmbH
Nursery stock of spruce (2+0) for afforestation. Credits: wikimedia commons / adapted by Matters of Activity
Minimal Machines 2 – Hygroscopic Hemp. Copyright: Nuri Kang / weißensee school of art and design berlin, Image: Karola Dierichs / weißensee school of art and design berlin, Matters of Activity.
Collection Overview - Tessellation Archive. Copyright: Felix Rasehorn
The Pergola at Rundgang Weißensee School of Art and Design Berlin. Copyright: Maxie Schneider/ Matters of Activity
Poster »On Gestaltung«. Copyright: weißensee school of art and design berlin
Dis/Entangling Material Futures. Copyright: Claudia Mareis
Collagen fiber bundle after mineralization with bone mineral calcium phosphate under an electron microscope. Copyright: Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Cover of the publication »Atem/Breath. Gestalterische, ökologische und soziale Dimensionen/ Morphological, Ecological and Social Dimensions«, edited by Linn Burchert and Iva Rešetar.
Poster New European Bauhaus Conference 2022
Copyright: Michelle Mantel, Matters of Activity
Designing Matter 2. Copyright: Clara Poeverlein / weißensee school of art and design berlin
Material Geometry — Intersecting Cones I. Copyright: Karola Dierichs and Katharina Lindenberg; Institute for Computational Design and Construction, University of Stuttgart; Städelschule Architecture Class; 2013
Tipping Points. Copyright: Josef Luis Pelz & NODE Berlin Oslo
Poster »Dis/Entangling Perspectives in Material Research«. Copyright: Matters of Activity | Image: Michaela Büsse
Copyright: Leila Wallisser / weißensee school of art and design berlin
Poster virtual symposium »Material Negotiations«. Copyright: Julia Lohmann, adapted by NODE Berlin
Prix Liliane Bettencourt pour l’intelligence de la main® 2021, Jury Members and Laureates. Copyright: Olaf Avenati
Visual Recording Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation 2021. Copyright: Lorna Schütte for »Wissenschaft im Dialog«
Poster Online Lecture Series »Talking Matters«, Copyright: Cécile Bidan and Salif Sawadogo, adapted by NODE Berlin
Teaserpicture DRHR2021. Copyright: Ravi Kumar / Unsplash.
Copyright: Elaine Bonavia & Elisa Martignoni, weißensee school of art and design berlin, 2021
Scaling Fiber: Experimental Yarn. Copyright: weißensee school of art and design berlin
Banner »Times of Waste«. Copyright: Rory Witt
Scaling Nature (1): Wrinkles«: Liquid Lacquer. Copyright: weißensee school of art and design berlin / Luis Magg | Bacterial cellulose curtain. Copyright: Bastian Beyer and Iva Rešetar
Website DRHA Digital Matters. Copyright: Lucius Fekonja
Poster Online Lecture Series »Talking Matters«, Copyright: Lucius Fekonja, Bastian Beyer, Iva Rešetar, adapted by NODE Berlin
Poster Online Lecture Series »Talking Matters«, Copyright: Cécile Bidan and Salif Sawadogo, adapted by NODE Berlin
Circular processes and feedback loops in additive manufacturing processes, Babette Wiezorek 2016, porcelain, 3D printing (detail). Copyright: Babette Wiezorek 2016.
»Material Trajectories. Designing with Care« Annual Conference of the Annual Conference of the German Society for Design Theory and Research (DGTF). Copyright: DGTF
All 7 Berlin Clusters of Excellence are represented with a film at the foyer at Humboldt Lab. Copyright: Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Situated Digital Agencies. Copyright: Maxie Schneider
Biological materials are built with a limited number of building blocks, based on polysaccharides, proteins, and minerals. Copyright: Julia Blumenthal
Magic Circle Symposium weissensee school of art and design berlin, »Erosive Modeling«. Copyright: Kristin Dolz.
Copyright: Felix Noak, ExC Science of Intelligence
Project: Lara Rocho, weißensee school of art and design berlin. Copyright: Dr. Mareike Stoll
Poster Shelf Live. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Key Visual MoA Annual Conference. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Hypertopia. Copyright: State Studio
Copyright: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1742706120305365?dgcid=author
Conference »Coworking Materials«: Sophia Höretzeder, Chemical Aesthetics, 2020. Sophia Höretzeder is a B.A. graduate of Fashion & Technology Studies at Kunstuniversität Linz. Copyright: Sophia Höretzeder, Kunstuniversität Linz
Biomaterials, Vol. 257, October 2020. Copyright: Elsevier
»The Bark Project«, Charlett Wenig. Copyright: Patrick Walter, MPIKG
Yin 阴 , Cindy Peng. Copyright: weißensee school of art and design berlin, Cindy Peng
Poster Workshop »Material as Environmental Device«. Copyright: Kristina Pfeifer »detail woven skin of Kurdish black tent« & Cécile Bidan »detail of bacterial cellulose biofilm«
»Wir sind Humboldt«. Image brochure of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Fotos: Matthias Heyde, Grafic Design: Weserloh Media. Copyright: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Hybrid Interactions for Neurosurgical Planning. Project Digital Twin. Copyright: Felix Rasehorn
»Scaling Nature (2): Fibers, Muscles and Bones« Final Presentation. Copyright: weissensee academy of art berlin
Design Studio »Scaling Nature (1): Wrinkels«, Design: Juni Neyenhuys and Stefanie Eichler. Copyright: weißensee kunsthochschule berlin
Stone Web – Spatial module system made from basalt fibre at the weissensee academy of art berlin (Idalene Rapp, Natascha-Katharina Unger, Christiane Sauer). Copyright: weissensee academy of art berlin, I. Rapp, N. Unger
Copyright: Institute of Network Cultures
Copyright: Jonas Lauströer, Amir Andikfar, John Nyakatura (HU Berlin)
Cacao Cloud by Clemens Winkler. Copyright: Michelle Mantel
Clemens Winkler is presenting his »Wolkenkammer« during the project presentation of »Object Space Agency«. Copyright: Franziska Wegener.
Workshop Behavioral Matter. Copyright: Patricia Ribault
Bacterial cellulose curtain. Experiments: Bastian Beyer and Iva Rešetar (design), Skander Hathroubi (microbiology). Photo: Bastian Beyer, adapted by Ada Favaron. Project coordination: Elisabeth Obermeier & Franziska Wegener
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Burchert, L., Rešetar, I. eds. 2021. Atem / Breath: Gestalterische, ökologische und soziale Dimensionen / Morphological, ecological and social dimensions. Proceedings of the conference »Atem (Breath)« at the Department of Art & Visual History, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 11.9.2019–13.9.2019. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter.
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Ziege, R., Tsirigoni, A., Large, B., Serra, D. O., Blank, K. G., Hengge, R., Fratzl, P., Bidan, C. M. 2021. »Adaptation of Escherichia coli Biofilm Growth, Morphology, and Mechanical Properties to Substrate Water Content.« ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 7 (11): 5315-5325.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c00927
Chaumel, J., Schotte, M., Bizzarro, J. J., Zaslansky, P., Fratzl, P., Baum, D., Dean, M. N. 2020. »Co-aligned chondrocytes: Zonal morphological variation and structured arrangement of cell lacunae in tessellated cartilage.« Bone, 134: 115264.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2020.115264
Daneshgar, A., Klein, O., Nebrich, G., Weinhart, M., Tang, P., Arnold, A., Ullah, I., Pohl, J., Moosburner, S., Raschzok, N., Strücker, B., Bahra, M., Pratschke, J., Sauer, I. M., Hillebrandt, K. H. 2020. »The human liver matrisome – Proteomic analysis of native and fibrotic human liver extracellular matrices for organ engineering approaches.« Biomaterials, 257: 120247.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120247
Eder, M., Schäffner, W., Burgert, I., Fratzl, P. 2020. »Wood and the Activity of Dead Tissue.« Advanced Materials. 2001412.
https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202001412
Everwien, H., Keshi, E., Hillebrandt, K. H., Ludwig, B., Weinhart, M., Tang, P., Beierle, A. S., Napierala, H., Gassner, J. M., Seiffert, N., Moosburner, S., Geisel, D., Reutzel-Selke, A., Strücker, B., Pratschke, J., Haep, N., Sauer, I. M. 2020. »Engineering an endothelialized, endocrine Neo-Pancreas: Evaluation of islet functionality in an ex vivo model.« Acta Biomaterialia, 117: 213-225.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2020.09.022
Hengge, R. 2020. »Crosstalking second messengers.« Nature Microbiology, 6 (1): 9-10.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-020-00842-3
Jayasankar, A., Seidel, R., Hosny, A., Weaver, J., Fratzl, P., Chen, J., Dean, M. 2020. »Multi-scale modeling and mechanical performance characterization of stingray skeleton-inspired tessellations.« Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 138: 103906.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2020.103906
Jehle, F., Macías-Sánchez, E., Sviben, S., Fratzl, P., Bertinetti, L., Harrington, M. J. 2020. »Hierarchically-structured metalloprotein composite coatings biofabricated from co-existing condensed liquid phases.« Nature Communications, 11 (1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14709-y
Klompenhouwer, A. J., Dwarkasing, R. S., Doukas, M., Pellegrino, S., Vilgrain, V., Paradis, V., Soubrane, O., Beane, J. D., Geller, D. A., Nalesnik, M. A., Tripke, V., Lang, H., Schmelzle, M., Pratschke, J., Schöning, W., Beal, E., Sun, S., Pawlik, T. M., de Man, R. A., Ijzermans, J. N. 2020. »Hepatic angiomyolipoma: an international multicenter analysis on diagnosis, management and outcome.« HPB, 22 (4): 622-629.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpb.2019.09.004
Mareis, C., Barrett, B. 2020. »Brainstorming Revisited: On Instrumental Creativity and Human Productivity in the Mid-Twentieth Century.« Cultural Politics, 16 (1): 50-69.
https://doi.org/10.1215/17432197-8017256
Pruteanu, M., Hernández Lobato, J. I., Stach, T., Hengge, R. 2020. »Common plant flavonoids prevent the assembly of amyloid curli fibres and can interfere with bacterial biofilm formation.« Environmental Microbiology, 22: 5280-5299.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15216
Razghandi, K., Yaghmaei E. 2020. »Rethinking Filter: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry into Typology and Concept of Filter, Towards an Active Filter Model.« In Rethinking Filter: Responsibility and Sustainability, special issue. Sustainability, 12 (18): 7284.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su12187284
Rüger, C., Feufel, M. A., Moosburner, S., Özbek, C., Pratschke, J., Sauer, I. M. 2020. »Ultrasound in augmented reality: a mixed-methods evaluation of head-mounted displays in image-guided interventions.« International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 15 (11): 1895-1905.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-020-02236-6
Rüger, C., Moosburner, S., Sauer, I. M. 2020. »Extended-Reality-Technologien zur Unterstützung chirurgischen Handelns.« Der Chirurg, 91 (7): 544-552.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00104-020-01188-6
Schemenz, V., Gjardy, A., Chamasemani, F. F., Roschger, A., Roschger, P., Zaslansky, P., Helfen, L., Burghammer, M., Fratzl, P., Weinkamer, R., Brunner, R., Willie, B. M., Wagermaier, W. 2020. »Heterogeneity of the osteocyte lacuno-canalicular network architecture and material characteristics across different tissue types in healing bone.« Journal of Structural Biology, 212 (2): 107616.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2020.107616
Skrodzki, M., Zimmermann, E., Polthier, K. 2020. »Variational shape approximation of point set surfaces.« Computer Aided Geometric Design, 80: Article 101875.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cagd.2020.101875
Sviben, S., Spaeker, O., Bennet, M., Albéric, M., Dirks, J., Moussian, B., Fratzl, P., Bertinetti, L., Politi, Y. 2020. »Epidermal Cell Surface Structure and Chitin–Protein Co-assembly Determine Fiber Architecture in the Locust Cuticle.« ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12 (23): 25581-25590.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c04572
Turcaud, S., Thorin, A., Bréchet, Y., Fratzl, P., Dunlop, J. W. 2020. »Twisters: An analogy of bilayers for twisting.« Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 134: 103742.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2019.103742
Autefage, H., Allen, F., Tang, H., Kallepitis, C., Gentleman, E., Reznikov, N., Nitiputri, K., Nommeots-Nomm, A., O'Donnell, M., Lange, C., Seidt, B., Kim, T., Solanki, A., Tallia, F., Young, G., Lee, P., Pierce, B., Wagermaier, W., Fratzl, P., Goodship, A., Jones, J., Blunn, G., Stevens, M. 2019. »Multiscale analyses reveal native-like lamellar bone repair and near perfect bone-contact with porous strontium-loaded bioactive glass.« Biomaterials, 209: 152-162.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.03.035
Baum, D., Weaver, J. C., Zlotnikov, I., Knötel, D., Tomholt, L., Dean, M. N. 2019. »High-Throughput Segmentation of Tiled Biological Structures using Random-Walk Distance Transforms.« Integrative and Comparative Biology, 59 (6): 1700-1712.
https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icz117
Campbell, R. A., Dean, M. N. 2019. »Adaptation and Evolution of Biological Materials.« Integrative and Comparative Biology, 59 (6): 1629-1635.
https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icz134
Connors, M., Yang, T., Hosny, A., Deng, Z., Yazdandoost, F., Massaadi, H., Eernisse, D., Mirzaeifar, R., Dean, M. N., Weaver, J. C., Ortiz, C., Li, L. 2019. »Bioinspired design of flexible armor based on chiton scales.« Nature Communications, 10 (1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13215-0
Kelly, S., Weinkamer, R., Bertinetti, L., Edmonds, R., Sizeland, K., Wells, H., Fratzl, P., Haverkamp, R. 2019. »Effect of collagen packing and moisture content on leather stiffness.« Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 90: 1-10.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2018.10.004
Maurer, M. M., Sauer, I. M., Pratschke, J., Tullius, S. G. 2019. »First Healthy Baby After Deceased Donor Uterus Transplantation.« Birth to a New Era? Transplantation, 103 (4): 652-653.
https://doi.org/10.1097/TP.0000000000002627
Mielke, M., Nyakatura, J. 2019. »Bone microstructure in finite element modeling: the functional role of trabeculae in the femoral head of Sciurus vulgaris.« Zoomorphology, 138 (4): 535.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-019-00456-2
Moosburner, S., Remde, C., Tang, P., Queisner, M., Haep, N., Pratschke, J., Sauer, I. M. 2019. »Real world usability analysis of two augmented reality headsets in visceral surgery.« Artificial Organs, 43 (7): 694-698.
https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.13396
Nyakatura, J. 2019. »Early primate evolution: Insights into the functional significance of grasping from motion analyses of extant mammals.« Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 127 (3): 611.
https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blz057
Nyakatura, J. A., Baumgarten, R., Baum, D., Stark, H., Youlatos, D. 2019. »Muscle internal structure revealed by contrast-enhanced μCT and fibre recognition: The hindlimb extensors of an arboreal and a fossorial squirrel.« Mammalian Biology, 99: 71-80.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2019.10.007
Ribault, P. 2019. »Chiara Vigo ou la maîtrise de soie. Pensée magique, processus technique et démarche scientifique en question.« Images Re-vues. Histoire, anthropologie et théorie de l’art, Hors-série 7.
https://doi.org/10.4000/imagesrevues.7055
Scheidt, A., Wölfer, J., Nyakatura, J. A. 2019. »The evolution of femoral cross‐sectional properties in sciuromorph rodents: Influence of body mass and locomotor ecology.« Journal of Morphology.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21007
Seidel, R., Roschger, A., Li, L., Bizzarro, J. J., Zhang, Q., Yin, J., Yang, T., Weaver, J. C., Fratzl, P., Roschger, P., Dean, M. N. 2019. »Mechanical properties of stingray tesserae: High-resolution correlative analysis of mineral density and indentation moduli in tessellated cartilage.« Acta Biomaterialia, 96: 421-435.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2019.06.038
Serra, D. O., Hengge, R. 2019. »A c-di-GMP-Based Switch Controls Local Heterogeneity of Extracellular Matrix Synthesis which Is Crucial for Integrity and Morphogenesis of Escherichia coli Macrocolony Biofilms.« Journal of Molecular Biology, 431 (23): 4775-4793.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2019.04.001
Weinkamer, R., Kollmannsberger, P., Fratzl, P. 2019. »Towards a Connectomic Description of the Osteocyte Lacunocanalicular Network in Bone.« Current Osteoporosis Reports, 17 (4): 186-194.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11914-019-00515-z
Wessels, B., Seyfferth, C., Escamez, S., Vain, T., Antos, K., Vahala, J., Delhomme, N., Kangasjärvi, J., Eder, M., Felten, J., Tuominen, H. 2019. »An AP 2/ ERF transcription factor ERF 139 coordinates xylem cell expansion and secondary cell wall deposition.« New Phytologist, 224 (4): 1585-1599.
https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15960
Rasa Weber. 2023. »A Sympoietic Ocean. Design research with/in the marine holobiont.« ISEA 2023. 23rd Symposium for Digital Arts: Symbiosis. Paris: ISEA Conference, Forthcoming.
https://www.isea-archives.org/isea2023_presentation_weber
Wenig, C. 2022. »The Bark Project - Material Research in the Natural Science and Design.« Presented at Design × Sustainability: Materiality/Systems/Shared Prosperity, Annual Meeting DGTF 2022, Kiel, 2- 3 June 2022. Berlin: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Designtheorie und -forschung e.V..
https://doi.org/10.25368/2022.136
De Visscher, E., Guiducci, L., Rešetar, I. 2021. »The Materiality of Resilience.« In Design Culture(s). Cumulus Conference Proceedings Roma 2021, Volume #2. Presented at the Design Culture(s) Conference, Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Architecture and School of Industrial Design, Rome, 9 June 2021. 3755-3773.
https://cumulusroma2020.org/
Rešetar, I., Sauer, C. 2021. »Fibrous Interfaces for Indoor Temperature Modulation Based on Phase Change Materials.« Proceedings of the 9th PowerSKIN Conference. Edited by Auer, T., Knaack, U., and Schneider, J. TU Delft Open, 187-198.
https://doi.org/10.47982/BookRxiv.27
Kycia, A., Guiducci, L. 2020. »Self-shaping Textiles – A material platform for digitally designed, material-informed surface elements.« Edited by Werner, L., Koering, D. Presented at eCAADe 2020, the 38th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, Online Conference, 16th-17th September 2020 Berlin, Germany Institute of Architecture Technische Universität Berlin. eCAADe, Volume 2, 21-30.
https://agatakycia.com/2020/09/16/ecaade-2020-self-shaping-textiles-publication/
Rupp, A. I., Houette, T., Gutierrez, F., Guiducci, L., Gruber, P. 2019. »Breathing skins workshop: A hands-on investigation of bio-inspired foldable structures for temperature and humidity control in buildings.« Proceedings Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication IX, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. 109650W.
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2522089
Skrodzki, M., Zimmermann, E., Polthier, K. 2019. »Variational Shape Approximation of Point Set Surfaces.« Presented at the International Geometry Summit (IGS), Vancouver, Canada, 17-21 June 2019. 54-57.
Douny, L. 2024. West African Wild Silks: A Conjuncture of Material Temporalities. Materials and Time: The Anthology, edited by Thebaud-Sorger, M., Bensaude-Vincent, B., Christie, J. R.R., Quirke, V., Rainhorn, J., Thibault-Starzyk, F., Werrett, S.
https://materials.hypotheses.org/west-african-wild-silks-a-conjuncture-of-material-temporalities
Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 2023. Report (2019–2022).
Büsse, M., Winberg, A., Pinto, H. 2022. Material Legacies. DESIGN LAB #13. With contributions by Claudia Mareis, Claudia Banz, and others. The exhibition series »Desing Lab«, Berlin: Kunstgewerbemuseum.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/files/Material_Legacies_booklet.pdf
Iva Rešetar, Maxie Schneider, Josephine Shone, Christiane Sauer 2022. Tangled Wall. Architectural Project. Presented in Design Lab #13. Material Legacies. Exhibition. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Museum of Decorative Arts. Kunstgewerbemuseum. 3 November 2022 - 26 February 2023. In collaboration with Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut e. V. (STFI). Berlin. Since 2 February 2022.
https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/kunstgewerbemuseum/exhibitions/detail/design-lab-13/
Highlighted by TAZ, 15.11.2022.
Rasehorn, F., Ciecierska-Holmes, J., Rosenthal N., Dean, M., Eigen, L., Nyakatura, J., Le, M.-L. V., Yang, B. 2022. The Tessellation Archive. Design Project. weißensee school of art and design berlin, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: Comparative Zoology, Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«. Since 1 June 2022, Virtual.
https://tessellated-materials.mpikg.mpg.de
Guiducci, L., Schneider, M., Shone, J., Sauer, C. 2021. »Woven paper bridge.«
Kycia, A., Guiducci, L. 2021. »Self-shaping textiles. Transfer of morphogenetic processes from plants to textiles.« Presented at Magic Circle Symposium, Berlin, 25.2.2021.
http://forschungskreis.com/event/magic-circle/
Rešetar, I. (coordinator, designer), De Visscher, E. (designer), Material Form Function project, Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, NODE Berlin Oslo. 2020. »Diagram ›Material Form Function‹.« Presented at the Material Form Function project presentation at the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity« Retreat 2020.
Emilia Tikka, Oula A. Valkeapää, Leena Valkeapää. Johtingeaidnu – The Path Within. Exhibition. Curator Christina Landbrecht. Schering Stiftung. 11 April 2025 - 13 July 2025.
https://scheringstiftung.de/de/projektraum/emilia-tikka-matters-of-activity/; https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/16051/johtingeaidnu-the-path-within
Highlighted by Tagesspiegel, der Freitag, Finland Abroad.
Gräfe, S., Mareis, C., Fratzl, P. (curators) _matter Festival 2025. Exhibition. Exhibitions, workshops, and debates at twelve venues across Berlin. 10 April 2025 - 15 October 2025.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/pages/15915/matter-festival-2025
Heidi Jalkh, Gisela Pozzetti, Valentina Aliaga, Claudia Banz. Matter of South. Biomaterial Cultures from Latin America. Exhibition. More Than Human: Design after the Anthropocene. Kunstgewerbemuseum. 12 July 2024 - 26 August 2024.
Léa Perraudin (project lead), Martin Müller (project lead), Eva Bullermann (exhibition design), Antje Nestler, Kristin Werner (concept) Julia Blumenthal, Richard Ley (support), Dimitra Almpani-Lekka, Bastian Bayer, Eva Bullermann, Michaela Eder, Johanna Hehemeyer-Cürten, Natalija Miodragović, Anna Schäffner, Maxie Schneider (contributors) Visiting Material Futures. Pop-up Exhibition at Futurium. Exhibition. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Futurium. 4 May 2024 - 31 August 2024.
Perraudin, L. (curator), Müller, M. (curator), Mahouti, M. (exhibition design), Werner, K. (project management and workshop concept), Winkler, C. (collaborator), Nestler, A. (communication and workshop concept), Steinhardt, S. (communication), Bullermann, E. (design assistant). Airbound. Sensing Collective Futures. Exhibition. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, CollActive Materials. CLB Berlin at Aufbau Haus. 20 October 2023 - 9 November 2023.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/11645/airbound-sensing-collective-futures
Perraudin, L., Rešetar, I. Intervention »My ABC is active«. Exhibition. Kunstbibliothek and Werkstoffarchiv Sitterwerk St. Gallen. 23 March 2023 - 7 May 2023.
https://www.sitterwerk.ch/De/Event/689/Mein_ABC_ist_aktiv
Büsse, M. (curator), de Visscher, E. (curator), Banz, C., Dean, M., Dierichs, K., Eder, M., Eigen, L., Guiducci, L., Hehemeyer-Cürten, J., Jalkh, H., Kycia, A., Mareis, C., Nyakatura, J. A., Rasehorn, F., Rešetar, I., Ribault, P., Sauer, C., Sauer, I., Schneider, M., Stock, R., Shone, J., Wenig, C. Design Lab #13. Material Legacies. Exhibition. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Museum of Decorative Arts. Kunstgewerbemuseum. 3 November 2022 - 26 February 2023.
https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/kunstgewerbemuseum/exhibitions/detail/design-lab-13/
Highlighted by TAZ, 15.11.2022.
Wenig, C. (designer), Hehemeyer-Cürten, J. (designer) 10. Recycling Designpreis. Exhibition. Marta Herford Museum. 19 June 2022 - 23 October 2022.
https://marta-herford.de/ausstellungen/10-recyclingdesignpreis/
Günak, B., Kesselring, R. »How to Hold Things: Artistic Practices in Damaged Environments.« At the exhibition: Symbiotic Wood. Berlin. 27 June 2025 - 21 September 2025.
Guiducci, L., Kycia, A., Betti, G., Giannone, A., Razghandi, K. »Self-Shaping Textiles at the Intersection of Fashion, Architecture and Technology.« At the exhibition: Design Lab #13. Material Legacies. Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin. 3 November 2022 - 26 February 2023.
Ribault, P. (curator) »Cabinet of Curiosities.« With the participation of: Art Orienté Objet, Byars, J., Durham, J., Garcia, H., Degorce-Dumas, E.. Mosset, O., Mullican, M., Purcell, R., Sherwood, D., Tschiember, M., Williams, R., Zarka, R., Ribault, P., Rioux, V., Students of Chaos. At the exhibition: ExtraNatural (A Mark Dion Projekt), curated by Basta, S. Beaux-Arts, Paris. 18 May 2021 - 14 July 2021.
Sauer, C. (project leader), Miodragović, N. (project leader, designer), Beyer, B. (designer), Rešetar, I. (designer), Suarez, D. (designer, video producer), Singer, N. (designer), Hengge, R. (microbiologist), Hathroubi, S. (microbiologist), Eder, M. (materials scientist), Bidan, C. (materials scientist) »Active Curtain.« Humboldt Labor, Humboldt Forum Berlin. Since 29 April 2021.
https://www.humboldt-labor.de/en/projects/clusters-of-excellence/active-curtain-project
De Bie, M., De Visscher, E. »Énergies Communes.« At the exhibition: Designer(s) du Design, Lille Metropole World Design Capital 2020. Tri Postal, Lille. 7 September 2020 - 1 December 2020.
https://www.designiscapital.com/programme/designers-du-design
Boxberger, L., Denz, P.-R., Fransén Waldhör, E., Sauer, C., Schneider, M., Vongsingha, P. 2020. Anordnung für ein architektonisches Bauelement und architektonisches Bauelement. DE102020115054 filed on 5 June 2020.
Boxberger, L., Denz, P.-R., Fransén Waldhör, E., Sauer, C., Schneider, M., Vongsingha, P. 2020. Architektonisches Bauelement. DE102020115072 filed on 5 June 2020.
Almpani-Lekka, Dimitra, Asa, Pelin, Dierichs, Karola, Ficht, Johanna, Göngrich, Erik, Kieffer, Lynn Hyun, Kubelík, Anna, Meyer, Vera, Stock, Robert, Wilhelm, Nora. 2024. Symbiotic Futures 1.0. Workshop. Berlinische Galerie, with Philippi, Nils. Berlin. Germany. 5 June 2024.
https://berlinischegalerie.de/veranstaltung/symbiotic-futures-1-0/
Bonavia, E., Farmer, J., Douny, L., Krauthausen, K., Sattler, F., Dierichs, K. 2023. Weaving with the Data Glove - From the Cocoon into the Computer and Back Again. Press briefing and public presentation. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Tieranatomisches Theater, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 16 February 2023.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/10084/weaving-with-the-data-glove-fro m-the-cocoon-into-the-computer-and-back-again
Bonavia, E., Farmer, J., Miletitch, R., Eder, M., Krauthausen, K., Dierichs, K. 2023. Are you ready to thread? Berlin Science Week at Matters of Activity. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin. 9 November 2023.
Miodragović, N., Eder, M., Hehemeyer-Cürten, J. 2023. An Exploration of Bark, Willow and Wool. Conversation moderated by Dr. Manuel Rivera (RIFS). Panel – Local biomaterials as design Innovators. ZUR NACHAHMUNG EMPFOHLEN! expeditionen in ästhetik und nachhaltigkeit. Uferhallen Berlin. 13 July 2023.
https://zur-nachahmung-empfohlen.de/panel-local-fibrous-materials-as-design-innovators-an-exploration-of-bark-willow-and-wool/
Perraudin, L. (project leader), Müller, M. (project leader), Werner, K. (coordinator, moderator), Brock, O. (contributor), Tikka, E. (workshop design), Nestler, A. (science communication), Bullermann E. (project assistant), Steinhardt, S. (science communication). 2023. Speculative Co-Design Workshop »Von Kontrolle zu Kooperation: Luft als Technologie«. Berlin University Alliance, Clusters of Excellence »Matters of Activity« and »Science of Intelligence«, silent green Kulturquartier, Berlin. 16 May 2023.
https://www.collactive-materials.de/workshops/
Perraudin, L. (project leader), Müller, M. (project leader), Werner, K. (coordinator, moderator), Dorniak, M. (contributor), Kim, Y. (contributor), Tikka, E. (workshop design), Nestler, A (science communication), Bullermann E. (project assistant), Steinhardt, S. (science communication). 2023. Speculative Co-Design Workshop "Breathing In, Breathing Out: Practices of Air". Berlin University Alliance, Clusters of Excellence »Matters of Activity« and »Science of Intelligence«, Lobe Block Berlin. Germany. 20 May 2023.
https://www.collactive-materials.de/workshops/
Perraudin, L. (project leader), Müller, M. (project leader), Winkler, C. (host, co-facilitator), Werner, K. (coordinator, moderator), Tikka, E. (workshop design), Nestler, A. (science communication), Bullermann E. (project assistant), Steinhardt, S. (science communication). 2023. Spekulativer Co-Design Workshop: Es liegt etwas in der Luft. Bühne & Umwelt. Berlin University Alliance, Clusters of Excellence »Matters of Activity« and »Science of Intelligence«, Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch, MA program Spiel&Objekt. Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch, Berlin. 6 May 2023.
https://www.collactive-materials.de/workshops/
Perraudin, L. (speaker), Lehmann, G. (speaker), Werner, K. (workshop concept, moderator), Nestler, A. (workshop concept, moderator), Bullermann, E. (design assistant) 2023. Introducing: The Breathless Choir. Workshop. Clusters of Excellence »Matters of Activity« and »Science of Intelligence«, Berlin Science Week. Campus Naturkundemuseum Berlin. Germany. 4 November 2023.
https://berlinscienceweek.com/event/introducing-the-breathless-choir/
Highlighted by Highlighted by Berlin Science Week in the track »Diversity of Perspectives«.
Stock, Robert, Saerberg, Siegfried. 2023. Be_hinderte Natur. Beschädigte Landschaften und sinnliche Diversität in anthropozänen Umwelten. Podium discussion. Klima_Ungerechtigkeiten, Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften im Humboldt Labor. Humboldt Labor, Berlin. Germany. 17 June 2023.
https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/termin/gespraech/klima_un_gerechtigkeiten-79726/
Stock, Robert, Wenig Charlett, Behrendt, Ferréol, Stolle, Nikolai. 2023. Round Table »Rinde: Gestaltung mit Resten«. Podium discussion. Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin. Berlin. Germany. 26 January 2023
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/9695/round-table-rinde-gestaltung-mit-resten
Köhne, J. »Aquatory Entwerfen?«. Tief im Ozean. Tauchgänge in aquatische Wissens- und Imaginationsräume.. Institut für Kulturwissenschaften, Humboldt Universität Berlin. 9 February 2023.
https://agnes.hu-berlin.de/lupo/rds?state=verpublish&status=init&vmfile=no&publishid=196777&moduleCall=webInfo&publishConfFile=webInfo&publishSubDir=veranstaltung
Weber, R. »Algae Futures«. Talk at the Re-imagining fashion. Ellery Studio, Berlin. Virtual. 16 March 2022.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca7gAR4MCPr/
Fratzl, P. Active Composites Grown by Plants May Inspire Sustainable Materials. Invited Seminar, McGill Institute for Advanced Materials, Montréal, Canada. Virtual. 12 February 2021.
https://www.mcgill.ca/miam/events
Fratzl, P. Active Matter. Keynote at the Engineering Life – Active Matter Across Scales, Steigenberger Hotel de Saxe, Dresden. Center for Molecular Bioengineering (B CUBE) of the Technische Universität Dresden. Hybrid. 27 September 2021.
https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/events/2022/06/27/engineering-life-active-matter-across-scales
Iglesias, R. M., Razghandi, K., Stein, C., Voto, C. Alternative Monsters and the Probability of the Impossible. Talk at the 24th WFSF Conference »The Openness of Futures«, Berlin. Hybrid. 29 October 2021.
https://wfsfconferenceberlin2021.org/online_event/alternative-monsters-and-the-probability-of-the-impossible/
Perraudin, L., Müller, M. Active Matter(s). Talk at the Research Colloquium »Design and the History of Knowledge«, organized by Mareis, C. and Büsse, M. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Virtual. 30 June 2021.
Sauer, C. ADAPTEX - adaptive textile for the architectural context. ALL GOOD(S) New Materials in Architecture, Design and Fashion for a Future Circular Economy. The opening event of a new programme by ANCB The Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory, in collaboration with the Netherlands Embassy in Berlin. Hybrid. 9 September 2020.
Norris, L., Wiesener, H., Razghandi, K. Activating Circular Networks. Event Series Critically Explores Material Sustainability Concepts. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Since 1 June 2023.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/10973/activating-circular-networks