I have been invited by Prof Robert Lzicar to the annual Design Research Methods Festival of the HKB / MA DESIGN (Hochschule der Künste in Bern, Switzerland). I contributed to the event with a workshop for MA design students and guests with the title “Polyphonic Futures — Collective Futuring on Silk, Design and Body Interfaces”.
Image credit: HKB / MAD, Bern, Switzerland.
Polyphonic Futures — Collective Futuring on Silk, Design and Body Interfaces
Reverse engineered silk is one of the few biomaterials not rejected by the human body that is instead fully absorbed by its tissue. This characteristic enables unprecedented applications within and in interaction with the body, including bone and tissue replacements, biosensors and biodegradable electronics — in short, new wearables and implantables with a range of functions. Taking the body as a site for investigation this workshop will critically and collectively explore it as an “assembly” to be hacked and enhanced through bio-digital materials.
From the event website:
“The annual Design Research Methods Festival of the HKB / MA DESIGN is dedicated to theories and methods relevant to design and to design research. We invited six experts to hold a workshop, introducing the participants to why and how they do what they do.”
“HKB MA Design @hkbmad presents the annual DESIGN RESEARCH METHODS FESTIVAL 2019 // 4–6 Nov // HKB Bern @hkb_bfh. Guests: Memi Beltrame // Katherine Hepworth // Marieke Sonneveld // Peter Kessel & Mareike Lemme // Veronica Ranner // Eugen Pfister & Arno Görgen 👌🏻 @mariekesonneveld @kolaboraberlin @veronica_ranner #designresearch #designwithsocialimpact #wearemadhere”