JUN 2023 | Dr Melissa Sterry invited me to her BIOfutures talk series on Instagram to talk about critical issues surrounding biomaterials, biodesign and biotech.
Read MoreCOLLABORATION — NTU SINGAPORE CENTRE FOR 3D-PRINTING /
May 2023 | I joined the NTU Singapore Centre for 3D Printing (SC3DP) as an associated faculty member.
Read MoreACADEMIC — WORKSHOP 'INVERTING THE WUNDERKAMMER' /
May 2023 | I have been invited by Asst/Prof Ahmed Ansari to contribute to his shared, ongoing research project on rethinking the Digital Humanities through Botanic Histories and Archives.
Read MorePRESS FEATURE — BIOFABRICATION: MATERIAL OF THE FUTURE /
Dec 2022 | My current work on the Polyphonic Futures Lab has been spotlighted by Prof. Sarah Dorkenwald in an article on biomaterials for Bayern Design, Bavaria's international centre for design knowledge exchange and collaboration.
Read MorePANEL — MATERIAL CONNECTIONS /
NOV 2022 | I organised an online seminar with Dr Thomas Kador (UCL) about his latest work on object-based learning for our community of practitioners across NTU as part of the ‘Teaching with Material Objects’ grant.
Read MoreWORKSHOP — SINGAPORE DESIGN WEEK /
Sep 2022 | What a great pleasure to host in-person workshops again! After the pandemic hiatus, Polyphonic Futures is now contributing to the Singapore Design Week 2022.
Read MorePUBLIC PANEL — MUNICH CREATIVE BUSINESS WEEK /
May 2022 | For the Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW) 2022, I teamed up with Prof. Katharina Sand and Katharina Binder to host a public design research panel on the potential of speculation and transformation.
Read MoreRESEARCH GRANT — TEACHING WITH MATERIAL OBJECTS /
Mar 2022 | I am joining the research grant ‘Teaching with Material Objects’ — initiated by Asst. Prof. Katherine Hindley (NTU CoHASS; PI) — and ‘community of practitioners’ as Co-PI.
Read MoreAWARD JURY — CORE77 DESIGN AWARDS 2021 /
May 2021 | I am part of this year’s jury team for the Core77 Design Awards for ‘Speculative Design’. The team consists of Asst. Prof. Deepa Butolya, Assoc. Prof. Laura Forlano, Ti Fang and myself.
Read MoreTEACHING — RCA MA INNOVATION DESIGN ENGINEERING /
Mar 2020 | was invited by Dr Chang Hee Lee to tutor students on the MA/MSc IDE course for the upcoming summer term 2020.
Read MorePERMANENT EXHIBITION — FUTURIUM IN BERLIN /
SEP 2019 | I am delighted to share that the Futurium in Berlin has requested my work “Biophilia — Organ Crafting” for its permanent exhibition. The Futurium is one of Germany’s latest museums on science, technology, design and society — a “house of futures”.
Read MoreWORKSHOP — BERN UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS /
NOV 2019 | 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).
Read MoreTALK — SPECULATIVE FUTURES STUTTGART /
JULY 2019 | I have been invited to give an artist talk at the German (Stuttgart) node of “Speculative Futures”. The talk was given at Theater Rampe in Stuttgart and critically discussed Critical and Speculative design practices.
Read MoreEXHIBITION — DESIGN MUSEUM GENT /
MAY 2019 | ’m delighted that my work Biophilia — Organ Crafting will be shown for the first time in Belgium. The Design Museum Gent will show the exhibition Creatures Made to Measure — Animals and Contemporary Design which started at the Marta Herford Museum in Germany.
Read MoreEXHIBITION — MARTA HERFORD MUSEUM /
SEP 2018 | The Marta Herford Museum in Germany has requested Biophilia — Organ Crafting for its forthcoming exhibition Creatures Made to Measure — Animals and Contemporary Design.
Read MoreTALK — UBS ARTS FORUM /
AUG 2018 | I have been invited to give a talk about my work at the UBS Arts Forum at castle Wolfsberg, Switzerland.
Read MoreWORKSHOP — BIOTOPIA MUSEUM OF MAN AND NATURE /
JUN 2018 | I have been commissioned to give a Polyphonic Futures workshop at BIOTOPIA Museum of Man and Nature, the new natural history museum of Bavaria, located at Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, Germany.
Read MoreTEACHING — MUTHESIUS KUNSTHOCHSCHULE KIEL /
MAY 2018 | I will give a guest lecture at Muthesius Kunsthochschule in Kiel (Germany) upon invitation by Prof. Matylda Krzykowski.
Read MoreCONFERENCE — BEYOND CHANGE /
MAR 2018 | I presented my paper at “Beyond Change” with the following title: “Polyphonic Design-Science: Critical Bio-design Through the Example of Reverse-engineered Silk”
Read MoreTEACHING — LUCERNE SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN /
MAR 2018 | I will be teaching for a day at Lucerne School of Art and Design (Switzerland) upon invitation by Prof. Jan Eckert.
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