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The Design Research Lab is a laboratory for experimental design and research reflecting on the digital society. Through playful interventions, critical making and collaborative reasoning we investigate possible futures. As a platform and network, we are deeply involved with the requirements and policies needed for an inclusive and sustainable development of the digital society from a design perspective.

We are an interdisciplinary team of designers, researchers, tech-enthusiasts and critical thinkers from Berlin University of the Arts, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, as well as Einsteincenter Digital Future (ECDF).

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Team

Prof. Dr. Gesche Joost
Head of Design Research Lab
Prof. Dr. Gesche
Joost
Marie Munz
Assistance / Project Management
Marie
Munz
Dr. phil. Eleftherios Avramidis
Senior Researcher
Dr. phil. Eleftherios
Avramidis
Dr. Michelle Christensen
Senior Researcher
Dr. Michelle
Christensen
Dr. Florian Conradi
Senior Researcher
Dr. Florian
Conradi
Dr. phil. Bianca Herlo
Senior Researcher
Dr. phil. Bianca
Herlo
Dr. Daniel Irrgang
Senior Researcher
Dr. Daniel
Irrgang
Dr. phil. Andreas Unteidig
Senior Researcher
Dr. phil. Andreas
Unteidig
Philipp von Becker
Researcher
Philipp von
Becker
Malte Bergmann
Researcher
Malte
Bergmann
Elizabeth Calderón Lüning
Researcher
Elizabeth Calderón
Lüning
Marie Dietze
Researcher
Marie
Dietze
Hannah Fischer
Researcher
Hannah
Fischer
Rahel Flechtner
Researcher
Rahel
Flechtner
Friederike Fröbel
Researcher
Friederike
Fröbel
Emilia Knabe
Researcher
Emilia
Knabe
Katharina Lorenz
Researcher
Katharina
Lorenz
Rashid Owoyele
Researcher
Rashid
Owoyele
Bodo Pahlke
Researcher
Bodo
Pahlke
Christian Pflug
Researcher
Christian
Pflug
Sandra Stark
Researcher
Sandra
Stark
Daniela Wittmann
Researcher
Daniela
Wittmann
Emil Woop
Researcher
Emil
Woop
Esther Zahn
Researcher
Esther
Zahn
Katharina Bellinger
Student Worker
Katharina
Bellinger
Clara Elisabeth Gleiß
Student Worker
Clara Elisabeth
Gleiß
Mia Grote
Student Worker
Mia
Grote
Tomma Suki Hinrichsen
Student Worker
Tomma Suki
Hinrichsen
Zeynep Keskin
Student Worker
Zeynep
Keskin
Jeanne Mandaroux
Student Worker
Jeanne
Mandaroux
Katharina Schmidt
Student Worker
Katharina
Schmidt
Ben Siegler
Student Worker
Ben
Siegler
Hannah Tatjes
Student Worker
Hannah
Tatjes
Joanna Wilkans
Student Worker
Joanna
Wilkans
Lukas Wirsching
Student Worker
Lukas
Wirsching

Alumni

Gameli
Adzaho
Veronika
Aumann
Alexa
Beckmann
Marie Rosa
Beuthel
Dr. Tom
Bieling
Sanket
Bindle
Nina
Blume
Stephanie
Braune
Dr. phil. Katharina
Bredies
Samantha
Briehn
Lea
Brumsack
Sandra
Buchmüller
Benjamin
Bähr
Agata
Böhm
Dr. Rosan
Chow
Andrea
Clemens
Blanca Dominguez
Cobreros
Peter
Conradie
Dr. phil. Mario
Daniels
Linda
Debray
Tilmann
Dehnhard
Michael
Ertel
Chiara
Esposito
Eric
Esser
Esther
Feiertag
Marc
Ferrer
Mads Nygaard
Folkmann
Erik
Freydank
Jochen
Fuchs
Özden
Gelgeç
Johannes
Geng
Christin
Gierke
Benjamin
Gladki
Jan
Gohlke
Ulrike
Gollner
Ramyah
Gowrishankar
Dr. Berit
Greinke
Jana
Grewy
Rike
Grill
Stefan
Göllner
Nicole
Gütl
Susann
Hamann
Adam
Harvey
Christine
Hausen
Paul
Heinicker
Dr. Tincuta
Heinzel
Dr.-Ing. Fabian
Hemmert
Christian
Hertlein
Susanna
Hertrich
Daniela
Hery
Lisa
Hoffmann
Steffi
Hoffrichter
Birte
Huizing
Ron
Jagodzinski
Nikita
Jerschov
Hans-Peter
Kadel
Paula
Kassenaar
Nicole
Kengyel
André
Knörig
Marie
Kochsiek
Oscar
Koller
Paul
Kolling
Nathalie
Krüger
Miriam
Lahusen
Fabricio
Lamoncha
Dr. phil. Bastian
Lange
Jaclyn
Le
Jan
Lindenberg
Matthias
Löwe
Joshua
Marr
Dr. Tiago
Martins
Julia
Mayer
Cathryn
McAnespy
Mandy
Meissner
Tinka
Molkenthin
Masoud
Morgan
Franziska
Müller
Alexander
Müller-Rakow
Severin
Neumann
Stephanie
Neumann
Leonie-Marie
Onas
Oscar
Palou
Riccardo
Pascotto
Hannah
Perner-Wilson
Nora
Perseke
Paola
Pierri
Michael
Pogorzhelskiy
Lorenz
Raab
Dr. phil. Thomas
Ramge
Lutz
Reiter
Anke
Riemer
Susanne
Ritzmann
Sara Diaz
Rodriguez
Konrad
Röpke
Dr. phil. Florian
Sametinger
Sarah
Schipper
Birga
Schlottmann
Corinna
Schmidt
Dr. phil. Jennifer
Schubert
Marie Luise
Schulz
Max
Schäth
Franziska
Schüffler
Paul
Seidler
Paul
Seidler
Jojo
Shone
Ananda
Siml
Juan Pablo Garcia
Sossa
Jan-Erik
Stange
Daniel
Stepanov
Jan
Tepe
Kathrin
Vent
Lilo
Viehweg
Pauline
Vierne
Ursula
Wagner
Ebba Fransén
Waldhör
Samuel
Weiss
Lisa
Weiss
Fabian
Werfel
Julia
Werner
Max
Westbrock
Reto
Wettach
Aaron
Winter
Götz
Wintergerst
Hendrik
Wittemeier
Anne
Wohlauf
Sebastian
Wolf
Dr. Stefanie
Wuschitz
Mohit
Yadav
Jelena
Zach
Cécile
Zahorka
Josefine
Zeipelt
Youyuan
Zhao
Inci-Ana
Zohrap
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Make

Projects

Digital Sovereignty
Material Interactions
Social Design
Practicing Sovereignty. Means of Digital Involvement

Practicing Sovereignty. Means of Digital Involvement

Digital Sovereignty
Miadé – Local Community Networks in Lomé, Togo

Miadé – Local Community Networks in Lomé, Togo

Digital Sovereignty
Social Design
PowerGrasp – A Soft Robotic Assistive System

PowerGrasp

Material Interactions
DDAI – Design-driven Artificial Intelligence

DDAI – Design-driven Artificial Intelligence

Digital Sovereignty
Material Interactions
MYOW – Make your own Wearables

MYOW – Make your own Wearables

Material Interactions
INTERPART – Intercultural spaces of participation

INTERPART – Intercultural spaces of participation

Digital Sovereignty
Social Design
Critical Maker Culture

Critical Maker Culture

Digital Sovereignty
Material Interactions
UPLINX – Qualification on Machine Learning for Interactive Textiles

UPLINX – Qualification on Machine Learning for Interactive Textiles

Material Interactions
BauNow @ Berlin Design Week 11.10.19 – 3.11.19 | Kulturforum Berlin

BauNow @ Berlin Design Week 11.10.19 – 3.11.19 | Kulturforum Berlin

Social Design
MAZI – Developing a DIY networking toolkit for location-based collective awareness

MAZI – Developing a DIY networking toolkit for location-based collective awareness

Digital Sovereignty

New

Calendar

Calls
Events
News
Talks
Teaching
Workshops
26 Oct 2020 – 30 Oct 2020
Compact Course: Dressing for the Surveillance Age - Adversarial design
Teaching
5 Nov 2020 – 25 Feb 2021
Virtual Colloquium: Between the New Dark Age and Tech-Utopia
Teaching
5 Oct 2020 – 9 Oct 2020
Kompaktkurs: Critical Zones. Gestaltungsspielräume in der kritischen Lage unserer Erde, Dr. Daniel Irrgang
Teaching
25 Sep 2020 – 27 Sep 2020
Conference: Data Cities. Smart Technologies, Tracking & Human Rights, Disruption Network Lab
News
Talks
2 Sep 2020
Job Opening: Student Worker for Weizenbaum Research Group "Inequality and Digital Sovereignty"
Calls
News
3 Sep 2020
Panel Discussion: Digital Paradigm Shift
Talks
24 Feb 2020
New Book: Politics of Things – A Critical Approach Through Design
News
24 Apr 2020 – 16 Jul 2020
Virtual Colloquium: Design in Times of Crisis
Teaching
9 Apr 2020
Do-It-Yourself / Do-It-Together Masks 
News
12 Mar 2020
Practicing Sovereignty. Means of Digital Involvement
Events
Workshops
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Stuff

Resources

Code
Publications
Tools
Irrgang, D., (2020), Vilém Flussers Black Box, in: Black Boxes. Versiegelungskontexte und Öffnungsversuche. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven, eds. Eckhard Geitz, Christian Vater and Silke Zimmer-Merkle (Berlin et al.: De Gruyter, 2020)
Publications
Gallico, T. and Joost, G. , (2020), Inciting Engagement and Collaboration Through Interaction Design: An Urban Transport Systems Digitisation Case Study
Publications
Christensen, M., Conradi, F., (2020), Krise des Seins
Publications
Christensen, M. & Conradi, F., (2020), Algorithmic Aristocracy, Biased Biometrics and Compromised Code
Publications
Dietze, M. & Wuschitz, S., (2020), Strategien queer-feministischer Hack-Kollektive
Publications
Vogelsang, A., Foraita, S., and Herlo, B (Eds.), (2020), Matters of communication
Publications
Bellinger, K., (2020), Do-It-Yourself / Do-It-Together Masks
Tools
Herlo, B. & Joost, G., (2019), Design for civil society. The model project Citizens connect neighborhoods – community development harnesses digital transformation
Publications
Herlo, B., (2019), Social Living Labs. Co-designing public and political deliberation
Publications
Herlo, B., Pierri, P., and Schubert, J. , (2019), Civic Design Through the Lens of Social Living Labs
Publications
Dietze, M. & Kochsiek, M., (2019), DIY Intimate Tech
Tools
Christensen, M. & Conradi, F., (2019), Politics of Things
Publications
Reiter, L., (2019), mazi-princess [Source code]
Code
Fröbel, F; Avramidis E., Joost G, (2019), Workshop on Wearables and Machine Learning: Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Αpproaches on Τextile Τechnology
Publications
Gaved, M., Calderón Lüning, E., Unteidig, A. et al. , (2019), Power, roles and adding value: reflecting on the challenges of bridging across research and action on an international community networking project
Publications
Irrgang, D., Hadler, F., and Soiné, A. (eds.), (2019), Interface Critique no. 2: Navigating the Human
Publications
Wuschiz, S. , (2019), Feminist Hackerspaces: When the Private gets Political
Publications
Christensen, M. & Conradi, F., (2019), Hacking Body Politics – Tackling the Technical Tropes
Publications
Bieling, Tom (Ed.) , (2019), Gender (&) Design: Positionen zur Vergeschlechtlichung in Gestaltungskulturen
Publications
Bieling, Tom & Joost, Gesche, (2019), Gestaltung und Verantwortung: Positionsbestimmung einer sozialverantwortlichen Technikentwicklung
Publications
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De-Routing App and Platform

Social Design

Experimental Approach to Local Surroundings

De-Routing is an explorative workshop concept and application that highlight walking as a tool to explore neighborhoods. With the application, local surroundings can be approached in an experimental and explorative way. Additionally a change of perspective is taking place through a specific focus like “barriers”, “thresholds” or “gatherings”.  The insights are collected in a collaborative map in which barriers, contact and conflict zones are marked and discussed. The application was developed within the Community Now? project and in collaboration with Michelle Christensen & Florian Conradi.