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).
Ben holds a Bachelor Degree in Fashion Design from Hochschule Pforzheim. After working for Hugo Boss and Baldessarini he is currently completing his M.A. in Textile- and Surface Design at KH Weissensee, specialising in heat-resistent and technical fabrics and their use in ceramics.