Details:
– 3.- 5+ sem. & MA anp. studium
– max 18 students
– German & English
Supervision:
– Prof. Ineke Hans
– KM Maciej Chmara
– LB Olivia Heung
Talks during the semester:
17 Oct: Prof. Ineke Hans on Ergonomie, Maciej Chmara on discomfort
19 Oct: Hybrid platform UdK/TU on Kreative KI
27 Nov: Lucas Henneberger on AI
12 Dec: Hella Jongerius on feelgood
Participants: Frederic Nishimura, Lorenz Ni, Emin Acar, Gustav Sundberg, Yanick Bartels, Nora Shalabi, Emily Lechaux, Petra Gaspar, Friedrich Kreppel, Niklas Rechfelden, Mirjam Bauer
COMFORT
Products can do a lot to us:
they can work well in a practical way: functional & ergonomic, but they can also work well in a mental way: poetic & creating a comfort zone, they can offer consolation & convenience.
This semester we explored:
• the two-sidedness of products and their functionality: practical and/or mental, the applied and/or decorative
• how to justify objects which seem to be there mainly for personal beauty or personal taste in a time where we globally have to think about what we add to this world
• the borders of design and kitsch, ethics and aesthetics and how to define your own borders as a designer
THE AIM IS TO CREATE AN OBJECT OF COMFORT
TASKS:
– research and visit DDW and make a personal thematic report
– brainstorm: write a short essay on what is comfort for you and which emphasises are important for you and… what is a comfort zone?
– analyse with your mind – listen to your stomach
– design & make!
INCLUDED:
‘who designs? the designer or AI?’, an integrated AI workshop:
– an AI intro into prompting, image generating and presenting through AI
– experimenting and exploring (un)comfortable designprocesses
