Selection of projects, talks, and other engagements:
––––– March 2024 Expert Talk
I was invited to give a keynote at the Multispecies Design Symposium at Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin.
I received a research grant by the Institute for Design Research at ZHdK to develop a prototype based on my research dissertation.
I am featured as a contributor in 2023 edition of «Journal of Global Pop Cultures» with my article «Designing for More than Human Futures». Furthermore, I was invited to talk about my research at the annual symposium in August 2023.
––––– June 2023 Podcast Guest at Near Future Laboratory
Talking about rethinking design practice and education, and use design as a tool for shaping More than Human Futures.
Listen to the podcast here.
––––– March 2023 Sustainability Week 2023 Zurich
Facilitation of a participatory workshop on the topic of «Design for More than Human Futures» at Sustainability Week 2023 in Zurich.
How can AI help us tackle challenges caused by climate change? Will our clothing and products in the future be made from living materials? Are we going to release synthetic species into the wild to compensate for biodiversity loss? How can Nature be granted legal personhood so it can act on par with humans? How will our culture change when we see ourselves as part of a complex network of microorganisms, animals, plants, digital systems, and technological artifacts?
I am featured as a contributor in the recent and first 2023 edition of «swissfuture – Magazin für Zukünfte» with my article «Designing for More than Human Futures».
––––– October 2022 Swiss Design Network Research Summit
Presentation of my research project «Designing for More than Human Futures - Rethinking Design Education beyond Human-Centered Realities» in an exhibition held as part of the conference «Counterparts: Exploring Design Beyond the Human» in the galleries of the Zurich University of the Arts.
––––– September 2022 Panel Speaker PRIMER22
Participation in the panel discussion «Beyond Objects, Identity and Humanity» as a speaker at PRIMER22, an annual event hosted by the Design Futures Initiative.
––––– November 2021 Junior Design Research Conference
Presentation of the topic and research of my master project «Designing for More than Human Futures - Rethinking Design Education beyond Human-Centered Realities» in a talk at the Junior Design Research Conference.
Facilitation of a participatory workshop that addressed the topic of my research project.
––––– September 2021 Workshop in Collaboration with Speculative Futures Milano
Facilitation of an ideation workshop on the topic of «Design for More than Human Futures».
––––– July 2021 Workshop at PRIMER21
Facilitation of an ideation workshop on the topic of «Design for More than Human Futures».
––––– April 2021 Future Scenarios for Switzerland Tourism
Development of different future scenarios for Switzerland Tourism on the topic of «The Futures of Business Tourism in Switzerland: Scenarios of Business Tourism in Switzerland in 2030».
––––– February 2021 Trend Research for STURMundDRANG
Research and development of a detailed trend map on the topic of «The Future of Intimacy».
You can find a detailed CV on my LinkedIn page.