First SprechenÜber 2020 - Sofia Crespo - 17:00 Weds 15. Jan

Join us at 17:00 on Wednesday 15th Jan for the first SprechenÜber of 2020:

Sofia Crespo spricht über “how she was introduced to machine learning, explaining the basic concepts that played a role in changing her way of seeing images and creating visual compositions. With an array of tools useful to AI tinkerers, she aims to inspire others to envision a new nature from a digital space.”

18.Dez.2019 17:00 SprechenÜber with Joa Herrenknecht

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We are happy to have Joa Herrenknecht this Wed. 18.12.2019 17:00 as guest at SprechenÜber.
She will talk about „flexible and multidisciplinary work on different design related projects including furniture, accessories, lamps, textiles and interior design.“
Come by to the last event in 2019! Have a snack and drink with us while talking about design. 

Upcoming in 2020:

08.01 sofia crespo

22.01 Anna Badur

29.01 Einhorn

05.02 Premium Cola

Stay tuned

Sprechen Über 19/20 Dates and Guests

Hello all,

We are happy to announce the dates and speakers for this semester:

04.12 Catharina Bening - circular design 

11.12 Plastique fantastique 

18.12 Joa Herrenknecht 

08.01 sofia crespo 

22.01 Anna Badur 

29.01 Einhorn 

05.02 Premium Cola 

.... Wednesdays 17:00 Prof. Mensa

We might have one more talk in February, stay tuned ;)

Sorry for the late announcement and start of Sprechen Über. We hope you will have time to join the events between your projects and enjoy the guests and topics. 

See you

Zum Auftakt Designgeschichte am 22.10.2019

Wir treffen uns am 22.10.2019 um 15:00 im Mart-Stam-Raum und besprechen wie was welcher Abschluss usw.

Um 17:00 morgen wird in der Aula das kleine, überschaubar gehaltene Symposium eröffnet »warum das bauhaus schwer auszuhalten ist«. Ich würde mich freuen, wenn Ihr dazu kommen würdet. Die Beiträge drehen sich um den Zusammenhang der Künste mit dem Design und umgekehrt. Morgen, am Dienstag, wird unter anderem Marion von Osten sprechen . Ihr kennt sie vielleicht als Kuratorin der großen Ausstellung »bauhaus imaginista« im Haus der Kulturen der Welt diesen Jahres. Gegen Abend wird noch ein sehr selten zu sehender Film gezeigt über eine der vielen Frauen am Bauhaus. Diskussion anschließend mit der Filmemacherin. Das Programm findet Ihr als PDF-Download unter: https://kh-berlin.de/projekt-detail/Project/detail/selmanagic-symposium-2930.html

Dann bis morgen…

SprechenÜber | Ape Unit | Profmensa, Mi. 26.06.19, 17:00

Im happy to anounce this semesters last SprechenÜber!

Since this will be our last event all drinks etc will be free!

Ape Unit

is a tech hub — a network of creators, strategists, developers and designers based in Berlin. Our blockchain unit focuses on creating tools, decentralized applications, and the infrastructure around blockchain technology. We will talk about blockchain and a peer-to-peer blockchain learning platform: dacade.

We provide a starting point for everybody that wants to learn about blockchain technology. You will learn a thing or two about smart contracts, decentralised applications and its potential. Join if you are interested in blockchain’s possible use cases.

Ape Unit

Aepps

dacade

SprechenÜber | SELAM-X | Profmensa, Fr. 21.06.19, 17:00

SELAM-X

is a studio specialized in visual communication for clients from art, culture and commercial projects. From Berlin and Hamburg they work in the field of music, fashion, lifestyle and art to provide design strategies for their clients. Our scope ranges from consulting, art direction and visual identity to webdesign, animation and web development. They will talk about their studio, technology and all things they are interested in. For their talk they want you to bring a

sharp knife!

Selam-X is one of our most prominent guests yet, so I hope you guys can take the time to come, it will be woth it!

Selam-X

Introduction Critical Writing Sommer 2019

Der Kurs läuft unter der Leitung von Constanze Vogt. Er findet immer am Freitag statt, und zwar an den noch verbleibenden Freitagen im Semester. Der Auftakt startet um 13:00 Uhr. Alle weiteren Termine (inklusive Einzelkonsultationen) bitte hier in der Zeitleiste nachschauen.

Bitte tragt Euch bei Interesse ein als Teilnehmer_Innen. Und bestätigt, dass Ihr zum Auftakt am kommenden Freitag, 07.06.2019 kommen wollt. Ansonsten wäre der reguläre Beginn eine Woche später, am 14.06.2019.

Jörg Petruschat

SprechenÜber | designing for new media | Profmensa, Mi. 05.06.19, 17:00

Marton Barcza - techaltar 

is a Berlin based Youtuber who does video essays about the past, present and future of technology. In his talk he will talk about his Youtube channel and what it means to be a content creator in the 21st century. 

youtube.com/techaltar

onformative @ SprechenÜber today!

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Join todays talk by onformative!
https://onformative.com/
See you there :)

SprechenÜber: MOIA

Hey everyone!

Our first guests this semester will be MOIA! They are a new ride sharing service.
I will post more Information about them as soon as I'll get it.
Hope to see you there!

MOIA

Thank you all, for attending this semesters SprechenÜber!

Hey everyone!
With our guest Torsten from FELD we brought this semester's talks to a proper ending.
A big thanks to everyone for attening so numerously throughout the semester.

Stay tuned for even better talks in the summer semester!

SprechenÜber | FELD Design | Voraula, Mi. 30.01.19, 17:00

The very interesting FELD Studio will be our last guest for WS18/19.
Since this is the last event of the semester all drinks and snacks will be free.
Hope to see many of you there so we can wrap this semester of sprechenÜber events up together!

Digital Design Methods for the Analog World

Torsten Posselt of FELD Design
will talk about the power of computational and parametric processes and their influence on the way we design, create and iterate whilst remaining in full aesthetic control over their manifestation in the real world.

About FELD Design

FELD is a design company passionate about uniting the physical and the digital to find new ways of communicating stories and creating experiences.

We believe in a collaborative design process that combines conceptual with practical skills. Our shared goal to unite the creative possibilities of the digital age with traditional design disciplines is firmly anchored in a distinct and refined FELD aesthetic.

FELD was founded in 2011 by Torsten Posselt and Frederic Gmeiner. The two designers met on a field trip to an astrophysics observatory near Berlin, where they were investigating the visual phenomena of interstellar magnetic fields for a design competition. In the end, they didn’t win, but they did discover a shared passion for combining design with the narrative potential of digital media technologies.

Feld.studio

SprechenÜber | Miriam Schmidtke | Prof. Mensa, Mi. 23.01.19, 17:00

How to choreograph déja-vus

Miriam Schmidtke is a media artist and director specialized in working with set-ups of synchronized movements, synchronized video-channels and highly choreographed performance pieces. Due to the particular requirements the technical implementation as well as the directing are especially focused on a choreographed repetition in time and space.
She will discuss how this mode of working with „hyperchoreographed“ content and loops enables me to approach questions of cultural, psychological and philosophical considerations on future scenarios and a technology driven world.
Furthermore, She will show how she goes from testing the realm of the digital world with analogue means and metaphors to working with actual new technologies during the production process. Whilst merging scientific facts with fiction in her artworks, She is dealing preferably with topics such as commodification of the body, (post)fordism, behavioral patterns or the rearrangement of space.

Miriam Schmidke

I’m an artist and director working at the intersection of spatial installation, video, performance and choreography.
I initially come from an Exhibition Design and Spatial Art background and pursued a B.A./M.A. in Visuelle Kommunikation, Klasse „Raumszenarien und Ausstellungsgestaltung“ at Universität der Künste Berlin. Recently, I studied Bühnenbild and Bildhauerei at Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin.
Until the beginning of 2018 I was the study coordinator and lecturer at Technical University’s postgraduate M.A. program „Bühnenbild_Szenischer Raum“. Currently, I live and work as a freelance artist, director and producer in Berlin and Vienna.

Miriam SChmidtke

See you all at Wednesday!

SprechenÜber | VAI KAI | Prof. Mensa, Mi. 16.01.19, 17:00

VAI KAI

supports cognitive and emotional development through connected play. She communicates gently with adorable sounds and breathing color light. When held in hands, VaiKai responds to motions and you can feel a heart beating in the wooden body.

Justyna Zubrycka
Chief Design Officer, Co-founder. Connected Play and Interaction Designer, previously working in wooden toys, luxury goods and furniture industry. Public Speaker about importance of play.

We are craftsmen, designers, dreamers and makers. We believe that technology should be tailored to the unique cognitive and emotional development of every child.

VAIKAI

See you on Wednesday!
Niklas

REMINDER: Frédéric Eyl today

Don't miss todays talk by Frédéric Eyl | TheGreenEyl

Voraula, 17:00

see up Angebot / berufsrelevante Kurse / Jan+Feb.

Liebe Studierende, liebe Absolvent*innen,

Das see up Programm für Januar und Februar ist online. Siehe Webseite oder PDF im Anhang. Wenn Ihr teilnehmen möchtet, meldet Euch bitte verbindlich über die Webseite an, da die Teilnehmerzahlen begrenzt sind.

Wir freuen uns auf Euch! Auch ehemalige freiberufliche/selbstständige Studenten oder Dozenten sind gerne Willkommen!

Liebe Grüße

Birgit Effinger & Sophia Pompéry

Fr. 18.+ Sa. 19. Januar:
„Zwischen Marke und Persönlichkeit - Wie vermarkte ich mich selbst?“ mit Thea Dymke
2-tägiges Blockseminar

22. Januar:
„Erfolgsfaktor Positionierung“ mit Mona Hornung

Do. 24.+ Fr. 25.+ Sa. 26. Januar:
„Kunst + Wert + Macht, Netzwerk Kunstmarkt“ - Ein Blick auf Hintergründe / Exkursionen zu diversen Vertretern der Branche,
3-tägiges Blockseminar

Mi. 6. Februar
„Individueller Beratungstag für Deine Frage“ mit Birgit Effinger

Anmeldungen unter www.seeup.de

Weitere Infos, aktuelle Ausschreibungen etc. findet Ihr in der see up Facebook-Gruppe

PDF SeeUp_Programm_WS2018-19_JanFeb_BE.pdf 125.91KB

SprechenÜber | Becoming Part of the Picture | Voraula, Mi. 09.01.19, 17:00

2019's first SprechenÜber's guest is Frédéric Eyl from Studio TheGreenEyl.

Becoming Part of the Picture

The works of Studio TheGreenEyl invite the audience to become part of the picture. The playful and often metaphorical situations they create, aim to provide aesthetic hooks – points of entry into knowledge. By letting the viewer complete the work, they yield control to them, hoping to inspire agency, reflection and a deeper understanding.

Frédéric Eyl
studied Visual Communication at the University of the Arts Berlin. Founded Studio TheGreenEyl together with Gunnar Green, Richard The, Willy Sengewald, and Dominik Schumacher in 2009. Ever since: Trying to learn something new every day and to reinvent the wheel every now and then.

TheGreenEyl

Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday!
Best,
Niklas

SprechenÜber | Designing for Impact | Voraula, Do. 20.12.2018, 17:00

For the last SprechenÜber before Christmas, we are very happy to have Thomas Fischer, Strategic Design Lead at BCG Digital Ventures as a guest.

Designing for Impact

Traditional Design education often times falls short when it comes to the ever growing demands of our fast-paced and business driven world. This talk will take you on Thomas' personal journey on how expanding boundaries made him end up where he has the impact he strived for.

Thomas Fischer

I studied Industrial Design at Burg Giebichenstein in Halle/Saale. During my Diploma I joined a Start-Up and decided to study Business Administration. After having worked as a UX Business Consultant and Senior UX Designer for ADOBE and BOSCH I am now working as a Strategic Design Lead at BCG Digital Ventures.

Looking forward to seeing you next Thursday.
Best,
Niklas

SprechenÜber | Artificial Poetry | Mi. 12.12.2018, 17:00

Thank you all for coming last Wednesday!
Our next Event will be back to back, next Wednesday, the 12th of December, titled:

Artificial Poetry

The poetic collision of human desire and cutting edge technology illustrate our present age with digital harmony and voltaic friction.

Christian “Mio” Loclair,

creative director at Waltz Binaire, is a media artist and choreographer from Berlin, Germany. In this talk he invites you on an interdisciplinary and visually stunning journey through code experiments, robot dancing, and artificial intelligence to answer the question “WHY?“.

Further Information on our Speaker can be found in the PDF I attached to this post.

Looking forward to seeing you next Wednesday!

PDF Mio_Talk_WaltzBinaire.pdf 1.97MB

SprechenÜber | Artificial Interactions | Mi, 05.12.18, 17:00

Artificial Interactions

Our guest
Jochen Maria Weber
This SprechenÜber will be about the idea of natural interactions and why it is an impractical concept. We will also get indights into Jochens personal career path.

Further Information on the speaker

I am co-founder of the Cultural Invention Research Group (CIRG). We specialize in interactive research and experimental software. Over the last couple of years I worked for companies including Google ATAP, Facebook Building 8, IDEO, and others, mostly in the scope of machine learning and physical computing. I lectured at Weissensee, CCA San Francisco, for Space10 and UC Berkeley, always advocating for writing and building as the most important methods for interaction and software designers.

Projects
Project Soli
Project Jacquard
Brainchild
Cuckoo

Looking forward to see you all!
Best,
Niklas