design-and-technology

Crafting Futures Lab “Oscillating Bodies” – Workshop

Lilo Viehweg (DE)

Piezoelectric crystals intra-act in mountains, laboratories, technological devices, corals, bones, hair and teeth. They convert mechanical energy into electrical energy and vis versa. This oscillation between different energy states is a lively, material form of information transfer that, for example, stimulates bone growth, makes watches throb at a certain beat, or generates images through sonar and ultrasound devices.

Crafting Futures Lab "Photoelectric Blueberries" – Workshop

Monja Hirscher (AT/DE)

In the early 1990s, Michael Grätzel developed a solar cell that works on the basis of plant pigments. It works in a similar way to photosynthesis and is easy to build with widely available materials.

Crafting Futures Lab “Weaving as Material Calculus” – Workshop

Laura Devendorf (US), Irene Posch (AT)

Weaving is programming. This connection is often cited in conjunction with Ada Lovelace. This workshop plays with these themes and ideas both on paper and the online tool AdaCAD.org