About
DXM – Design and Experimental Material Research is the research facility of the Textile and Surface Design Department at weißensee kunsthochschule berlin. It combines material development and design aiming for meaningful solutions to current challenges of our society and environment. In today’s technological and socio-cultural context, materials are placed in settings that enable new cross-connections and combinations in technology and content. Our experimental practice-led approach enables innovative processes linking novel fields of application within the context of product, body and space. An active research network and interdisciplinary collaborations with leading institutions from science and industry facilitate innovative concepts that combine design, technology and application.
Team
Lead

Prof. Dip.-Ing. Christiane Sauer
Professor for Material and Design in an Architectural Context
Research Focus: Active Materials and Functional Surfaces

Prof. Dr. Zane Berzina
Professor for Conceptual Design of Materials and Surfaces
Research Focus: Soft Technologies within the Contexts of Body, Object and Space
Researcher

Dr. Julia Danckwerth, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Art and Design
Researcher, Experimental Materials Research
Research consortium
futureTEX
TheraTex,
ZIM
Projekt Pi

Fabian Neumüller, Dipl.-Ing.
Researcher, Experimental Materials Research
Research consortium
futureTEX
TheraTex,
ZIM
Projekt Pi
Associated Researcher

Essi Johanna Glomb, M.A.
Researcher, Experimental Materials Research
Research consortium futureTEX Textile Prototyping Lab

Paula van Brummelen, M.A.
Researcher, Experimental Materials Research
Research consortium smart3 Sound Adapt

Maxie Schneider, Dipl.-Ing.
Researcher, Experimental Materials Research
Research consortium smart3 Adaptex

Karina Wirth, M.A.
Researcher, Experimental Materials Research
Research consortium futureTEX
Textile Prototyping Lab

Sara Diaz Rodriguez, M.A.
Researcher, Experimental Materials Research
Research consortium futureTEX Textile Prototyping Lab

Veronika Aumann, Dipl.- Des.
Researcher, Experimental Materials Research
Research consortium DiGiTAL Digital Materials

Ebba Fransén Waldhör, Dipl.-Des.
Researcher, Experimental Materials Research
Research consortium smart3 Adaptex

Katrin Münzberg, M.A.
Researcher, Experimental Materials Research
Research consortium futureTEX Textile Prototyping Lab

Dr.-Ing. Agata Kycia
PhD Candidate
3D Printing On Textiles As Means Of Material-Informed Design Strategy For Performative Building Envelopes

Julia Wolf
Research Associate
research consortium smart3, smart materials satellites, smart tools 4 smart design, start smart

Dipl.-Des. Christian Frank Müller, MA
Researcher, Experimental Materials Research
Research consortium futureTEX Textile Prototyping Lab
Student Assistants
Linda Kettler
Student Assistant
futureTEX
TheraTex,
ZIM
Projekt Pi
Lilo Ming Kiefer
Student Assistant
futureTEX
TheraTex,
ZIM
Projekt Pi
Stefanie Eichler
Student Assistant
Research consortium smart3 Adaptex
Samira Akhavan
Student Assistant
Textile Prototyping Lab
Joy Weinberger
Student Assistant
Textile Prototyping Lab
Esther Stögerer
Student Assistant
Sound Adapt
Juni Neyenhuys
Student Assistant
DXM
Elena Eulitz
Student Assistant
Textile Prototyping Lab