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

Associated Researcher

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