About
DXM – Design and Experimental Material Research is the research facility of the Textile and Material 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. Dipl.-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
Jannis Kempkens, M.A.
Researcher, Experimental Materials Research
Research consortium
Technologietransfer-Programm Leichtbau
Project LignoLight
Esther Kaya Stögerer, M.A.
Researcher, Experimental Materials Research
Research consortium
Technologietransfer-Programm Leichtbau
Project LignoLight
Nayeli Vega Vargas, M.A.
Researcher
DiGiTal program funded by Berlin Programme for the Promotion of Equal Opportunities for Women in Research and Teaching, BCP
Elisabeth Oestringer
Researcher, Experimental Materials Research
ZIM
Projekt Pi
Associated Researcher
Dr. Julia Danckwerth Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Kunst und Design
Researcher
Research consortium futureTEX
Projekt TheraTex
Research consortium ZIM
Projekt Pi
Fabian Neumüller, Dipl.-Ing.
Researcher
Research consortium futureTEX
Projekt TheraTex
Research consortium ZIM
Projekt Pi
Ebba Fransén-Waldhör, Dipl. Des.
Researcher
Research consortium smart3
Projekt Adaptex
Essi Johanna Glomb, M.A.
Researcher
Research consortium futureTEX
Projekt Textile Prototyping Lab
Maxie Schneider, Dipl.-Ing.
Researcher, Experimental Materials Research
Research consortium smart3 Adaptex
Paula van Brummelen, M.A.
Künstlerische Mitarbeiterin
Forschungskonsortium smart³
Projekt Sound Adapt
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
Katrin Münzberg, M.A.
Researcher, Experimental Materials Research
Research consortium futureTEX Textile Prototyping Lab
Karina Wirth, 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
Vivian Tamm
Student Assistant
LignoLight