Circular Economies

News | Weaving | Object Space Agency | Bacteria | Cellulose | Circular Economies | Publications | Textiles | Willow The book provides new perspectives from leading researchers accentuating and examining the central role of the built environment in conceiving and implementing multifaceted solutions for the complex challenges of our understanding of planetary resources and circularity, revealing critical potentials for architecture and design to contribute in more informed and long-term ways to the urgent transition of our society. Bastian Beyer et. al. contributed with the article »Towards a Bacterially-Induced Textile Architecture« and Daniel Suárez and Natalija Miodragović an article on »Plektonik— Active Yarns for Adaptive Loop-Based Material Systems«. more

Event | Weaving | Material Form Function | Filtering | Science Communication | Yarns/Fibers | Circular Economies How can we deal with the complexities of transitioning to a bio-economy in which natural fiber could play a major role? The second event in the »Activating Circular Network« series unfolded on November 8th, 2023 as a pivotal part of MoA Berlin Science Week. The aim of the organizers Lucy Norris, Khashayar Razghandi, and Hanna Wiesener was to bring together diverse actors — researchers, designers, entrepreneurs, activists and artists — to explore the complexities of transitioning to a bio-economy of natural fibres. more

Event | Filtering | Material Form Function | Wool | Circular Economies On June 1st, 2023, from 3 to 7 pm, at the Uferhallen in Wedding, the ›Activating Circular Networks‹ event series will kick off with »Talking Wool«: an event that brings designers, academics, politicians, and farmers together to discuss the issues surrounding European and local German wool, the problem of wool waste in particular, and fiber security. The workshop takes place within the ongoing group exhibition »Zur Nachahmung empfohlen - Erkundungen in Ästhetik und Nachhaltigkeit«. Our host for the event is professor and artist Folke Köbberling, an expert in exploring these challenges and potentials of coarse wool for years. more

News | Weaving | Filtering | Material Form Function | Circular Economies | More-Than-Human | Wool | Yarns/Fibers | Tree Bark Transforming linear economies into resource, energy, and more-than-human friendly processes means to bridge different areas of expertise. Ongoing discussions in different Cluster research groups such as MFF, Filtering, Weaving etc. have shown the importance of involving the perspectives of various actors, practitioners and experts into further research processes. Promising solutions and insights for a new material economy and culture are facing similar problems when it comes to transfer them from laboratory to the market. (Material) engineers, designers and activists face numerous challenges in expanding their activities, be they technological, political, economic or social. Kicking-off in June 2023, a new series of events will connect members of the Cluster interested in critically exploring material sustainability concepts with different practitioners and stakeholders from outside the Academy, and foster knowledge exchange in both directions. more

Event | Filtering | Science Communication | Circular Economies Tuesday, March 28th, 2023, from 3:30-8:00 pm, DesignFarm Berlin invites you to the Design Impact Conference at Stadtwerkstatt near Alexanderplatz. Current startups will present their latest digital, material-based, and textile innovations and discuss their results with various practitioners and stakeholders. The conference is supported by scholars of weißensee school of art and design berlin and the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity. Image Space Material« of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The conference is part of the talk series about new qualities of entrepreneurship and circular economy within the Cluster.  more