Prof. Dr. Jörg Petruschat
Jörg Petruschat has been Professor for Theory and History of Design at weißensee school of art and deisgn berlin since 2014. His research topics are the ability to design and its cognitive dimensions, functions of form in evolution, Gestaltung, education, performative design research.
Petruschat studied philosophical aesthetics, cultural sciences, history of art, design and urbanism. After he received his doctorate on the functionalism of shaker communities in 1984, he was research assistant at the Institute for Aesthetics of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin with Günter Mayer and Friedrich Kittler from 1986 to 1998. 1991 to 2008 he has been Chief Editor of the magazine »Form+Zweck. Zeitschrift für Gestaltung«, since 2019 head of publishing.
From 1998 to 2014 he held the Professorship for Theory of Culture and Civilization and also for History of Gestaltung in Dresden.
Dorotheenstrasse 4
12557 Berlin
Practice-based Design Research
Petruschat, Jörg. Von Grund auf. Einige Bemerkungen zum Experiment im Design. In Experimentieren. Einblicke in Praktiken und Versuchsaufbauten zwischen Wissenschaft und Gestaltung; ed. by Séverine Marguin, Henrike Rabe, Wolfgang Schäffner, Friedrich Schmidgall, 227-246. Bielefeld: transcript, 2019.
Petruschat, Jörg. Ungehorsam der Probleme, Berlin: Verlag form+zweck, 2017.
Articles in Edited Volumes
Schmidt, B., Ribault, P., Petruschat, J. 2022. »Knowing, Blowing, Forming — A Conversation about Glassmaking, by Patricia Ribault and Jörg Petruschat.« In glass – hand formed matter, edited by Schmidt, B. Forthcoming.
Petruschat, J., Zwick, C. 2019. »What are the Boundaries of Problems.« Exhibition catalog Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin. In +ultra. knowledge & gestaltung, edited by Doll, N., Bredekamp, H., Schäffner, W. Trans. of +ultra. gestaltung schafft wissen. Leipzig: E. A. Seemann, 54-59.
Petruschat, J. 2019. »Von Grund auf. Einige Bemerkungen zum Experiment im Design.« In Experimentieren. Einblicke in Praktiken und Versuchsaufbauten zwischen Wissenschaft und Gestaltung, edited by Marguin, S., Rabe, H., Schäffner, W., Schmidgall, F. Bielefeld: transcript, 227-246.
Petruschat, J. 2019. »Wicked Problems. A Few Remarks on Design as Research.« In Integrative Design. Essays and Projects on Design Research, edited by Ralf, M. Basel: Birkhäuser, 11-31.
Events & Workshops
Petruschat, J. (leader, organizer), Wiesener, H. (organizer), Glaser, J. (organizer), Sauer, C. (guest critic), Stoll, M. (moderation). Forschungskreis: Magic Circle – Symposium. Including 13 research objects exhibited at the »Kunsthalle« weißensee school of art and design berlin. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, weißensee school of art and design berlin. Hybrid. 25 February 2021.
http://forschungskreis.com/event/magic-circle/
Petruschat, J., Ribault, P. On Gestaltung: New Online Lecture Series. weißensee school of art and design berlin. »Theories« and »Actions«. Virtual. 11 May 2021 - 22 June 2021.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/5048/on-gestaltung
Sauer, C., Stoll, M., Beyer, B., Fransén Waldhör, E., Schneider, M., Petruschat, J. (organizers). Architectures of Weaving. A Symposium. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, weißensee school of art and design berlin. Virtual. 2 July 2021.
Teaching & Courses
Petruschat, J., Wiesener, H., Beyer, B. Magic Circle Panelist. Invited Critic, weißensee school of art and design berlin. 25 February 2021.
(Co)Supervisions of Qualification Theses
Sauer, C., Petruschat, J. 2020. Supervisors of Nelli Singer. »Living Beings«. Master thesis, weißensee school of art and design berlin.
Podcasts & Videos
Rasehorn, F., Zwick, C., Petruschat, J., Dean, M., Yang, B., Rosenthal, N., Nyakatura, J. A., Van Le, M.-L. Tessellated Material Systems - A workflow towards designing surfaces with distinct kinematic properties. Video. 4 minutes, 24 February 2021.
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/524787023