Prof. Carola Zwick

Since 2008, Carola Zwick has been Professor of Product Design at the weißensee school of art and design berlin.
She previously worked as a Research Associate at the Berlin University of the Arts and as Professor of Interface Design at the Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences. She is also co-founder of and partner at the design studio »Studio 7.5«.
Filtering (Principal Investigator)
Object Space Agency (Principal Investigator)
weissensee school of art and design berlin
Bühringstraße 20
13086 Berlin
Design
Edited Volumes & Exhibition Catalogues
Zwick, C., Glaser, J., Rasehorn, F. (supervisor), in collaboration with eLAB (lead by Groll, F.), Bau, O. (computer scientist), van Brummelen, P. (textil- and surfacedesigner), Le Calvé, M. (anthropologist), Wiesener, H., Leask, Y, Erdöl, I. eds. 2021. Hyper Haptics - Oscillating between physical and virtual tactility. weißensee school of art and design berlin: Hyperhaptics — Embodied Interaction (1) with contributions from Cisse, A., Gigi, N., Henzler, F., Kayser, T., Kim, M., Ruppert, A., Schmidt, J., Soravito De Franceschi, M., Zhang, R.
https://hyperhaptics.designing-interactions.de/
Junge, B., Berzina, Z., Scheiffele, W., Westerveld, W., Zwick, C. eds. 2012. The Digital Turn. Design in the Era of Interactive Technologies. Zurich: Park Books.
Articles in Edited Volumes
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.
Hoffmeister, A., Berger, F., Pogorzhelskiy, M., Zhang, G., Zwick, C., Müller-Birn, C. 2017. »Toward Cyber-Physical Research Practice based on Mixed Reality.« In Mensch und Computer 2017 – Workshopband, edited by Burghardt, M., Wimmer, R., Wolff, C., Womser-Hacker, C. Regensburg: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., 395–400.
https://doi.org/10.18420/muc2017-ws08-0347
Articles
Picht, T., Calvé, M. L., Tomasello, R., Fekonja, L., Gholami, M. F., Bruhn, M., Zwick, C., Rabe, J. P., Müller-Birn, C., Vajkoczy, P., Sauer, I. M., Zachow, S., Nyakatura, J. A., Ribault, P., Pulvermüller, F. 2021. »Letter: A Note on Neurosurgical Resection and Why We Need to Rethink Cutting.« Neurosurgery. E289–E291.
https://doi.org/10.1093/neuros/nyab326
Conference Proceedings
Sörries, P., Glaser, J., Müller-Birn, C., Ness, T., Zwick, C. 2022. »Coding IxD: Enabling Interdisciplinary Education by Sparking Reflection.« Presented at the EduCHI’22, April 30 – May 1 2022, New Orleans, LA, USA.
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2205.02713
Design Projects
Zwick, C. (supervisor), Ness, T. (supervisor), Groll, F. (supervisor), Wiesener, H. (exhibition) 2020. Smart Organic Light Objects. Design Project. weißensee academy of art and design berlin. 1 April 2020 - 27 July 2020, Virtual.
https://kh-berlin.de/projekt-detail/Project/detail/smart-organic-light-objects-auf-messe-greenhouse-3309.html
Exhibitions
Zwick, C., Ness, T., Groll, F., Wiesener, H. SOLO – Smart Organic Light Objects. Exhibition. Greenhouse 2021, 8 – 14 February 2021. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, weißensee school of art and design berlin. Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair, Sweden. 10 February 2021 - 11 February 2021.
https://www.greenhousedesign.se/design-school/weissensee-school-of-art-and-design-berlin
Highlighted by NEO2 Magazine: Domestic Objects/Objetos Domésticos; Nr. 142; 3/4 2021.
Patents
Schmitz, J. B., Zwick, C., Zwick, R., Plikat, C. 2014. Mechanical subassembly for a chair. WO2014166804A1 issued on 16 October 2014.
Events & Workshops
Zwick, C., Ness, T., Groll, F. (supervisors), Wiesener, H. (curators). SOLO – Smart Organic Light Objects Digital Exhibition at »Greenhouse 2021«. Stockholm Furniture Fair, Greenhouse, Stockholm. weißensee school of art and design berlin. Virtual. 10 February 2021 - 11 February 2021.
https://www.greenhousedesign.se/design-school/weissensee-school-of-art-and-design-berlin
Teaching & Courses
Zwick, C., Glaser, J., Groll, F. Heliobolici – Small solar self-suppliers. Practical course, weißensee school of art and design berlin. 4 April 2022 - 8 July 2022.
https://heliobolici.designing-interactions.de/
Zwick, C. (supervisor), Ness, T. (supervisor), Groll, F. (supervisor), Wiesener, H. (exhibition) Smart Organic Light Objects. Practical course, weißensee school of art and design berlin. 13 April 2020 - 23 July 2021.
https://kh-berlin.de/projekt-detail/Project/detail/smart-organic-light-objects-auf-messe-greenhouse-3309.html
Zwick, C., Glaser, J., Rasehorn, F., Bau, O., Le Calvé, M., van Brummelen, P., Holtmann, C. Hyper Haptics - Oscillating between physical and virtual tactility. Seminar, documented in publication »HYPERHAPTICS OSCILLATING BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL TACTILITY«, KHB 2021. weißensee school of art and design berlin. 8 October 2020 - 3 February 2021.
https://hyperhaptics.designing-interactions.de/
Prizes & Competition Awards
Rasehorn, F. 2020. German Design Graduates. Design Research Award nominee. »Digital Twin.« German Design Graduates.
https://germandesigngraduates.com/projekt-digital-twin/?lang=en
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