Dr. Ing. Charlett Wenig

Articles in Edited Volumes

Hehemeyer-Cürten, J., Wenig, C. 2024. »The Bark Project.« In Trazos edición biomateriales, edited by Pozzetti, G., Jalkh, H. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Sistemas Materiales, 98.

Wenig, C. 2022. »The Bark Project. Combining Science and Design to Elaborate New Models of Production for the Design Industry.« In Design, Gestaltung, Formatività. Philosophies of Making, edited by Ribault, P. Basel: Birkhäuser, 273-284.
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035622447-021

Articles

Wenig, C., Reppe, F., Horbelt, N., Spener, J., Berendt, F., Cremer, T., Frey, M., Burgert, I., Eder, M. 2023. »Adhesives free bark panels: An alternative application for a waste material.« PLOS ONE, 18 (1): e0280721.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280721

Wenig, C., Dunlop, J. W. C., Hehemeyer-Cürten, J., Reppe, F. J., Horbelt, N., Krauthausen, K., Fratzl, P., Eder, M. 2021. »Advanced materials design based on waste wood and bark.« Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 379 (2206): 20200345.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2020.0345

Conference Proceedings

Wenig, C. 2022. »The Bark Project - Material Research in the Natural Science and Design.« Presented at Design × Sustainability: Materiality/Systems/Shared Prosperity, Annual Meeting DGTF 2022, Kiel, 2- 3 June 2022. Berlin: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Designtheorie und -forschung e.V..
https://doi.org/10.25368/2022.136

Exhibitions

Büsse, M. (curator), de Visscher, E. (curator), Banz, C., Dean, M., Dierichs, K., Eder, M., Eigen, L., Guiducci, L., Hehemeyer-Cürten, J., Jalkh, H., Kycia, A., Mareis, C., Nyakatura, J. A., Rasehorn, F., Rešetar, I., Ribault, P., Sauer, C., Sauer, I., Schneider, M., Stock, R., Shone, J., Wenig, C. Design Lab #13. Material Legacies. Exhibition. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Museum of Decorative Arts. Kunstgewerbemuseum. 3 November 2022 - 26 February 2023.
https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/kunstgewerbemuseum/exhibitions/detail/design-lab-13/
Highlighted by TAZ, 15.11.2022.

Wenig, C. (designer), Hehemeyer-Cürten, J. (designer) 10. Recycling Designpreis. Exhibition. Marta Herford Museum. 19 June 2022 - 23 October 2022.
https://marta-herford.de/ausstellungen/10-recyclingdesignpreis/

Wenig, C., Hehemeyer-Cürten, J. Materials4Future. Exhibition. Orgatec 2022. 25 October 2022 - 29 October 2022.
https://www.haute-innovation.com/events/ausstellungen/orgatec-materials-4future

Wenig, C., Hehemeyer-Cürten, J. (Designers) Green Product Award. Exhibition. Eindhoven. 16 October 2021 - 24 October 2021.
https://www.gp-award.com/de/produkte/bark-project

Wenig, C., Hehemeyer-Cürten, J. Mode und Natur. Exhibition. Galerie Handwerk, Munich. 4 May 2021 - 12 June 2021.
https://www.hwk-muenchen.de/galerie

Public Engagement

Stock, Robert, Wenig Charlett, Behrendt, Ferréol, Stolle, Nikolai. 2023. Round Table »Rinde: Gestaltung mit Resten«. Podium discussion. Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin. Berlin. Germany. 26 January 2023
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/9695/round-table-rinde-gestaltung-mit-resten

Talks & Presentations

Bonavia, E., Mballa-Ekobena, A., Farmer, J., Douny, L., Rosenthal, N., Stoll, M., Wenig, C., Dierichs, K. Augmented Spinning: Haptic Construction of a Filament-based Architectural Material System. Talk at the 25th Annual DRHA Conference »Digital Matters: Designing/Performing Agency for the Anthropocene«, Scene, Atmosphere & Architecture. Heilig-Geist-Kapelle, Berlin. Organized by the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity. Image Space Material«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, in cooperation with the Cluster of Excellence EXC 2020 »Temporal Communities: Doing Literature in a Global Perspective«, Freie Universität Berlin, and the practice-based research project »Viral Theatres«. Hybrid. 5 September 2021.
https://www.drha.uk/2021/program-2/#h.hsg54n4r2ivu

CLIMATE:Lab #3 The Bark Project. Talk at the Berlin Science Week, Naturkunde Museum Berlin. 2 December 2021.
https://berlinscienceweek.com/de/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH6uOUzS-PE

Wenig, C., and Oropallo, G. Bark: Situating the memory of a displaced craft. Talk at the Desingn History Society Annual Conference MEMORY FULL? REIMAGINING THE RELATIONS BETWEEN DESIGN AND HISTORY", MEMORY AND MATTER. FHNW, Basel. Virtual. 2 September 2021.
https://www.memoryfull2021.org/

Wenig, C., Lecturer, Prinzler, T., / Moderator Die Haut der Bäume. Wie aus Rinde Mode wird. Talk at the Wissensstadt Berlin, Berliner Senat. 10 August 2021.
https://www.mpg.de/16989439/wissensstadt-berlin-2021-mpg-programm

Reppe, F., Huss, J. C., Fratzl, P., Elbaum, R., Werner, P., Wenig, C., Eder, M. Banksia Seed Pod Opening – Structure and Mechanics of a Long-term Functional Pericarp. Poster presentation at the SICB Annual Meeting 2020, Austin, TX, USA. 5 January 2020.

Wenig, C., Hehemeyer-Cürten, J. Soup & Science: Baumrinde - Material der Zukunft. Talk at the Lunchtalk, Technologiestiftung, Berlin. 21 October 2020.
https://www.technologiestiftung-berlin.de/de/veranstaltungen/beitrag/soup-science-baumrinde-material-der-zukunft/

Invited Moderation/ Comment

Wenig, C., Schmidt, L., Bulling. J., Müggler Zumstein, I. R. Project Panel: Resilience, Sustainability, Tactility. »Material Trajectories. Designing with Care«, 17th Annual Conference of the German Society for Design Theory and Research (DGTF), Resilience, Sustainability, Tactility, Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Virtual. 8 May 2021.
https://materialtrajectories.dgtf.de/Day-3

Wenig, C., Moderator Material Trajectories - Designing with Care. Project Panel: Resilience, Sustainability, Tactility, Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity. Image Space Material«. Virtual. 12 May 0002.
https://materialtrajectories.dgtf.de/About

Events & Workshops

De Visscher, E., Miadrogović, N., Wenig, C., Winkler, C. Symposium »Times of Waste – Handling Matter«. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, FHNW Academy of Art and Design Basel, Museum of Decorative Arts. 18 March 2020 - 19 March 2020.
http://times-of-waste.ch/de/symposium/

Teaching & Courses

Razghandi, K., Mareis, C., Stock, R., Auger, J., Lockwood, J., Wenig, C., Norris, L., Stark, S., Weber, R., Bühn, S., Clark, J., le Calvé. M. »Frictioned Functionality: Un/Designing Un/Sustainable Matter«. »Dark Fluidity. An immersive exploration of liquid ontologies in practice along the multispecies material ecologies of the Schwärze river«. MoA's First Interdisciplinary Autumn School., Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 17 October 2022 - 22 October 2022.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/8495/frictioned-functionality-un-designing-un-sustainable-matter

Dierichs, K., Bonavia, E., Douny, L., Eder, M., Farmer, J., Rosenthal, N., Stoll, M., Wenig, C. Minimal Machines 1 - Augmented Spinning. MoA Design Research Studio, weißensee school of art and design berlin. 6 April 2021 - 13 July 2021.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/posts/7360

Dierichs, K., Farmer, J., Rasehorn, F., Stoll, M., Bonavia, E., Dean, M., Eder, M., Hehemeyer-Cürten, J., Wenig, C., Yang, B., Nyakatura, J. A. Designing Matter 2 - From Tile to Tessellation. Seminar, MoA Design Research Studio, weißensee school of art and design berlin, HU Berlin, MPI of Colloids and Interfaces. 18 October 2021 - 15 February 2022.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/7442/designing-matter-2-from-tile-to-tesselation

Dierichs, K., Farmer, J., Rasehorn, F., Stoll, M., Bonavia, E., Dean, M., Eder, M., Hehemeyer-Cürten, J., Wenig, C., Yang, B., Nyakatura, J. A. Designing Matter 2 - From Tile to Tessellation. Seminar. MoA Design Research Studio, weißensee school of art and design berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces. 18 October 2021 - 15 February 2022.

Wenig, C., Frank, M. Materialentwicklungen und ihr Einfluss auf das Design. Lecture series, Hochschule für Künste, Bremen. Since 1 October 2020.
https://www.hfk2020.de/

Wenig, C. »Theoretical and practical fundamentals of design research«. Seminar, University of the Arts Bremen. 1 October 2017.
https://www.hfk-bremen.de

(Co)Supervisions of Qualification Theses

Wenig, C., Eder, M., Berendt, F., Cremer, T. 2021. Co-supervision of Jaromir Spener. Eigenschaften von klebstoffreien Rindenplatten. Bachelor thesis, University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde.

Prizes & Competition Awards

Wenig, Charlett. 2023. Tiburtius-Preis - Preis der Berliner Hochschulen. Award for Doctoral Thesis. »Sustainable Tree Bark Objects by Combining Science and Design.« Supervised by Michaela Eder.
https://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/drs/funding/awards/tiburtius.html

Wenig, C., Hehemeyer-Cürten, J. 2020. Second Prize. The Idea Competition of »Die Junge Akademie«. »The Bark Project.« Die Junge Akademie.
https://2020.diejungeakademie.de/visions-and-solutions/