Prof. Thomas Ness
Thomas Ness holds the Cluster Professorship in »Embodied Interaction« at the product design department of the weißensee school of art and design berlin.
Having a background in designing physical interactions, with a strong focus on exploration and prototyping as design practice, he has done work for international clients ranging from automotive and tech industry up to educational and cultural institutions.
Thomas Ness is a founding member of CIRG, a Berlin-based invention design company.
Object Space Agency (Principal Investigator)
Filtering (Cluster Professor)
Cutting (Cluster Professor)
Object Space Agency (Cluster Professor)
weissensee school of art and design berlin
Bühringstraße 20
13086 Berlin
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.
Talks & Presentations
Le Calvé, M., Ness, T., Rasehorn, F., Wiesener, H. How Can We Trust What We Feel? – A Discussion on Haptics in Design and Research. Talk at the Brown Bag Brunch. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Hybrid. 13 July 2021.
Wiesener, H., Ness, T. The Role of Filtering and Fractures in Design Processes. Panel Presentation at the 2nd Annual Conference »Tipping Points: Plastic, Contingent and Unstable Matters«, Plasticity & (In-)Stability. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Hybrid. 16 November 2021.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/6581/tipping-points-plastic-contingent-and-unstable-matters
Events & Workshops
Müller-Birn, C., Ness, T., Glaser, J., Sörries, P. (supervisors). Interactive Exhibition »Digital:Sovereignty«. Weizenbaum Institute. Supported by Digital Autonomy Hub, hosted by Weizenbaum Institute. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, weißensee school of art and design berlin. 16 February 2022 - 23 February 2022.
https://www.codingixd.org/design-fair-digitalsovereignty/
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
Müller-Birn, C., Ness, T., Glaser, J. (supervisors), Meier, S. (guest lecturer, City Lab Berlin), Wiesener, H (curator) Entity: City Exhibition at CityLAB Berlin. weißensee school of art and design berlin. 12 February 2020 - 14 February 2020.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/1271/entity-city-exhibition-at-citylab
Ness, T., Aumann, V. Exploring Filtering. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 10 August 2019 - 14 August 2019.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/2491/exploring-filtering/
Teaching & Courses
Thomas Ness. Elastic Time. Practical course, Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin. 1 April 2023 - 31 July 2023.
https://et.designing-interactions.de/
Lecturer: Dieckmann, E., Ness, T., Wiesener, H., Reichl, L., assessment panel: Green, S., Sheldrick, L., Sharifi, S., workshop/talk: Cubasch, A., Glaser, R., Reichert, S., Tholl, R., Ekstrøm, J., Crume, J., Satomi, M., Paeschke, M., Sprick, C., Hoske R., ULTRATOOL – Why Calling it Phone? Seminar, Dyson School of Design Engineering - Imperial College London; weißensee school of art and design. 6 April 2021 - 10 July 2021.
https://ultratool.designing-interactions.de/
Müller-Birn, C., Ness, T., Glaser, J., Sörries, P. (supervisors). Digital:Sovereignty. Practical course, weißensee school of art and design berlin, HCC Research Group at Freie Universität Berlin. 1 October 2021 - 18 February 2022.
https://www.codingixd.org/digital-sovereignty/
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
Müller-Birn, C., Ness, T., Glaser, J. (supervisors), Meier, S. (guest lecturer, City Lab Berlin), Wiesener, H (exhibition) Entity:City. Practical course, weißensee school of art and design berlin, HCC Research Group at Freie Universität Berlin, cityLAB Berlin. 1 October 2019 - 14 February 2020.
https://entitycity.designing-interactions.de/ https://entitycity.designing-interactions.de/ https://www.codingixd.org/entitycity
Cooperations
Müller-Birn, C., Ness, T., Glaser, J., Sörries, P. 2021 - 2022. Cooperation with Weizenbaum Institute. »Digital:Sovereignty« project cooperation and exhibtion with weißensee school of art and design berlin, HCC Research Group at Freie Universität Berlin, Weizenbaum Institute.
https://www.codingixd.org/digital-sovereignty/ https://www.codingixd.org/design-fair-digitalsovereignty/
Müller-Birn, C., Ness, T., Glaser, J. (supervisors), Meier, S. (guest lecturer, City Lab Berlin), Wiesener, H. (exhibition) 2019 - 2020. City LAB Berlin. Entity:City Project cooperation and exhibtion with weißensee aschool of art and design berlin, HCC Research Group at Freie Universität Berlin, cityLAB Berlin.
https://entitycity.designing-interactions.de/ https://entitycity.designing-interactions.de/ https://www.codingixd.org/entitycity
Contributions to Newsletters, CZ# or MoA Blog
Ness, T., Aumann, V. »Exploring Filtering.« 19, Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, 5 October 2020.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/2491/exploring-filtering
Press Articles
Schwarz, S. 2022. »Ein Speicher voller Cookies: Wie souverän bewegen wir uns in der digitalen Welt? Die Daten haben uns im Griff: Studierende von Informatik und Design zeigen Geräte, mit denen wir selbstbestimmt über sie verfügen können. Ein Ausstellungsbesuch.« Interactive exhibition »Digital:Sovereignty« supervised by Glaser, J.; Müller-Birn, C.; Ness, T. Tagesspiegel, 21 February 2022.
https://plus.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/ein-speicher-voller-cookies-wie-souveran-bewegen-wir-uns-in-der-digitalen-welt-397969.html