Johanna Hehemeyer-Cürten
Johanna Hehemeyer-Cürten is a fashion- and material designer with a strong interest in biomaterials and material innovation.
Having a background in the fields of fashion and textile design, fine arts and dance she developed an artistic approach towards research and form working across the disciplines.
She studied at the Maastricht Institute of Arts and the weissensee school of art and design Berlin. She graduated with a master in fashion design in 2021. As a Pre-Doctoral Researcher in the project Material, Form, Function and in the research group »Adaptive Fibrous Materials« at the MPI for Colloids and Interfaces she develops sustainable design strategies for tree bark with a focus on folding techniques.
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Am Mühlenberg 1
14476 Potsdam
Germany
Exhibitions
Büsse, M. (curator), de Visscher, E. (curator), Dean, M., Dierichs, D., 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. Funded by Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity« and Prussian Cultural Heritage Board of Trustees. 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
Teaching & Courses
Dierichs, K., Farmer, J., Eder, M., Hehemeyer-Cürten, J., Jalkh, H., Lienhard, J., Liu, D., Margariti, J., Schilling, A. Minimal Machines 2 - Hygroscopic Hemp. MoA Design Research Studio, weißensee school of art and design berlin. 4 April 2022 - 8 July 2022.