Die »NERD2GO«-Konferenz über Neue Experimentelle Recherche im Design findet am 15. und 16. Juni 2018 in der Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst (HAWK) Hildesheim statt.

Kritische Fragestellungen und Analysen vermeintlicher Normalität, Erörterungen der möglicherweise existenziellen Unschärfe von Kategorien, Begriffen, Einsichten und Vorstellungen oder auch von Handlungen: Dies könnten fruchtbare Ansätze für eine Design-Forschung sein, die bei „NERD2GO“ vorgetragen und diskutiert werden sollten.

Friday, June 15:
Session host: Marc Pfaff (BIRD)

10:30: Registration
11:00: Welcome address by Prof. Dr. Sabine Foraita (HAWK Hildesheim)
11:10: Introduction by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Jonas and Prof. Dr. Michael Erlhoff (BIRD)
11:30: Andreas Unteidig, Berlin University of the Arts, Design Research Lab “Working In-Between: A Reflective Practice-Approach to Thinking Design Politically.”
12:30: Maziar Rezai, University of Teheran “Design by Act. A New Look at Design Activism”
13.30: Lunch
14:30: Bettina Heinecke, Berlin “Identity and Design”
15:30: Judith Dobler, University of Potsdam, Department of Arts and Media “Drawing Diffraction. Drawing-Knowledge in an Experimental Physics Laboratory”
16.30: Coffee break
17.00: Marianne McAra, The Glasgow School of Art “Blending Participatory Video and Direct Animation. An Experimental Approach to Participatory Design”
18:00: Ozge Merzali Celikoglu, Istanbul Technical University, Department of Industrial Product Design “Stimulating Design Concepts by Retelling Expressive Narratives” 19:00: End of first day / Dinner

Saturday, June 16:
Session host: Michelle Christensen (BIRD)

10:00: Dirk Bei der Kellen and Lars Schlenker, Technical University Dresden – BMBF-Projekt Lehrraum_digital “Inheritance – A Sustained Concept for Teaching and Learning Space Design”
11:00: Ibtisam Alhoutary and H. El Marsafawy, Gulf University Bahrain “Reform the Present Educational Environment to Innovate the Future of Humanity”
12.00: Kensho Miyoshi, Royal College of Art, London, School of Design Research “Objects in Motion: Designing Kinesthetic Empathy”
13:00: Lunch
14:00: Heidi Overhill, University of Toronto “Considering the Kitchen as a Site of ‘Information’: How Philosophical Assumptions Guide the Design of Physical Form”
15:00: Bhaskarjyoti Das and Praveen Nahar, National Institute of Design Ahmedabad, India, Faculty of Industrial Design “Cultivating Well-Being through Circular Economy. Designing a Collaborative Grain Storage and Service System for the Annually Flood Prone Communities of Assam, India”
16:00: Florian Sametinger, Berlin University of the Arts, Design Research Lab “Re-Directing Sustainable Design – Towards an Action Repertoire for Transformation”
17.00: Final remarks 17.30: End of conference