DRS2012 Bangkok Proceedings Vol 4 - Design Research Society

Authors
Andreas UNTEIDIG, Florian SAMETINGER, Jennifer SCHUBERT,
Veronika AUMANN and Max SCHÄTH, Gesche JOOST
Andreas Unteidig: Andreas studies Design at Köln International School of Design in
Cologne with a focus on Design Research & Theory. He studied Communcation Design
at Parsons The New School for Design in New York City and contributed to projects
for various Service Design companies.
Andreas joined the Design Research Lab as a student worker for the project
„Neighborhood Labs“ in summer 2011.
Florian Sametinger: After completing his studies in Interaction and Industrial Design at
the Brunel University of West London, Politecnico di Milano and University of Applied
Sciences Magdeburg, he went on to work as an independent Interaction and Industrial
Designer in Munich where he focused on interdisciplinary design projects with a growing
emphasis on sustainability. Projects included mobile communication, automotive
interfaces and household appliances.
Joining the Design Research Lab in 2010 as a PhD candidate and scientific researcher
his main field of work is Interaction Design for Social and Environmental Sustainability.
His primary focus has been on developing Sustainable Awareness Tools. He is also part
of the design research project Neighborhood Labs that investigates knowledge-sharing
approaches in urban neighborhoods.
Jennifer Schubert: After studying at Parsons – New School for Design in New
York, Jennifer Schubert graduated from Köln International School of Design in the areas
Qualitative Design Research, Concept and Service Design. In her final thesis –
supervised by Prof. Dr. Uta Brandes and Prof. Dr. Gesche Joost – she researched about
the meeting up behaviour of Digital Natives and how it is influenced by digital
communication tools like Facebook. At the Design Research Lab she is a PhD candidate
working on “Neighborhood Labs” and “Connected Textiles”.
Veronika Aumann: Veronika currently studies Textile- and Surface Design at
Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee and spent two terms at Chelsea College of Art and
Design, London. She works quite conceptual and likes to mix antithetic themes and
materials. She contributes to the Connected Textiles as well as the “Neighborhood Labs”
project.
Max Schäth: Max Schäth studies Industrial Design at the University of Arts Berlin. He
joined the “Neighborhood Labs” team in 2011 for an Internship.
Prof. Dr. Gesche Joost: Prof. Dr. Gesche Joost is Professor for Design Research at the
University of the Arts Berlin. Until 2010 she has been Professor for the Interaction Design
& Media department at Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), and since 2005 she has
headed the Design Research Lab at Deutsche Telekom Laboratories which has moved to
the University of the Arts Berlin in 2010. She also taught the subject “Gender and Design”
as a visiting professor in Hildesheim. Furthermore, she leads several research projects,
including projects on tactile human/computer interaction, gender and diversity in ICT, and
Design Research. She recently published “Bild-Sprache. Die audio-visuelle Rhetorik des
Films” [Picture language. The audio-visual rhetoric of film] as well as “Design als
Rhetorik” [Design as rhetoric].
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