Dialogue, Public talk, Academic, Speaker

JUN 2023 | Dr Melissa Sterry invited me to her BIOfutures talk series on Instagram to talk about critical issues surrounding biomaterials, biodesign and biotech.

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Dialogue, Public talk, Academic, Speaker

Research, Transdisciplinary, Design, Academic

COLLABORATION — NTU SINGAPORE CENTRE FOR 3D-PRINTING

Research, Transdisciplinary, Design, Academic

May 2023 | I joined the NTU Singapore Centre for 3D Printing (SC3DP) as an associated faculty member.

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Research, Transdisciplinary, Design, Academic

Transdisciplinary, Dialogue, Academic

ACADEMIC — WORKSHOP 'INVERTING THE WUNDERKAMMER'

Transdisciplinary, Dialogue, Academic

May 2023 | I have been invited by Asst/Prof Ahmed Ansari to contribute to his shared, ongoing research project on rethinking the Digital Humanities through Botanic Histories and Archives.

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Transdisciplinary, Dialogue, Academic

Press, Publication, Public Engagement, Dialogue

PRESS FEATURE — BIOFABRICATION: MATERIAL OF THE FUTURE

Press, Publication, Public Engagement, Dialogue

Dec 2022 | My current work on the Polyphonic Futures Lab has been spotlighted by Prof. Sarah Dorkenwald in an article on biomaterials for Bayern Design, Bavaria's international centre for design knowledge exchange and collaboration.

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Press, Publication, Public Engagement, Dialogue

Academic, Research, Transdisciplinary, Seminar

PANEL — MATERIAL CONNECTIONS

Academic, Research, Transdisciplinary, Seminar

NOV 2022 | I organised an online seminar with Dr Thomas Kador (UCL) about his latest work on object-based learning for our community of practitioners across NTU as part of the ‘Teaching with Material Objects’ grant.

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Academic, Research, Transdisciplinary, Seminar

Transdisciplinary, Public talk, Dialogue, Speaker, Public Engagement

WORKSHOP — SINGAPORE DESIGN WEEK

Transdisciplinary, Public talk, Dialogue, Speaker, Public Engagement

Sep 2022 | What a great pleasure to host in-person workshops again! After the pandemic hiatus, Polyphonic Futures is now contributing to the Singapore Design Week 2022.

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Transdisciplinary, Public talk, Dialogue, Speaker, Public Engagement

Dialogue, Public talk, Transdisciplinary, Academic, Public Engagement

PUBLIC PANEL — MUNICH CREATIVE BUSINESS WEEK

Dialogue, Public talk, Transdisciplinary, Academic, Public Engagement

May 2022 | For the Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW) 2022, I teamed up with Prof. Katharina Sand and Katharina Binder to host a public design research panel on the potential of speculation and transformation.

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Dialogue, Public talk, Transdisciplinary, Academic, Public Engagement

Academic, Design, Transdisciplinary, Research

RESEARCH GRANT — TEACHING WITH MATERIAL OBJECTS

Academic, Design, Transdisciplinary, Research

Mar 2022 | I am joining the research grant ‘Teaching with Material Objects’ — initiated by Asst. Prof. Katherine Hindley (NTU CoHASS; PI) — and ‘community of practitioners’ as Co-PI.

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Academic, Design, Transdisciplinary, Research

Service, Design, Jury

AWARD JURY — CORE77 DESIGN AWARDS 2021

Service, Design, Jury

May 2021 | I am part of this year’s jury team for the Core77 Design Awards for ‘Speculative Design’. The team consists of Asst. Prof. Deepa Butolya, Assoc. Prof. Laura Forlano, Ti Fang and myself.

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Service, Design, Jury

Academic, Teaching

TEACHING — RCA MA INNOVATION DESIGN ENGINEERING

Academic, Teaching

Mar 2020 | was invited by Dr Chang Hee Lee to tutor students on the MA/MSc IDE course for the upcoming summer term 2020.

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Academic, Teaching

Exhibition

PERMANENT EXHIBITION — FUTURIUM IN BERLIN

Exhibition

SEP 2019 | I am delighted to share that the Futurium in Berlin has requested my work “Biophilia — Organ Crafting” for its permanent exhibition. The Futurium is one of Germany’s latest museums on science, technology, design and society — a “house of futures”.

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Exhibition

Academic, Transdisciplinary, Teaching

WORKSHOP — BERN UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS

Academic, Transdisciplinary, Teaching

NOV 2019 | I have been invited by Prof. Robert Lzicar to the annual Design Research Methods Festival of the HKB / MA DESIGN (Hochschule der Künste in Bern, Switzerland).

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Academic, Transdisciplinary, Teaching

Public talk, Speaker, Transdisciplinary

TALK — SPECULATIVE FUTURES STUTTGART

Public talk, Speaker, Transdisciplinary

JULY 2019 | I have been invited to give an artist talk at the German (Stuttgart) node of “Speculative Futures”. The talk was given at Theater Rampe in Stuttgart and critically discussed Critical and Speculative design practices.

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Public talk, Speaker, Transdisciplinary

Exhibition

EXHIBITION — DESIGN MUSEUM GENT

Exhibition

MAY 2019 | ’m delighted that my work Biophilia — Organ Crafting will be shown for the first time in Belgium. The Design Museum Gent will show the exhibition Creatures Made to Measure — Animals and Contemporary Design which started at the Marta Herford Museum in Germany.

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Exhibition

EXHIBITION — MARTA HERFORD MUSEUM

Exhibition

SEP 2018 | The Marta Herford Museum in Germany has requested Biophilia — Organ Crafting for its forthcoming exhibition Creatures Made to Measure — Animals and Contemporary Design.

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Exhibition

Public talk, Transdisciplinary, Speaker

TALK — UBS ARTS FORUM

Public talk, Transdisciplinary, Speaker

AUG 2018 | I have been invited to give a talk about my work at the UBS Arts Forum at castle Wolfsberg, Switzerland.

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Public talk, Transdisciplinary, Speaker

Exhibition, Public talk

WORKSHOP — BIOTOPIA MUSEUM OF MAN AND NATURE

Exhibition, Public talk

JUN 2018 | I have been commissioned to give a Polyphonic Futures workshop at BIOTOPIA Museum of Man and Nature, the new natural history museum of Bavaria, located at Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, Germany.

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Exhibition, Public talk

Academic, Public talk

TEACHING — MUTHESIUS KUNSTHOCHSCHULE KIEL

Academic, Public talk

MAY 2018 | I will give a guest lecture at Muthesius Kunsthochschule in Kiel (Germany) upon invitation by Prof. Matylda Krzykowski.

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Academic, Public talk

Conference, Public talk, Publication

CONFERENCE — BEYOND CHANGE

Conference, Public talk, Publication

MAR 2018 | I presented my paper at “Beyond Change” with the following title: “Polyphonic Design-Science: Critical Bio-design Through the Example of Reverse-engineered Silk”

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Conference, Public talk, Publication

Teaching, Transdisciplinary, Academic, Speaker

TEACHING — LUCERNE SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN

Teaching, Transdisciplinary, Academic, Speaker

MAR 2018 | I will be teaching for a day at Lucerne School of Art and Design (Switzerland) upon invitation by Prof. Jan Eckert.

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Teaching, Transdisciplinary, Academic, Speaker

Academic, Teaching, Transdisciplinary

TEACHING — ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART

Academic, Teaching, Transdisciplinary

JAN 2018 | I have been invited to by Dr Laura Ferrarello to give a workshop to the MRes Design Pathway at the Royal College of Art.

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Academic, Teaching, Transdisciplinary

Academic, Teaching

TEACHING — NTU ADM SINGAPORE

Academic, Teaching

JAN 2018 | Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design and Media (NTU ADM) in Singapore invited me another time to give a research seminar and a lecture.

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Academic, Teaching

Academic, Conference, Speaker

SYMPOSIUM — SENATE HOUSE LONDON

Academic, Conference, Speaker

NOV 2018 | I have been invited to speak at “Silk Unravelled” — a transdisciplinary symposium on silk to take place at Senate House, London.

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Academic, Conference, Speaker

Conference, Academic

CONFERENCE — KEYNOTE AT NTU ADM SINGAPORE

Conference, Academic

JUN 2017 | I have been invited to give the opening keynote for a biodesign symposium at Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design and Media in Singapore ...

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Conference, Academic

Academic, Publication

WRITING — BOOK CHAPTER WITH ROUTLEDGE

Academic, Publication

MAY 2017 | I'm pleased to announce that the book chapter 'Plans and speculated actions — Design, behaviour and complexity in sustainable futures' has now officially been published by Routledge Publishing.

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Academic, Publication

Exhibition

EXHIBITION — VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM

Exhibition

SEP 2016 | I have been invited to launch Polyphonic Futures at this years' Digital Design Weekend at the V&A as part of the London Design Festival ...

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Exhibition

Teaching

TEACHING — UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON

Teaching

OCT 2016 | For the coming autumn term, I will be joining Camberwell College of Arts as an Associate Lecturer.

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Teaching

Conference, Academic

CONFERENCE — 'CONVERSATION' FOR DRS 2016

Conference, Academic

JUN 2016 | Building upon my previous research into modes of 'futuring' and complexity, I have organised the DRS Conversation "Plans and Speculated Actions", together with Dr Dan Lockton.

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Conference, Academic

CONFERENCE — KEYNOTE FOR DRS 2016

Conference, Academic

JUN 2016 | As part of the opening ceremony of the Design Research Society conference this year, I have been invited by Prof Cameron Tonkinwise to give a keynote debate on the topic “(Speculative) Futures in Design Research” alongside Prof Ramia Mazé and Prof Richard Coyne.

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Conference, Academic

Teaching, Academic

TEACHING — RCA MA TEXTILES

Teaching, Academic

APR 2016 | I have been invited to speak at "RADICAL NATURAL" — a panel as part of the MA Textiles seminar series "Emerging Materials and Technologies" at the Royal College of Art.

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Teaching, Academic