Mina Mahouti
Title:
greenlab – Lab for Sustainable Design Strategies
Studio practice teaching course, summer term

Work:

Teaching at the greenlab at the weißensee academy of art berlin, including lectures and workshops in the fields of material mapping, material driven product design, circular design and eco social design.

greenlab / Lab for Sustainable Design Strategies:

A institution of the design departments (Textile and Material Design, Product Design, Visual Communication, Theory and Practice) at the weißensee academy of art berlin, links projects at the academy with practical research and the worlds of business and industry with the goal of developing and inspiring concepts for sustainable and ecological products and services. This research-oriented cooperation is aimed at developing new concepts that pay attention to ecological, social, and cultural needs, and realizing them with the use of design methods and strategies.

The intentions of greenlab are:

– to inform students and the interested public about existing sustainability concepts, strategies and products

– to inspire and promote developments in this field through practice-led research and design methods.

– to take a critical look at sustainable design in the context of ecology, economy, society and culture

– to create innovative and holistic solutions through an interdisciplinary approach between the fields of textile design, fashion design, product design and visual communication, and to connect these in the context of current discourse on theories relevant to society and design.


Location:
Berlin, since April 2022, ongoing

Collaboration:
greenlab, weißensee academy of art berlin