NERD – New Experimental
Research in Design
NERD Take Five
4-5 May 2023
Berlin Open Lab
Berlin University of the Arts
Einsteinufer 43, 10587 Berlin
A conference by the Board of International Research in Design (BIRD) in collaboration with the Berlin University of the Arts (Weizenbaum Institute) and the Technische Universität Berlin (Einstein Center Digital Future).
Day 1 / 04.05.2023
10:00
Registration and Coffee
10:30
Welcome and Introduction
Board of International Research in Design (BIRD) + UdK Berlin/TU Berlin
CRITICAL AI POSITIONS
11:00
Learning how to be (Mis)calculated and how to (Re)calculate Algorithmic Situations
Axel Meunier / Goldsmiths College
11:45
More than Human Design Experiments to Enact Conversational AI
Iohanna Nicenboim / Delft University of Technology
12:30-13:30
Lunch Break
HUMAN/NONHUMAN DESIGN
13:30
First-person-perspective as a form of inquiry in Biodesign
Barbara Pollini / Polytechnic University of Milan
14:15
Aligned arguments for the dissolution of a human ´centre´
Renata Dezso / Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
15:15
What does a fish like? Behavioural Ecology as a Design Tool
Anja Wegner / Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Konstanz
16:00-16:30
Closing remarks of the day
From 16:30
Student exhibition and tour at the Berlin Open Lab
Gathering and networking with food and drinks
Day 2 / 05.05.2023
10:30
Coffee
10:45
Short introduction to the day
DECOLONIAL POSITIONS
11:00
When a Tree Says No: Towards a consent framework for design-nature relationships
Franca López Barbera / Technical University of Braunschweig
11:45
Situating a Southern Urbanist Spatial Design Practice: Re-locating an approach through design research
Jhono Bennett / University College London
12:30-13:30
Lunch Break
RE/POSITIONING DESIGN RESEARCH
13:30
Considering Design Research from the Inside Out
Joseph Lindley / Lancaster University
14:15
Mining Humans and Data Extraction: The Costs of Design Research
Lauren Lin & Mayed Sahibzada / Northwestern University
15:00
Flickering Landscapes. A Poetic Approach to the Relationship of Complexity and Community Through Objects and Stories
Torben Körschkes / HEFT Kollektiv Hamburg
15:45-16:30
Closing discussion with speakers and audience