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  

Registration

To sign up to the conference please register here
There are no conference fees for the NERD conference, but prior registration is required.   


Conference Committee 

Conference Committee: Michelle Christensen, Florian Conradi, Uta Brandes, Tom Bieling, Sandra Groll, Ralf Michel, Wolfgang Jonas, Marc Pfaff 

Conference Team / Berlin: Michelle Christensen, Florian Conradi, Ines Weigand, Berkay Soykan, Athena Grandis

If you have further questions please contact Michelle Christensen (m.christensen@udk-berlin.de) and Florian Conradi (f.conradi@udk-berlin.de)