Projects of the Design Department

Exchange programme for students and teachers within the framework of the DAAD ISAP programme

The exhibition "Drängende Gegenwart – Fotografie als Forschungsinstrument" and "Drängende Gegenwart – textiles in transit" combines photographic and textile works. Starting with the opening of the exhibition on the 6^th of June 2024, it will be on display at the Luckenwalde branch until the 27^th of June 2024.

In this project, students from the Departments of Civil Engineering and Design are designing and building concrete boats to compete against teams from all over Germany at the concrete canoe regatta in Brandenburg an der Havel in June 2024.

"Hyperimages – Visual Ecology of Urban Environments" is a research project between the University of Strasbourg in France and the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam in Germany.

How photography can contribute to recovery from trauma

Design solutions for communication in educational institutions

Morari (Latin for linger) is a six-part urban furniture series developed in collaboration with Jesse Altmann, Valentina Lenk and Klara Schneider, which questions the comfort at bus stops using Potsdam as an example.

Exhibition for the Brandenburg State Parliament

In collaboration with photographer Frédéric Brenner and his international project team, the GraDiM research project is developing theoretical and technical concepts for the visualisation of a photo archive with particular sensitivity for a collection documenting the Jewish diaspora.

In the "sepulcrum" seminar, contemporary and biodegradable urns for humans or animals were designed in cooperation with the family business and urn manufacturer Völsing. In a final presentation with jury meeting at the Baumschulenweg crematorium, the best urn designs were awarded prizes.

A modular and underwired bra design for large breasts

Exhibition in the framework of the European Month of Photography 2023