A Lab for Rapid
Prototyping
Curatorial-driven, the LAB is an innovation laboratory and incubator promoting research, multidisciplinary studies, knowledge exchange, and the advancement of complex ideas and networks. The LAB will inform practice in the field of design and enable the development new strategies and special projects in the museum.
Key research clusters include:
The LAB will host a series of residencies, workshops, and partner events possibly leading to exhibitions, products or services, and publications. Its programme involves collaboration with local and international universities, companies, research institutions, scholars and partners from all over Germany and abroad.
Nature Interventions
In the interplay between botanical observations, free design experiments, the reading of design-historical and current texts, discussions, design workshops and design exercises, new approaches to the historically significant design collections of the Museum of Decorative Arts will be sought as “nature interventions”, integrated into the garden culture that can be directly experienced in Pillnitz.
an International Summer Workshop under the umbrella of the New European Bauhaus
This 9‑day program will provide the latest insights, tools and methods for circular design in the fields of construction and product design and guide you in conception of innovative solutions for repurpose of end-of-life components.
Baking The Future
A loaf or slice of bread may seem simple, but there is a curious complexity to the matter of bread. From geopolitical contexts to microbiological processes to multi- sensory experiences, bread and bread making can open up a whole new universe and pathway for transformative design practices. Together with the curator Thomas Geisler, the design duo Chmara.Rosinke addresses and explores the complexity of bread in this year’s Austrian pavilion at the London Design Biennale 2023.
Plant Journeys
Building upon their recent research and adopting The Manifesto of Phyto-centred Design as a compass for further critical reflection, the founders of studio d‑o-t‑s will establish connections with local institutions and practitioners active in the field of plant cultivation, education, and conservation.
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The Art of Associative Searching
This project explores experimental algorithmic ways to produce and display digital image clusters. This will inspire new human interpretations of digital collections.
New Perspectives on German Schools of Decorative Arts before the Bauhaus
This Transnational network explores the history of German schools of decorative arts between 1850 and 1920. Although early German Schools of Decorative Arts were pioneers of modern design, they still lack basic art historical research.
Avatar for ecosystems that claim their rights
What if our views on democracy evolved further and would develop into an ecocracy, where next to humans, as well ecosystems and non-human species would have (equal) rights and were included into decision making processes.
Platform for Contemporary Crafts & Design
Made in Platform for Contemporary Crafts & Design is a research, design, and heritage initiative encouraging collaboration and knowledge exchange between traditional craftspeople and contemporary designers, as well as other experts in the fields of culture and science.
a pop-up workshop for design-oriented, regional craftsmanship
Dresdner Zimmer is a showroom and communication concept showcasing interior design from Dresden and the surrounding region.
