BIOTOPIA — SPINNING TEXTILE FICTION
In this semester project the students were introduced to the concept of Utopia and Dystopia. They were invited to speculate about possible futures, applying methodologies of Speculative and Critical Design. The concepts that have emerged explore alternative perspectives on the human-nature relationship — fictional, utopian or entirely pragmatic. Functional aspects and possible applications of interior design and textiles were rethought.

Students: Lotta Bühler, Chaewon Jun, Leonie Walter, Maura Zulic
Textile Design Department WS21
Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design

A GOOD PLACE TO BE
The textile design students were familiarised with the concept, structure and design of fashion collections. They were guided through the process of target group analysis, concept development, mood and colour board design and learned to visualise their collection in the form of collages. From this they designed the relevant fabrics, materials and prints for their collection. Different textile design techniques were introduced and applied.

Students: Lotta Bühler, Xenia Lara Wahl, Leonie Walter, Maura Zulic
Textile Design Department SS22
Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design
Awarded the Academy Prize

SOFT CIRCUITS
In this semester projects students were introduced to the fundamentals of textile designed circuits. They were guided to design various textile sensors, to integrat different actuators and to master Arduino programming.

Textile Design Department SS22
Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design

POETIC CIRCUITS
In this workshop, students were introduced to the design of electronic textiles and guided in turning poems into small narrative and interactive e-textiles.

Workshop planning and implementation together with Sophie Kellner
Academy of Art and Design FHNW, Basel 2020