Tauchgang mit einer Designforscherin

Rasa Weber is an experimental designer, researcher and diver between Zürich and Berlin who explores the narrative and process- based potential of materials and environments. Her design concepts are characterized by a strong narrative approach and critical eco- logical thinking. She regularly teaches at international universities and is currently a research associate and a doctoral candidate at Zürich University of the Arts, and a research associate at Matters of Activity. Cluster of Excellence, Humboldt University of Berlin. She works interdisciplinary in the fields of design, materials re- search, marine biology and design anthropology. In her practice- based doctoral research “Symbiocean” (supervised by Prof. Dr. Karmen Franinović, ZHdK and Prof. Dr. Karin Harrasser, University of the Arts Linz) she researches on the process of oceanic mineral accretion and its sympoïetic potential for the ecological formation of artificial reefs. At the intersection of marine biology, anthropology and design, she explores the notion of Sympoïetic Design with human, animal and microbial actors in the ocean. She is one of the founders of They Feed Off Buildings, a design and architecture collective, in collaboration with Luisa Rubisch. As founder of the studio Blond & Bieber, she collaborated with textile designer Essi Glomb on bio-based material and color concepts.