Projects of the Design Department
The Opposite of Fear is Courage – Photography as a Tool
Under the direction of Wiebke Loeper, students from the Department of Design presented their photographic work as part of the exhibition "The opposite of fear is courage" at the Kulturhaus Wittenberge in November 2024.
International Study and Training Partnership with the National Taipei University of Technology (Taiwan)
Exchange programme for students and teachers within the framework of the DAAD ISAP programme
Drängende Gegenwart × Luckenwalde – Photographic and Textile Works
The exhibition ‘Drängende Gegenwart - Fotografie als Forschungsinstrument’ and ‘Drängende Gegenwart - textiles in transit’ combines photographic and textile works. The exhibition opening took place on the 6th of June 2024. The exhibition itself was on display at the Luckenwalde branch until the 27th of June 2024.
LAUBE focuses on Sustainability, Social Issues and Biodiversity
The demands on the allotment gazebo have changed, and for good reason: the ecological crisis − climate change, extreme weather events, species extinction − requires a different kind of gazebo. One that can cope with these changed conditions. This was the task set when the Federal Federation of German Allotment Garden Associations (BKD), the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam and the Eberswalde…
Human-Robot Interaction in Social Robotics
The aim of the project, which is subsidised by the European Regional Development Fund, is to set up an interdisciplinary test and experimental environment for social robots.
Concrete Canoe Construction for the 19th German Concrete Canoe Regatta 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.
Fear of change – transformation prototypes
Participatory design as a means of participation and understanding to counteract social division.
Hyperimages – Visual Ecology of Urban Environments
"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.
Photography and Trauma
Hannah Zint's bachelor's thesis deals with the question of how photography can contribute to the recovery from trauma.
Non-human Tales for Humans. Data Stories of Future Environments.
Weaving different perspectives into future stories
Drängende Gegenwart – Photography as a Research Tool
The exhibition showed photographic works that dealt with the societal and social challenges of the present day. It was on display from the 12th of July until the 8th of September 2023 at the Brandenburg State Parliament in Potsdam.