BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Design Research Society//Silkstart Technology Inc.// BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Berlin BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260329T020000 TZNAME:CEST TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20261025T030000 TZNAME:CET TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MATERIALDESIGN Design Research Symposium DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250718T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250718T170000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250613T114959 UID:684c10671995c705b34db9b4 DESCRIPTION:MATERIALDESIGN Design Research Symposium (18. July 2025) Materialdesign expands and challenges the disciplinary boundaries and the understanding of design. Designing with materials is inherently a practice of researching\, experimentation and crossing traditional disciplinary borders. The dialogue with materials encourages the exploration of novel forms\, techniques\, and fosters innovative outcomes &ndash\; in this way\, materialdesign drives the evolution of new paradigms and approaches in design practice and research. The Symposium explores the evolving roles of materials design of generating knowledge through practice. By bringing together international researchers working in this scope\, we aim to provide a holistic overview of this evolving field\, to discuss the future roles of materialdesign in the design study. Register here https://pretix.eu/IMD/Symposium/ Schedule 9:00 Doors Open 9:15 Arrival Bus Shuttle from Offenbach 9:30 &ndash\; 9:45 Greeting Speech (Prof. Dr. Brigitte Franzen\, President HfG Offenbach) 9:45 &ndash\; 10:00 Greeting Speech ( Prof. Dr. Marlus Holzbach\, Prof. Dr. Tom Bieling) 10:00 &ndash\; 11:00 Keynote (Prof. Dr. Valentina Rognoli) 11:00 -11:30 coffee break and workshop tour 11:30 &ndash\; 13:00 MATERIALDESIGN &ndash\; Boundaries 13:00 &ndash\; 14:00 Lunch break 14:00 &ndash\; 15:30 MATERIALDESIGN &ndash\; Capabilities 15:30 &ndash\; 17:00 MATERIALDESIGN Perspectives From 17:00 Shuttle Departure to Rundgang at HfG Offenbach Designing Materials for Transition: A Multispecies and Regenerative Future Through Materials Keynote by Prof. Dr. Valentina Rognoli &ndash\; Politecnico di Milano As the climate crisis intensifies and the Anthropocene paradigm becomes increasingly inadequate\, the role of materials in shaping future design scenarios is becoming increasingly important. This speech introduces the Materials Design for Transition framework\, which is being developed as a research and pedagogical tool to guide material innovation towards multispecies care\, ecological restoration and regenerative futures. Based on a multidisciplinary and practice-based approach\, the framework considers materials to be active agents embedded in social\, ecological and technological systems\, rather than merely inert substances to be selected. Through selected case studies from the Materials Design for Transition research group\, we demonstrate how the DIY Materials approach\, involving material tinkering and biotinkering\, can catalyse transformative processes\, from the development of circular materials using renewable resources or waste to the design of biofabricated systems designed for coexistence. This speech calls for a collective reorientation of material practices in design\, bringing together designers\, scientists\, educators and local communities in a shared pursuit to reimagine design for thriving futures. Sessions MATERIALDESIGN &ndash\; Boundaries Materialdesign is an emerging and expanding field that challenges and resets disciplinary boundaries by connecting diverse scientific and artistic fields. In this session\, Johanna Hehemeyer-Cü\;rten\, Carolin Pertsch\, and Emma Sicher will discuss new connections\, possibilities\, and the evolving roles of Materialdesigners within these cross-disciplinary practices. Emma Sicher &rsaquo\;Fermenting materialities: designing with microbes\, plants\, and culturaltechniques&lsaquo\; Johanna Hehemeyer-Cü\;rten &rsaquo\;Revaluating Pine Bark&lsaquo\; Carolin Pertsch &rsaquo\;Material design in the field of tension between design and science&lsaquo\; MATERIALDESIGN &ndash\; Capabilities Material is designable and therefore\, it can be changed\, extended\, and informed. In this panel\, Malu Lü\;cking\, Steffen Reiter\, and Sofia Soledad Duarte Poblete will present diverse approaches to designing materials and designing with materials through their own capabilities. Malu Lü\;cking &rsaquo\;Designing in Relation to the Sea: Material Approaches from and with Marine Environments&lsaquo\; Steffen Reiter &rsaquo\;Shaping Material Behavior: Parametric Approaches to programmable Hybrid Material Systems&lsaquo\; Sofia Soledad Duarte Poblete &rsaquo\;Craft knowledge fostering materials design for transition&lsaquo\; MATERIALDESIGN &ndash\; Perspectives Thinking about materials can also become thinking with or through materials. By discussing ways of learning\, speculating\, and researching through Materialdesign\, Ziyu Zhou\, Meri Zirkelbach\, and Valentin Brü\;ck will reflect on Materialdesign as a holistic field Dr. Ziyu Zhou &rsaquo\;Learning through Materials&lsaquo\; Meri Zirkelbach &rsaquo\;Materialspekulation &ndash\; Zusammenspiel von Materialtradition und materialorientierter Gestaltung&lsaquo\; Valentin Brü\;ck &rsaquo \;Non-anthropocentric materialities&lsaquo\; About The Institute for Materialdesign and Advanced Material Studies IMD at the university of art and design in Offenbach works in the experimental and interdisciplinary intersection of design and materialization. The focus of the work is the role of the material in the design process. Material-appropriate design becomes &bdquo\;design with designed materials&ldquo\;. The teaching area of Design Theory explores the epistemic dimensions of design research along its theoretical and practical interfaces. Organizers Prof. Dr. Markus Holzbach Prof. Dr. Tom Bieling Dr. Ziyu Zhou Valentin Brü\;ck Symposium Location IMD Institute for Materialdesign and Advanced Material Studies Palleskestraß\;e 32 65929 Frankfurt am Main Rundgang opening location (afterwards) HfG Offenbach Universtity of Art and Design HfG Offenbach Schloß\;straß\;e 31 63065 Offenbach am Main After the symposium\, we&rsquo\;ll head to our campus in Offenbach (roughly 1 hour from Frankfurt) for the opening of our annual Rundgang exhibition\, while students present their projects from the past two semesters in the following two days. Transport We&rsquo\;ve arranged shuttle buses between both venues on the day\, one in the Morning\, departing at 8:00 from the campus in offenbach\, and one back to offenbach at 17:00. Public connections include S1 and S2 train and regional trains to &bdquo\;Frankfurt Hö\;chst&ldquo\; station\, Tram line 11 to &bdquo\;Zuckschwerdtstraß\;e&ldquo\; in Frankfurt Hö\;chst\, and the Bus Stop &bdquo\;Auerstraß\;e&ldquo\;. LOCATION:Frankfurt am Main\, Germany PRIORITY:5 URL:https://www.designresearchsociety.org:443/events/materialdesign-design- research-symposium END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR