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18/05/2026

KEIN KINO
18/05/2026, 6:30 pm
Virtual lecture with Soyun Park
Interdisciplinary artist, researcher & educator
Join in via Zoom. Visit design.zhdk.ch for more info.
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Soyun Park is a South Korean interdisciplinary artist, researcher, and educator based in The Hague, Netherlands. Her work studies the relationship between the political structures of media technology and the human body.

Investigating the power dynamics of surveillance and machine learning software embedded in society and bodies, she employs resistance, trespassing, and hacking in the act of making, using them as tools to reveal underlying predicaments.

She has exhibited and performed at media art festivals, cultural venues and film festivals, including Rewire Festival (NL), Nederland Fotomuseum (NL), Ars Electronica (AT), CTM Festival (DE), and iii workspace (NL). Her co-directed film ‘Wunderkammer 10.0’ was awarded a Special Jury Prize at the Jeonju International Film Festival in 2022.
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Picture credits:
All pictures were provided by the artist Soyun Park.
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More info on design.zhdk.ch.

11/05/2026

KEIN KINO
11 May 2026, 6:30 pm CET
DIANA SERBANESCU
Acts of poetic embodiment

An event in cooperation with the Immersive Arts Space ZHdK.
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Diana Serbanescu is a transdisciplinary performer and media artist working at the intersection of embodiment and AI. Through her performance practice, she develops a poetic language in which the expressive body is amplified through hybridisation with the machine. Her artistic research explores feminist approaches to knowledge creation, as well as the continued relevance of traditions and community practices in an era shaped by artificial intelligence and digital colonisation.

Alongside her artistic work, Diana has been active as an academic researcher, lecturer, and course lead in Creative Robotics at the University of the Arts London, and as Research Lead in the Criticality of AI-based Systems group at the Weizenbaum Institute in Berlin. At the same time, she has continued her practice as a choreographer, performer, and artistic director of REPLICA, an artistic platform she co-founded in 2017.
Diana recently joined the Immersive Arts Space, where she contributes to the Performing AI project through the development of embodied synthesisers and generative approaches for AI + performance.
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Photo Credits:
Dancing at the Edge of the World by Diana Serbanecu.

05/05/2026

SAVE THE DATE
Diplomausstellung Design
12. – 26. Juni 2026
11. Juni 2026 (Vernissage)
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KOMMT VORBEI!
Das Departement Design präsentiert in sieben Ausstellungen die Diplomarbeiten der Absolvent:innen aus BA und MA Design im Toni-Areal. Rundgänge und öffentliche Veranstaltungen bieten tiefgehende Einblicke in die Motivation und Entwicklungsprozesse der jungen Designschaffenden.
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STAY TUNED
Alle Diplomprojekte und Programminformationen ab 11. Juni 2026 auf design.zhdk.ch
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16/04/2026

REFRESH 2026 was a partnership between the Department of Design and the Immersive Arts Space of the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), and Swissnex in San Francisco. The festival took place from 4–7 March at Swissnex in San Francisco, while the exhibition continued until 12 April 2026.

This 7th edition of REFRESH focused on «Algorithmic Entanglements», reflecting the impact of digital technologies on society and the planetary well-being in keynotes, masterclasses and in an exhibition with internationally acclaimed artists and designers. It discussed the complex interplay between current technological developments, society, and ecology. How can we act responsibly and inclusively under the given circumstances? How can the arts and design contribute to this question? The line up highlighted the crucial role of creative practitioners and thinkers engaging critically and responsibly with digital transformation.

A huge thank you to all who contributed and participated! We hope to stay in touch.

REFRESH is an initiative of the Department of Design and the Immersive Arts Space of the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).

More information on refresh.zhdk.ch

13/04/2026

Kein Kino
Julia Lohmann
13/04/2026, 6:30 pm
Zoom Lecture
Zoom info on design.zhdk.ch

Julia Lohmann is a designer, researcher and educator who explores the ethical and material dimensions of our relationship with nature. She is an Honorary Royal Designer for Industry in Regenerative Design and Associate Professor of Contemporary Design at Aalto University, Finland. Julia is passionate about eco literacy and ocean protection. In 2013, she founded the Department of Seaweed, a community exploring the sustainable development of seaweed as a design material with a regenerative eco-systemic impact. Lohmann promotes an empathic, more-than-human-centric mindset and uses design to connect knowing, caring, and acting across disciplines. Julia holds a PhD from the Royal College of Art and contributes to research consortia that relate design to biomaterials, science, and ecology. Her work has been recognized globally and is currently on show in the exhibition MORE THAN HUMAN at Museum für Gestaltung Zürich.
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A lecture in collaboration with Museum für Gestaltung Zürich.
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Project related pictures provided by the artist.

02/04/2026

REFRESH 2026
Exhibition
Open until 12 April 2026
Swissnex in San Francisco
📍Pier 17
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REFRESH 2026 is a partnership between the Department of Design and the Immersive Arts Space of the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), and Swissnex in San Francisco.

The 7th edition of REFRESH focuses on «Algorithmic Entanglements», reflecting the impact of digital technologies on society and the planetary well-being. The line up highlights the crucial role of creative practitioners and thinkers engaging critically and responsibly with digital transformation.

While the festival took place from 4 to 7 March at Swissnex in San Francisco, the exhibition is still on show until 12 April 2026.
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REFRESH is an initiative of the Department of Design and the Immersive Arts Space of the Zurich University of the Arts.

refresh.zhdk.ch

02/04/2026

Interaction Design-Studierende der ZHdK haben eine Applikation entwickelt, die Wissen über den weiblichen Zyklus vermittelt.
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Ein Interview von Flurin Fischer mit Iris Prelorentzou und Noel Kampus, die das Projekt gemeinsam mit Elena Fabrikant und Jonathan Gartenmann im BA Major Interaction Design konzipiert und umgesetzt haben.
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Gestaltung Identität & Tafeln:
Abhash Mittal

Redaktion:
Flurin Fischer .fischer

Kommunikation Departement Design:
Maike Thies .thies
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Bildcredits:
Das projektbezogene Bildmaterial wurde von den Studierenden zur Veröffentlichung bereitgestellt.
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Eine Initiative von Hochparterre Campus mit der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK).
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19/03/2026

KEIN KINO SPRING SEMESTER 2026
ARTS - DESIGN - TECHNOLOGY
DESIGN REALITIES - FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES
PROGRAM INFO

When? every Monday, 6:30 to 8:00 pm
Where? Kino Toni (3.G02) or via Zoom
Detailed information on design.zhdk.ch

«Design Realities – Future Technologies» is the theme of the current edition of the interdisciplinary lecture series KEIN KINO. Depending on the event, the lecture takes place at the Kino Toni or via Zoom and addresses an interdisciplinary audience. The series‘ focus is the discussion of projects at the intersection of Arts – Design – Technology. The guests share their design processes and theoretical foundation on a project-by-project basis and invite an open discussion. The lecture series deals with pressing topics from game design, video art, social media, immersive arts, dance, theatre and composition for film and new media. The goal is to examine trends critically and identify productive collaborations between disciplines. The series is intended as an invitation to exchange knowledge and to provide impulses for cross-disciplinary projects. Internationally renowned speakers such as Galit Ariel (technology futurist), Jamal Nxedlana (Co-Founder Bubblegum Club, Art Director), Ellie Land (Animation Director), Alexander Giesche (Director Schauspielhaus Zürich), Yasaman Sheri (Designer Synthetic Ecologies Lab, Serpentine Galleries), Studio Eidola (Interdisciplinary Research & Design Studio), Onat Hekimoglu (Game Designer & Transmedia Storyteller), David O’Reilly (Game Designer), Yuvviki Dioh (Agent for Diversity, Schauspielhaus Zürich), Romy Strasser (New Assembly), Mara Danz (Fashion Designer), Magda Drozd (Performance Artist), Andrea Anner & Thibault Brêvet (AATB), Flurina Rothenberger (Nice Magazine) already contributed to the lecture.
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Host & curation KEIN KINO:
Maike Thies .thies

Identity & Motion Design:
Abhash Mittal

Partners:
Immersive Arts Space ZHdK

Swissnex in Boston and New York

Master Transdisciplinary Studies ZHdK

Museum für Gestaltung Zürich

26/02/2026

SHOWCASE DESIGN 2025
Wir freuen uns, euch die herausragendsten Absolvent:innen und ihre Diplomprojekte auf der digitalen Plattform Showcase Design vorstellen zu dürfen. Heute im Porträt: Nicolas Wagner
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Nicolas studierte im BA Major Visual Communication und gibt einen Einblick in den Entwicklungsprozess seines Diplomprojekts «printed plants catalog». Erfahre mehr über das Projekt auf showcasedesign.zhdk.ch
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Projektleitung:
Maike Thies .thies

Produktionsassistenz:
Anna Tschopp
Katrin Siegel

Kommunikation:
Maike Thies
Anna Tschopp

Video & Schnitt:
Marco Bach

Porträtaufnahmen:
David Jäggi

Visuelle Identität:
Tunay Bora .io

Übersetzung:
Katja Klier .klier
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25/02/2026

SHOWCASE DESIGN 2025
We are delighted to present the most outstanding graduates and their diploma projects on the digital platform Showcase Design.
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In today’s portrait, Umika Srivastava, graduate student of the BA Major Trends & Identity, shares insights into her diploma project «». Learn more on showcasedesign.zhdk.ch
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Head of Project:
Maike Thies .thies

Project Assistance:
Anna Tschopp
Katrin Siegel

Communication:
Maike Thies
Anna Tschopp

Video & Editing:
Marco Bach

Photography:
David Jäggi

Concept & Design:
Tunay Bora .io

Translation:
Katja Klier .klier
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