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Teaching and research, Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), Trends & Identity.
THE “PSYCHEDELIC RENAISSANCE” AND THE INCREASING NORMALIZATION OF SUBSTANCE USE IN PRIVATE SPACES SHOW THAT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH SUBSTANCES IS CHANGING FUNDAMENTALLY. HOW ARE SUBSTANCES USED, REPRESENTED, AND MARKETED? WHAT NEW NARRATIVES AND CONSUMPTION SETTINGS ARE EMERGING? STUDENTS EXPLORE THESE QUESTIONS IN THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SWISSFUTURE – MAGAZINE FOR FUTURES.
ANNUAL TREND SCOUTING TRIPS TO DUTCH DESIGN WEEK IN EINDHOVEN, THE VENICE BIENNALE, ETC.
«VOLL PSYCHO!» FUTURE IDEAS FOR TEENAGER IN THE CONTEXT OF MENTAL HEALTH, WWW.VOLLPSYCHO.CH.TRENDS & IDENTITY (BA), 2022. CREDITS: WEAKERS, ALMA SCHNEIDER.
RAUSCH: WHAT ROLE DOES THE DESIRE FOR ECSTASY AND EUPHORIA PLAY IN AN ACCELERATED, TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN SOCIETY OF SELF-OPTIMIZATION? TRENDS & IDENTITY (BA), 2023. CREDITS: MOODY BY DANIELA EBERLE
AT THE INTERSECTION OF DESIGN, TREND RESEARCH, AND SOCIOLOGY, THE PROJECT SHAPING PSYCHEDELIC HEALTH EXAMINES THE SUCCESSFUL USE OF PSYCHEDELICS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF AN EVOLVING CONCEPT OF HEALTH. WITH ALEXANDRA VIERT AND KASIA SROKA.
&ZINE IS A CURATED MAGAZINE FORMAT IN WHICH STUDENTS EXPLORE CONTEMPORARY PROCESSES OF SOCIAL CHANGE AND EMERGING TREND PHENOMENA. AT ITS CORE ARE SO-CALLED WEAK SIGNALS: EARLY, SUBTLE AESTHETIC INDICATORS THAT POINT TO DEEPER TRANSFORMATIONS.
DESIGNING THE SELF, 2020. SECTION OF THE ONLINE LECTURE SERIES «SELF-IMAGING: IDENTITY, DISRUPTION, TRANSFORMATION». PHOTO: COURTESY OF CHRISTTO & ANDREW.
GLOBAL POP CULTURES MAGAZINE: ANNUAL CURATION OF THE MAGAZIN PART OF THE JOURNAL OF GLOBAL POP CULTURES.
»LUXURY»: IN CONTRAST TO THE CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION DESCRIBED BY THORSTEIN VEBLEN IN THEORIE OF THE LEISURE CLASS AS THE KEY CHARACTERISTIC OF LUXURY, FUTURE LUXURY WORLDS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY SUBTLE ACCESS TO INTANGIBLE RESOURCES AND VALUES. TRENDS & IDENTITY (BA), 2020. CREDITS: TRAVEL BIRTH, JULIANE WEIGEL
DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROTOTYPE (IOS) OF THE HEAVY MENTAL APP IN COLLABORATION WITH SANITAS FOUNDATION.
«DO YOU CARE?», APPLIED RESEARCH, WITH ARIANE SPANIER DESIGN, 2020, FUNDED BY MOBILIAR JUBILÄUMSSTIFTUNG.
HEAVY MENTAL, 2019. RESEARCH PROJECT ON HOW AESTHETICS AND THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SUFFERING OF TODAY’S YOUTH HAS CHANGED IN THE WORLD OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION.
«NEO ROMANCE» IS DEDICATED TO THE DESIRES AND DEMANDS ASSOCIATE WITH ROMANTIC LOVE TODDAY. TRENDS & IDENTITY (BA), 2021. CREDITS: TIEFZEIT BY NIKOLA ANTOLKOVIC
«NOVEAU SPIRITUALITY»: THE SEARCH IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICITY CREATES A NEW SPIRITUAL COSMOS OF SELF-DISCOVERY. TRENDS & IDENTITY (BA), 2019 CREDITS:VIRTUAL ENLIGHTENMENt BY CAROLINA MISZTELA.