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Julia Lohmann

Nationality : Germany

Place of activity : Finland, Helsinki

Julia Lohmann is a Professor of Contemporary Design at Aalto University, Finland. Lohmann’s work investigates and critiques the ethical and material value systems underpinning our relationship with flora and fauna. As a designer in residence at the Victoria & Albert Museum in 2013, she established the Department of Seaweed, a transdisciplinary community of practice exploring marine organisms' potential as a design material. Lohmann has received awards, bursaries, and support from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, the British Council, Jerwood Contemporary Makers, D&AD, Stanley Picker Gallery, the Arts Foundation, Wellcome Trust, and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

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Homepage http://www.julialohmann.co.uk/

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Kayoung Kim

Nationality : Republic of Korea

Place of activity : Germany, Hamburg

Based in Hamburg, Germany, Kayoung Kim works mainly as part of a socially engaged designer collective. Kim aims to promote the democratic and autonomous use of public resources based on communication and cooperation with local communities and to solve complex problems in contemporary society by making them visible through design. A Project on Forgotten Cityscapes, which she carried out in Germany, researched the historical, social, and political background of buildings slated for demolition in Hamburg and archived the private stories accumulated in the spaces. Every year since 2022, Kim has been creating art related to the conflicts of the Korean government’s cultural property restoration projects with residents in Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul.