Graduated from the Technical University of Berlin  and University of Artis in Design & Computation, a transdisciplinary study program. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication from the Berlin University of the Arts and the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Her interests include feminist perspectives on digitalisation, queering technology and human-machine interaction and relationships. Her practical work moves between media such as installation, print, video, wearables, illustration and prototyping.

Graduated from the Technical University of Berlin in 2017 with an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering. She implemented an experimental space at City LAB Berlin and developed a passion for prototyping, open hardware, and participatory development. Currently pursuing her PhD at TU Berlin, she researches tools for prototyping to discover the optimal composition of electronic components. Her mission is to develop tools that empower a wider audience to become inventors.

Linhtan is studying business informatics at the Technical University of Berlin. In addition to the content of his studies, he is interested in gathering knowledge from various specialist areas in order to broaden his horizons and create added value for society in the future. 

He is involved in various projects in the Reallabor Wald and has worked particularly intensively on the topic of “3D forests”. In this project, he works at the interface between microcontrollers and 3D graphics software and combines technical expertise with creative visualization.

From a small town in Mecklenburg (Northern Germany), surrounded by mostly forests and lakes, with my head always in the clouds and interested in every book I could get my little hands on. I’ve gone from studying mechanical engineering, history, classical archaeology, to now finally trying to finish my degree in informatics.  

While working IT at Radbahn Berlin to finance my studies, I met Sara and later  joined her project. Now I’m teaching myself electrical engineering, endlessly tinkering with things, and trying to be useful while learning along the way.  

I also help seniors at a local library and am part of a nonprofit trying to improve Berlin.

In charge of strategic partnerships at CityLAB Berlin.

Communications Manager with a focus on Strategy and Quality Management at CityLAB Berlin.

Head of digital services at the Technologiestiftung.

TU Delft

Ines Weigand graduated in 2020 from the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) with a Master’s degree in Communication in Social and Economic Contexts. In her collaborative Master’s thesis, she investigated potentials of the Open Science movement for a change in the relationship between humans and nature. In order to investigate this problem, which is typical for the Anthropocene, she used methods of critical making and experiential learning.

After gaining experience in (knowledge) transfer and participatory urban development for two years at the University of the Arts and the public innovation lab CityLAB Berlin, she returned to the University of the Arts in October 2022. Here, she conducts research in the project “Design, Diversity and New Commons“, at the UdK Berlin / Weizenbaum Institute.

Ines Weigand builds bridges between science, society and politics and benefits from her interdisciplinary background and pragmatic attitude.

She is interested in alternative learning environments, new forms of knowledge production and concepts of sustainability that lead to a socio-ecological transformation.

Pensament Salvatge is the pseudonym that Eric uses for his compositions with Eurorack modular synthesizers, most of them soldered and assembled by hand by himself thanks to the kits and resources provided by different companies in the sector like Befaco or Thonk. Through the use of different functions and audio/modulation generators he intends to materialize the emotions and intensities that are going on inside him and to capture in a reliable way the high contrasts that often exist between them through the different musical parts that integrate the session.

The choice of the name is not random, it proposes a play on words between “Pensament” (aka Viola Tricolor, a flowering plant of the violalceae family) and “Salvatge” (growing in no order), therefore the leitmotiv of the project is mental health and is often accompanied by visuals of burning houses: a direct symbolism with the fierce intensities it can generate.

Before making music using Eurorack modulars, Éric experimented with different electronic media and took advantage of the limitations they often entail as a way to explore creativity. With Bitemap, a GameBoy + LSDJ tracker project, he started cautiously scrutinizing melodies and rythms landing up in a dizzying infoleptic maximalism; A good example of this is “Essential Nerd Tools”, the split shared with PLOM and released by Nyapster label. There’s also a crate called numèric another moniker he uses to publish tracks and versions of all kinds of styles using Ableton Live and mostly warping techniques to obtain glitches in an almost obsessive process in which audio samples are continuously recycled, such as CODE212, a microEP of 3 minutes and 32 seconds published by the label CO-DEPENDENT or numèric a cassette published by the Nuevo Sonido Nacional label.

Ines Weigand graduated in 2020 from the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) with a Master’s degree in Communication in Social and Economic Contexts. In her collaborative Master’s thesis, she investigated potentials of the Open Science movement for a change in the relationship between humans and nature. In order to investigate this problem, which is typical for the Anthropocene, she used methods of critical making and experiential learning.

After gaining experience in (knowledge) transfer and participatory urban development for two years at the University of the Arts and the public innovation lab CityLAB Berlin, she returned to the University of the Arts in October 2022. Here, she conducts research in the project “Design, Diversity and New Commons“, at the UdK Berlin / Weizenbaum Institute.

Ines Weigand builds bridges between science, society and politics and benefits from her interdisciplinary background and pragmatic attitude.

She is interested in alternative learning environments, new forms of knowledge production and concepts of sustainability that lead to a socio-ecological transformation.

I am a software engineer, studying Computer Engineering at TU Berlin. I enjoy everything from bringing integrated systems to life with low-level code up to designing full-fledged applications to deliver the best user experience.

From time to time, I tinker with custom printed circuit boards (PCB). But recently I’ve spent more and more time developing my own AI solutions, from fine-tuning base models up to building entire models from the ground up with custom architectures.

I believe in open software at heart. I publish everything I’m allowed to on Github. Feel free to reach out if you have a question about a project or ideas to bring my projects to the next level.

Check out my latest info for all the ways to reach me.

Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre (StIL) is a German trust foundation that supports innovation in higher education teaching and learning. It was established to enhance the renewal capability of university teaching and to assist institutions in adapting to evolving societal, digital and educational challenges.

Its funding line titled Freiraum enables individual teaching staff or teams at universities to develop and pilot new teaching-and-learning concepts. The key features: there is no fixed topical or disciplinary focus, proposals are assessed for their innovation potential, and selected projects receive support for up to 24 months. Living the Forest Lab is a Freiraum project.

TuDo is a makerspace of the Technical University of Berlin organized and led by students. It serves as a collaborative hub for creators, students, and innovators. It provides an inclusive environment equipped with tools for 3D printing, woodworking, screen printing, and electronics, enabling hands-on experimentation and learning. As a non-profit, TuDo reinvests all donations to improve its resources and foster creativity. Through workshops and events, it encourages skill development, community engagement, and the exchange of ideas. The name “TuDo,” merging “Technische Universität” with “ToDo,” reflects its spirit of action, innovation, and continuous creation—a place where everyone can learn, make, and share.

The Open.Make initiative (2021-2026) is a collaborative project among Berlin universities, funded via the Berlin University Alliance and Germany’s federal education ministry. It promotes open and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Re-usable) hardware in research by building prototyping spaces, developing a hardware publication platform with peer-review, supporting local makers, and engaging international open-hardware communities like GOSH and OSHWA. Through surveys and workshops, it also studies current hardware-sharing practices and drives open-innovation workflows. Part of the open.make is a prototyping workshop in the central library of the Technical University and University of Arts Berlin.

The master’s program Bühnenbild_Szenischer Raum aims to equip you with the practical knowledge and skills for a career in the areas of stage design and scenography while strengthening your own distinct artistic and creative development. The dual nature of the program brings together two approaches regarding the dramaturgical design of space: the design of stages for theater, music theater, and dance on the one hand, and scenographic design for exhibitions, installations, and performance on the other hand. Our two-year full-time program equips you with a broad range of the necessary specialist skills and knowledge including theater forms, the dramaturgy of theater and music theater, spatial theory, media staging, costume, lighting, etc. In addition, you participate in interdisciplinary and experimental project work. In general, a strong focus is placed on projects and professional relevance in collaboration with theaters, museums, and institutions.

Living the Forest Lab is collaborating with lecturers and students from this study program to create the exhibition Tech Tales together.

Initiated by the University of the Arts Berlin in cooperation with the Technical University Berlin and based at Campus Charlottenburg, Berlin Open Lab combines artistic practice with scientific research by bringing together researchers and ideas from different fields in order to enable new forms of design.  

Berlin Open Lab is an experimental space for transdisciplinary research projects at the intersection of technology, society and arts. It has its own laboratory for digital-based production, smart material interfaces and wearable computing plus a space for design research with augmented and virtual realities.

Living the Forest Lab is located in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Communications Systems.