The variety of possibilities for moulding products and applications with materials and technologies is already immense. New ones are being added every day. The question is: where do we want to direct this potential - in a time characterised by uncertainty? Many future issues - with sustainability at the forefront - have become topical and acute. It is no longer just a question of environmentally friendly materials and technologies. A sustainable future requires a fundamental rethink and interdisciplinary dialogue.
We experiment with materials, hypotheses and scenarios - in our own workshops and laboratories, in close dialogue with other disciplines and technology partners and with potential users - in order to not only identify and illuminate the many different aspects in their complexity and interconnectedness, but also to shape them. We scrutinise the familiar - for example, whether durability and sustainability are (always) a contradiction in terms. We research recyclable materials and products as well as circulating systems - using industrial waste streams as a resource, for example, and developing concrete answers for real stakeholders in order to address the burning issues with tangible visions that are essential for a critical and future-oriented debate and transformation.

Biotechnology is a main focus in the examination of the materials and technologies of tomorrow. On the one hand, it promises great potential - especially with regard to resource- and climate-friendly production. At the same time, there is a growing fear of alienation from nature. Our aim is to use the means of design to extract the desirable from the (technically) feasible, because renewable materials, manufacturing processes with living organisms and adaptive and resilient products and systems will play a central role in design and in our future way of life.