Muse with Julia Lohmann

Department of Seaweed

We are happy to announce Julia Lohmann as our September speaker for MUSE. Friday morning she will talk to us about seaweed and how it has been her muse, material and method since 2007.

Lohmann is running “an open seaweed laboratory” at Designmuseo until the end of October. Department of Seaweed “… connects designers and makers, researchers and scientists interested in algae as a sustainable resource for making." 

Julia Lohmann is a Professor of Practice in Contemporary Design. She investigates and critiques the ethical and material value systems underpinning our relationship with flora and fauna. Julia’s research interests include critical practice and transition-design, bio materials, collaborative making, museums and residencies, embodied cognition and practice as research. As designer in residence at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2013, she established the Department of Seaweed, an interdisciplinary community of practice exploring the marine plant’s potential as a design material. She holds a PhD in Innovation Design Engineering from the Royal College of Art, London.

(Photo by Pete Krejci)

Muse with Julia Lohmann
Friday, 27th of September at 8:30
Design Museum
Helsinki