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Katharina Ammann Design researcher & student.

PROFILE
Katharina is a Romanian-German designer that is currently in her third year of her bachelors program at the Design Academy of Eindhoven. Her main interest within her practice is bridging the gap between the tangible elements of design together with analysis of social structures, especially revolving around the current geopolitical climate. She focuses on methodologies that allows design to act as an active and interactive research tools. This means that within her practice theres a main fascination revolving around using technology as a communication tool for political and ethical discourse. One of the main elements in her work is a centered interest into system analysis. She believes that the developing world of design is a playground that should consist of multidisciplinary collaborations that embrace a deconstructive view on the world around us. Developing a critical and multilayered lens to better help us understand who we are, how our environments work and where our future is taking us. 

GENERAL DATA
_Name: Katharina Ammann
_Birth date: 18/05/2002
_Citizenship: German, Romanian
_languages: English, Romanian & German

SKILLS & SOFTWARES:
_Adobe suite
_Blender
_Rhino
_3D printing
_Research archiving
_Interactive microcontroller
_Installation programming & coding

ACTIVITY AND STUDIES
2018 Participating in robotics competition organized by Romanian Space Agency
2018 Partcipating in Minitremu contemporary art camp
2019 Participating in robotics competition organized by Romanian Space Agency
2020 Highschool graduation from Liceul de Arte “Sabin Drăgoi” Arad, Romania.
2020 Starting bachelors program at the Design Academy of Eindhoven
2021 Propaedeutic diploma from Design Academy of Eindhoven
2021 Design tour guide at the Dutch Design Week Eindhoven
2021-2022 Studio “Collaborative Solutions” Design Academy of Eindhoven
2021-2022 Project developing a material bank for Design Academy Eindhoven // Graphic design & communication department
2022 Studio “Technogeographies” Design Academy Eindhoven
2022 Energy Exhibition - Studio Technogeographies
2022 “Energy Atlas” publication by Studio Technogeographies - Exhibited at “The Energy Show” Het nieuwe instituut, Rotterdam
2022-2023 Studio “Technogeographies” Design Academy Eindhoven