ABK Ensemble

Design not in solitude, but in dialogue

We appear as an ensemble. Not as isolated voices, but as a collective presence. After years of social separation, there is still a need for repair: to bring together what has been fragmented, to present strong individual positions while also showing them as part of a larger whole. A university is, after all, a constellation of people and identities and the ability to perform together is as crucial as the freedom to stand apart. Ensemble here resonates on several levels. It refers not only to the community of designers and their shared act of presenting, but also to the way things take position in space. Each project carries its own history, method, and set of questions; yet together they form a dynamic arrangement. This spatial ensemble allows every work to speak in its own voice, while at the same time shifting perspectives through juxtaposition, resonance, or contrast.

More than the sum of its parts

Each project carries its own questions and methods, yet together they form constellations that open up new perspectives. The works range across social innovation, material research, technology, intuition, aesthetic practice and playfulness, mirroring the diversity of our program and resonating as a living organism.

Participants

The Projects were supervised by Prof. Christophe de la Fontaine, Prof. Aylin Charlotte Langreuter and AM Max Neustadt of ABK and Artist Sarah Illenberger and Art Director David Glättli as visiting Professors.

Works by:
Alexis Schmeler
Anne Lara Kraft
Arne Jasper Sanwald
Bastian Jannis Hau
Benjamin Stäbler
Carl Linus Klein
Carlotta Eibich
Christine Klik
Daniel Hessmert
Felix De Clerk
Florian Post
Guoyu Huang
Hannah Demel
Hannah Emily Auth
Jan Forray
Laura Neuscheler
Levent Ortak
Lukas Bauer
Loris Schoeder
Lovis Frederik Wolf
Marinus Sikat Hilario
Max Dressendörfer
Moritz Grünaug
Paul Hanke
Pia Zerweck
Severin Zimmermann
Tim Trotner
Valentina Liv Zuniga Ortiz
Vanessa Alicia Cupal
Weiso Alweis
Yuhui Wang