Teaching :: 2011-2022

  • “CAS Design Technologies”, managing the further education program and teaching in four of seven modules, Zurich University of the Arts

  • “CAS Design Methods”, managing the further education program spanning over one semester and teaching in four of seven modules, Zurich University of the Arts

  • "Service Design", a five-week course with 4th-semester interaction design students, in collaboration with Mobiliar insurance (2017), Oysterlab (2018), Interstore (2019), Sennheiser (2020), Stiftung Risiko Dialog (2021), you+care (2022) @ Zurich University of the Arts

  • "Designing Object Experience" course on industrial design basics for interaction designers, Zurich University of the Arts (2011, 2012, 2016 - 2021)

  • "Mobile User Interface" five-week course about the design of interfaces for mobile devices in collaboration with the Kunsthaus Zürich (2017, 2018)

  • "Prevocational Module", excursion to Hamburg with 6th-semester interaction design students, Zurich University of the Arts (2017)

  • "Xperiment - Xperience" three-week interdisciplinary course in collaboration with the Swiss Science Center, Zurich University of the Arts (2017)

  • "Embodied Fabrication" four-week course on embodied interaction, digital fabrication, and parametric design, Zurich University of the Arts (2017)

  • "Bits & Atoms" is a short introduction to computer-aided design (Rhino 3D) and parametric design (Grasshopper) (2017)

  • "How To Do It", an interdisciplinary module in cooperation with the science center Winterthur, Zurich University of the Arts (2015)

  • "Object Experience", a course on industrial design basics for interaction designers, Zurich University of the Arts (2012)

  • "Digital Fabrication", a course on the basics of 3d modeling and fabrication, Zurich University of the Arts (2012)

  • "Contraction - Expansion", workshop on smart materials, University of Applied Arts Vienna (2012)

  • "2000W Gesellschaft", interdisciplinary course, Zurich University of the Arts (2012)

  • "Lebhafte Dinge", course with teenagers (Junior DDE), Zurich University of the Arts (2012)

  • "Object Experience", a course on industrial design basics for interaction designers, Zurich University of the Arts

  • "Motivating Movement Rehabilitation", a course on physical computing, Zurich University of the Arts (2011)

  • "Alive Spaces", an interdisciplinary course on smart materials, Zurich University of the Arts (2011)

  • "Zürich und die 2000W Gesellschaft", an interdisciplinary course, Zurich University of the Arts (2011)

  • Weck das Ding, a course with Teenagers (Junior DDE), Zurich University of the Arts (2011) 

 

Talks

  • “Swico Winner Talk BoSA 2022” a talk about the conceptual, design and development process of the visitorguide for the Kunsthaus Zürich that we won an award for at the Best of Swiss Apps Award (2022)

  • “Build your first physical controller” a workshop introducing participants to the basics of controllers and physical computing at the UX Camp Zürich (2022)

  • “Swico Winner Talk BoSA 2019” a talk about the conceptual, design and development process of the app we developed for Landesmuseum Zürich that we won an award for at the Best of Swiss Apps Award (2029)

  • "Let’s talk stories" talk & workshop on user story mapping at the Interaction Design Lab 19 in Bern

  • "Designing for Humans – Methods of Human Centred Design" talk about the fine line between methodical and inspiration-driven design as a part of the OpenIdea lecture series 2018 at the University of Applied Sciences Dornbirn (2018)

  • "A story of smart choices, lucky coincidences, and broken bones" talk at the University of Applied Arts Vienna as part of the "all about design talks" (2017)

  • "My Take on Leading a Design Team", a talk for interaction design master students at the Zurich University of the Arts (2016)

  • "Creating Experiences in Complex Environments", talk at the GUI & Design conference Berlin (2015)

  • "What Designers are Made of", talk as a part of the OpenIdea lecture series at the University of Applied Sciences Dornbirn (2015)

  • "Fragile Mutations", workshop on smart materials in Athens (2014)

  • "Taming Complexity", talk at Euromold 2014 on Interaction Design. (2014)

  • "Alive Spaces" - talk at ETH CAAD lectures 2012 on electroactive polymers (EAP), ETH Zürich (2012)

 

Awards

  • Visitorguide for Kunsthaus Zürich
    An interactive 3D floorplan for Switzerlands largest art museum, accessible through your browser.

    Best of Swiss Apps 2022
    Gold for «mobile web»
    Silver for «design»
    Bronce for «UX/usability»

    Best of Swiss Web 2022
    Gold for «creativity»
    Bronce for «technology»

  • Landesmuseum App
    Native iOS and Android applications to guide visitors through the Swiss National Museum while providing an audio guide for exhibits.

    Best of Swiss Apps 2019
    Gold for «UX/usability»
    Silver for «design»

  • Remote teaching concept, developed during the first Covid lockdown
    Nominated for ZHdK Lehrpreis 2020 – CS Award for Best Teaching

 

Papers

  • K. Franinovic, L. Franzke, A. Villa Torres and Florian Wille, Interacting with Electroactive Polymers in Responsive Environments, Proc. of the TEI conference, 2019.

 

Exhibitions

  • EAP: Electric Animal Plant a shape-changing installation responsive to generative sound, Design Biennal Zurich. with F. Wille. L. Franzke and A. Villa-Torres 2017.