champsdesidees

we are thinking with our hands

A new phase of be able started in April 2012 with "wir sind Handdenker", an interdisciplinary semester project at Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee. Since be able had been such a success in the ceramic workshop, it seemed logical to try it in other fabricating sheltered workshops as well. As there are eighteen institutions for sheltered workshops in Berlin, it was not hard to find new partners. At the Kunsthochschule Professor Helmut Staubach from Product Design and Professor Zane Berzina from Textile and Surface Design agreed to lead the project with me and Melinda Barth also joined to work on the Project. Over the course of 3 months we guided a team of ten students who worked in five different workshops: a carpentry workshop, a bookbinding workshop, a candy workshop, a candle workshop and a textile workshop. The semester project ended with an exhibition at the Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz which was accompanied by a workshop program for different target groups. We are currently working on bringing the new product ideas into production. There will be stitched candles, colourful books that make use of cut-off waste materials in beautiful patterns, a memory game using your own drawings and lollipops with surprising forms for new sensations in the mouth. 


handdenker products

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  • Kreidetiere by Cindy Franke ; this design process was guided by Vincent Krempf

  • Memory by Christine Rödel; this design process was guided by Ferdinand Pechmann and Vincent Krempf

  • Max Hefte by Marion Schulz; this design process was guided by Christine Hausen and Christian Smirnow

  • Create Typ 6 by Arthur Huhn; this design process was guided by Christine Hausen and Christian Smirnow

  • Geschwisterbox by Carola Paezhold; this design process was guided by Christine Hausen and Christian Smirnow

  • Flatscreen Candle by Dominik Rudolph; this design process was guided by Essi Johanna Glomb and Franziska Land

  • Lutscherlebnis by the candy team; this design process was guided by Stefanija Kulikova and David Sanchez

  • Dame by the candy team; this design process was guided by Stefanija Kulikova and David Sanchez

  • Pleasure Calendar by the candy team; this design process was guided by Stefanija Kulikova and David Sanchez

  • Pleasure Calendar by the candy team; this design process was guided by Stefanija Kulikova and David Sanchez

  • Arthur bags by Michael Hohmann; this design process was guided by Christine Delor und Kozue Kawajiri



five design groups in five places
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  • Holzwerkstatt / VIA Werkstätten / Ferdinand Pechmann and Vincent Krempf with Christine Rödel, Cindy Franke and Katy Metzger

  • Handbuchbinderei / Spektrum / Christine Hausen and Christian Smirnow with Arthur Huhn, Marion Schulz and Carola Paezhold

  • Bonbonmanufaktur / Faktura / Stefanija Kulikova and David Sanchez with Maha Mytch, Nessi, Silwa and Ellen Rodriguez

  • Textilwerkstatt / Faktura / Christine Deor and Kozue Kawajiri with Michael Hohmann, Therese Willms and Annemarie Bach