We are an interdisciplinary research group at Fachhochschule Potsdam working at the intersection of interface design, computer science, and the digital humanities. Our research revolves around data visualization with a particular focus on the challenges and questions arising from social, cultural, and technological transformations. Our mission is to devise new ways to access comprehensive information spaces and make sense of complex issues by developing creative and critical approaches to visualization. We cooperate closely with academic and cultural institutions as well as public and private organizations.
The lab itself is a joint initiative between the Design Department and the Urban Futures Institute. At the junction of design teaching and visualization research, we strive to have an impact in both academia and the world of practice. For the physical and social space of the lab, our ambition is to cultivate a stimulating environment for a transdisciplinary community of designers, developers, and scholars at different levels of experience. We share our work in the form of prototypes, exhibitions, workshops, and contributions to conferences and journals. The research lab is co-directed by Boris Müller and Marian Dörk.
Lab Members
Mark-Jan Bludau
Information Visualization
Viktoria Brüggemann
Cultural Sciences
Silvia Casavola
Communication Design
Marian Dörk
Information Visualization
Markus Kreutzer
Systemic Transformation Design
Boris Müller
Interaction Design
Current Student Researchers
Jona Pomerance
Interface Design & Visualization
Associated Researchers
Manuela Garretón
Information Visualization
Gianna-Carina Grün
Data Journalism & Information Visualization
Francesca Morini
Information Visualization & Data Journalism
Jonas Pelzer
Web Design & Interface Design
Christopher Pietsch
Interface Design & Visualization
Alumni
Sara Akhlaq
Digital Cultural Heritage
Jonas Arndt
Web Engineering
Katja Dittrich
Software Development & Visualization
Barbara Avila Vissirini
Communication Design
Linda Freyberg
Information and Image Science
Sabine de Günther
History of Art & Dress
Katrin Glinka
Cultural Sciences & Digital Heritage
Matthias Graf
Direct Manipulation Dynamic Authoring
Johannes Herseni
Interaction Design
Tobias Kauer
Information Visualization
Ilias Kyriazis
Digital Cultural Heritage
Till Nagel
Geo Visualization & Tangible Interaction
Giacomo Nanni
Information Visualization
Stephanie Neumann
Interaction Design & Photography
Jonas Parnow
Information Visualization
Arran Ridley
Information Visualization
Jan-Erik Stange
Interface Design & Textual Visualization
Fidel Thomet
Interaction Design & Urban Futures
Nadia Zeissig
Communication Design
Former Student Researchers
- Kim Albrecht
- Julian Braun
- Christian Bernhardt
- Fabian Ehmel
- Mariana Chisté Reinhardt
- Gabriel Credico
- Anna Eschenbacher
- Johanna Hartmann
- Lennart Hildebrandt
- Philipp Geuder
- Flavio Gortana
- Daniela Guhlmann
- Timo Hausmann
- Kerstin Humm
- Pauline Junginger
- Sebastian Kaim
- Sarah Kreiseler
- Marie Claire Leidinger
- Martin von Lupin
- Ayse Nacak
- Dennis Ostendorf
- Heike Otten
- Ekkehard Petzold
- Giovanni Profeta
- Jens Rauenbusch
- Martin Schulze
- Hannah Schwan
- Meraj Sharifi
- Barbara Stabellini
- Julian Stahnke
- Franziska von Tenspolde
- Anastasia Voloshina
- Kendra Ann Wannamaker
- Elsa Woelk
- Lena Zagora