2021
Remote Materialities: Future Scenographies with Robotic Interfaces
An Interdisciplinary Praxis modul at ZHdK, Zurich
team: Luke Franzke, Maria Smigielska, Lisa Ochsenbein
guest lectures: Mihye An, James Bern, Emmanuelle Chiappone-Piriou
Material Wonders 2
A summerschool in collaboration with Plant Science Center, ETH (CreativeLabz). Teaching course on bio-materials, digital design and fabrication, Zurich
team: Maria Smigielska (lead), Daniel Nikles, Sandra Seb, Roger Zimmermann (guest)
Creative Labz organization: Dr. Juanita Schläpfer-Miller, Ulrike von Groll
outreach at Scientifica, ETH Zurich 09.2021 read more
Wallfabrics
Design and fabrication of custom wallcoverings and surfaces at Hyperwerk HGK FHNW. Basel 2021
team: Maria Smigielska, Daniel Nikles
2020
Material Wonders
A summerschool for young audience in collaboration at Plant Science Center ETH (Creative Labz). A teaching course on digital design and fabrication in combination with bio-materials, Zurich 2020
team: Maria Smigielska (lead), Daniel Nikles, klipp+klang, Maya Minder (guest)
Creative Labz organization: Dr. Juanita Schläpfer-Miller, Ulrike von Groll
Craftsmanship in the digital era
Lehrfonds funded teaching course at the Institute Integrative Design HGK, FHNW, Basel 2020
teaching team: Maria Smigielska, Edyta Augustynowicz, Daniel Nikles, Heinz Wagner
exhibition: HGK Campus, FHNW, Basel 09.2020
2019
Hello Mars 2!
In collaboration with Creative Labz and MuDA, Zurich a teaching course for young audience about robotics in order to populate Mars planet, Zurich 2019
team:
MuDA: Christian Etter, Lisa Heierli, Maria Smigielska
CreativeLabz: Dr. Juanita Schläpfer-Miller, Ulrike von Groll
Guests: Grace Cain (ETH), Yannic Hofmann (Rover)
exhibition: MuDA 02.2020
2018
Robotic rod bending for industrial design
Transfer of digital knowledge for design and robotic fabrication +conceptual development of individual students’ projects.
Intensive workshop for Industrial Design FHNW, Basel, Switzerland, 2018
team: Maria Smigielska (lead), Daniel Nikles (robotic assistance)
Robotic manipulation of textiles for fashion design
fabric manipulation by robotically applied adhesives
team: Johannes Braumann, Maria Smigielska (Creative Robotics UfG Linz) with Fashion&Technology UfG, Linz, 2018
2017
Generative design for spaceframes
4 days workshop at transdisciplinary Art[n+1] gallery in Paris, 2017.
team: Maria Smigielska, Mateusz Zwierzycki
Robotic rod bending and architectural spaceframes
transfer of digital knowledge for: parametric design, FE structural optimization of robotic rod bent spaceframes
at Digital Knowledge, ENSAPM Malaquais, 2017
team: Maria Smigielska