Strange Shapes and Unexpected Forms: New Technologies, Innovative Interfaces, and Design-in-Use

Katharina Bredies studied integrated design at the University of Arts Bremen and graduated in 2006 with a diploma thesis about the use of cybernetic systems analysis in design. She finished her PhD at Braunschweig University of Art on the topic of irritation in design in 2014. Katharina is a postdoctoral researcher at Design Research Lab Berlin, where she also conducted her doctoral research, and at the School of Textiles in Borås, Sweden. She is the co-founder of Design Promoviert—a grass-roots student-organized doctoral colloquium—and the manager of the Design Research Network—an online discussion forum for young design researchers.