Heidi Jalkh is an experimental designer, design educator, researcher, and curator, born in Medellín, Colombia, and currently based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Trained in industrial design, she is a specialist in the Logic and Technique of Form and holds a master’s in interdisciplinary research through the Open Design program, a collaboration between Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) and Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA).

Heidi’s work focuses on material design, blending her interests in bio-inspired and biofabricated materials, interdisciplinary research, and craft-based processes. She leads the research group Sistemas Materiales and teaches at various universities in Argentina. In 2022, Heidi received the Humboldt Innovation Prize and in 2024 she was awarded the Experimental Fellowship at Bauhaus Earth.

Time:
Tuesday, 30 June 2023, 6 p.m.

Location:
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Fakulty of Art and Design
Van-de-Velde-Building, room 116
Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 7
99423 Weimar