The lecture will present projects by Johanna Seelemann, focusing on her curiosity for a systemic approach to everyday objects, unexpected links, possible counter-narratives, interdisciplinary field trips, guiding principles, distilled suggestions and their materialized translations. The works presented by the studio engage with the following topics: a renewed proposal for the definition of inclusive design by incorporating other-than-humans, a reinterpretation of gratitude rituals, the question for how we intend to employ our technological knowledge, a quest for finding new contexts for endangered crafts; and changing the value of a material through aesthetics.

About Johanna Seelemann 
Johanna Seelemannis a designer working between Germany and Iceland, exploring the hidden stories in everyday objects. Her studio combines product design, research, and strategy to investigate materials, supply chains, and the systems behind the mundane. Her work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including the Design Museum London, V&A, and Villa Noailles, and has been nominated for the Icelandic Design Award 2025, the Dutch Design Awards Emerging Talent Award 2025, and the Ralph Saltzman Prize 2025 at the Design Museum London. Wallpaper* named her among the creative leaders of the future, highlighting her role in expanding the ways design is practiced today. Johanna currently holds the visiting product design project professorship position at the Kunsthochschule in Kassel, starting fall semester 2025 / 2026. 

Time:
Tuesday, 6 November 2026, 5.30 p.m.
 
Location:
Faculty of Art and Design
Van-de-Velde-Building, room 116
Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 7
99423 Weimar