Philipp Albers
Philipp
Albers,
co-founder
of
Zentrale
Intelligenz
Agentur,
is
a
freelance
journalist
and
writer.
Together
with
Holm
Friebe
he
co-authored
“Was
Sie
schon
immer
über
6
wissen
wollten”
(2011),
a
popular
non-fiction
book
about
number
psychology,
and
“MIMIKRY
–
Das
Spiel
des
Lesens”
(2016),
a
literary-salon-game-cum-book,
containing
a
collection
of
fake
...
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Jens Balzer
Jens
Balzer,
born
in
1969,
is
an
author
and
columnist,
publishing,
amongst
others,
in
Die
Zeit,
Rolling
Stone,
Deutschlandfunk
and
the
rbb
station
radioeins.
Together
with
Tobi
Müller
he
ministers
the
“Popsalon”
at
the
Deutsches
Theater.
He
teaches
pop
criticism
at
the
Berlin
University
of
the
Arts
and
serves
as
...
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Aart van Bezooijen
Aart
van
Bezooijen
is
a
Dutch
industrial
designer
with
an
obsession
for
materials.
In
2005,
he
founded
the
agency
Material
Stories
which
supports
companies,
organisations,
designers,
and
educators
with
material
consulting,
material
research,
innovation
workshops,
lectures
and
trend
reports.
Since
2012,
he
also
works
as
professor
for
material
and
technology
...
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Nilz Bokelberg
Nilz Bokelberg, born in Bonn in 1976. Wanted to become an actor, became a tv-host. Wanted to stay tv-host, became an author. Wanted to be an author, became podcaster. Has no clue how it can go on like this and what’s next.
Photo by Manslayer
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Orit Halpern
Dr.
Orit
Halpern
is
a
Strategic
Hire
in
Interactive
Theory
and
Design
and
an
Associate
Professor
in
the
Department
of
Sociology
and
Anthropology
at
Concordia
University.
Her
work
bridges
the
histories
of
science,
computing,
and
cybernetics
with
design
and
art
practice.
She
is
also
a
co-director
of
the
“Speculative
Life
...
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Jule Hass
Jule
Hass
founded
Panatom
Corporate
Communication,
an
agency
that
has
been
developing
and
implementing
strategies
and
concepts
in
the
cultural
field
since
1999.
Since
2016
she
is
co-partner
and
managing
director
of
super
cetera
–
Strategies
for
Urban
Perspectives.
Jule
Hass
supervised
and
realized
various
lectures,
curations
and
publications
in
...
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Stefan Heidenreich
Stefan
Heidenreich
lives
as
an
author
in
Berlin.
Currently
he
teaches
art
theory
at
Cologne
University.
His
most
recent
books
are
“Geburtstag.
Wie
es
kommt,
dass
wir
uns
selbst
feiern”
(Hanser
2018)
und
“-Geld-.
Für
eine
non-monetäre
Ökonomie”
(Merve
2017),
English
version
to
be
published
in
2018:
“-Money-.
Toward
a
...
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Jens Jessen
Jens
Jessen,
born
in
1955
in
Berlin,
studied
German
Literature
and
Art
History
in
Berlin
and
Munich.
Until
1988
he
worked
as
book
editor
in
publishing
houses
in
Zurich
and
Stuttgart,
until
1996
as
editor
in
the
travel
and
cultural
department
and
as
Berlin
correspondent
for
the
Frankfurter
Allgemeine
Zeitung,
...
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Martin Kiel
In
the
1980s,
he
was
advised
against
his
wish
to
become
a
forester.
The
forests
are
sick,
he
was
told,
and
foresters
probably
superfluous
in
the
future.
So,
in
1989
he
started
to
study
biology,
German
literature,
philosophy,
archaeology
and
art
history
at
the
Ruhr
University
Bochum.
In
1995
he
...
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Annekathrin Kohout
Annekathrin
Kohout
is
a
freelance
writer
and
blogger.
She
works
as
editor
for
the
magazine
“Pop.
Kultur
und
Kritik”
and
as
a
Research
Assistant
at
the
Faculty
of
Arts
and
Humanities
at
the
University
of
Siegen.
In
2012
she
graduated
with
a
BA
in
German
Studies
and
Art
History
at
...
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Katja Kullmann
Katja
Kullmann
is
a
writer,
newspaper
journalist
and
freelance
sociologist.
In
her
work,
she
puts
the
focus
on
the
mechanics
of
distinction
–
especially
on
"lifestyle"
as
a
political
feature,
always
intertwined
with
matters
of
social
class
and
identity.
Her
latest
book
“Rasende
Ruinen.
Wie
Detroit
sich
neu
erfindet”
(2012)
...
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Tobi Müller
Tobi
Müller
is
a
journalist
for
arts
and
culture
and
an
author
in
Berlin
with
a
Swiss
background.
He
writes
about
pop
and
theater,
develops
theater
and
film
projects,
moderates
panels
and
curates
conferences.
He
spent
the
2000s
in
Zurich
as
an
editor
for
print
newspapers
and
TV
stations.
Since
...
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Marie Neumüllers
Marie
Neumüllers
has
been
researching
for
quite
a
long
time
how
cities
run
and
used
to
run.
Her
current
work
focuses
on
analysis,
design
and
control
of
spatial
processes,
urban
economies
and
urban
transformation.
She
is
founding
partner
and
managing
director
of
Urbanizers.
The
Berlin
office
works
at
the
interface
...
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Eckhart Nickel
Dr.
Eckhart
Nickel
studied
German
Literature
and
Art
History
in
Heidelberg
and
New
York
and
graduated
with
a
study
on
Thomas
Bernhard
and
Dandyism.
The
first
chapters
from
his
forthcoming
novel
„Hysteria“
(Piper
2018)
won
him
the
Kelag-Prize
at
the
Bachmann-Wettbewerb
2017.
He
also
works
as
a
Journalist
for
the
...
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John Durham Peters
John
Durham
Peters
is
María
Rosa
Menocal
Professor
of
English
&
Film
and
Media
Studies
at
Yale
and
is
the
author
of
“Speaking
into
the
Air:
A
History
of
the
Idea
of
Communication”
(1999),
“Courting
the
Abyss:
Free
Speech
and
the
Liberal
Tradition”
(2005),
and
“The
Marvelous
Clouds:
Toward
a
...
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Stephan Porombka
Stephan
Porombka
initially
was
a
literary
scholar
at
the
Free
University
and
the
Humboldt
University
in
Berlin,
focusing
on
New
Media;
he
was
an
early
expert
on
hypertext
as
well
as
a
slam
poet
and
a
journalist.
In
2003,
he
became
professor
at
the
University
of
Hildesheim,
where
he
initiated
...
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Peter Piller
Peter
Piller
lives
and
works
in
Hamburg,
and
since
2006
he
teaches
as
Professor
of
Photography
at
the
Hochschule
für
Grafik
und
Buchkunst
in
Leipzig.
His
work
was
presented
in
numerous
solo
exhibitions,
including
the
Witte
de
With
in
Rotterdam,
the
Kunstmuseum
Bonn,
the
Kunstverein
Braunschweig
und
the
Fotomuseum
Winterthur.
...
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Paula Raché
Paula
Raché
has
been
working
as
a
freelance
designer
and
art
director
for
agencies
and
organizations
since
2011.
She
supports
Material
Stories
with
material
and
trend
research,
as
well
as
at
lectures,
exhibitions
and
workshops.
In
addition,
Paula
enjoys
working
with
students
at
design
colleges
in
Germany
and
abroad
as
...
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Cornelius Reiber
Cornelius
Reiber
is
a
translator
and
teaches
Media
History
at
Basel
University.
From
2006
to
2011
he
worked
at
Princeton
University.
Member
of
the
Zentrale
Intelligenz
Agentur
since
2002.
His
scholarly
publications
include
"Original-Ton.
Zur
Mediengeschichte
des
O-Tons"
(2007),
his
translations
"Design"
(Hoffmann
und
Campe,
2018)
and
the
novel
"Der
...
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Jan Wurm
Architectural
engineering
between
the
poles
of
material,
construction
and
architectural
form
is
Jan
Wurm's
passion.
He
is
valued
by
his
customers
for
integrating
design
concepts
and
innovative
engineering
solutions.
Since
his
training
in
a
carpentry
and
glazier's
workshop,
Jan
Wurm
has
been
convinced
that
the
direct
handling
of
materials
and
close
...
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Heng Zhi
Heng
Zhi
grew
up
in
Beijing
and
Inner
Mongolia.
She
studied
industrial
Design
at
the
University
for
Applied
Arts
Vienna
and
the
Politecnico
di
Milano.
Currently
she
is
Curator
of
the
Collection
at
Vitra
Design
Museum
and
a
PhD
candidate
in
history
and
theory
of
design
at
the
University
for
...
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