Studio
Lapatsch|Unger is a research-based design studio exploring material cultures and cultural phenomena revealing layers of knowledge between the past, the present and the future.
Studio Lapatsch|Unger was founded in 2017 in Berlin by the two industrial designers Anja Lapatsch and Annika Unger.
With a common passion for cultural mining and critical reflection their practice aims to create contemporary narratives to existing historical, ecological and cultural contexts. They define themselves as physical narrators within a context. Therefore they use design as a narrative agency of things. Incorporating theory, fieldwork, contextual inquiry and interdisciplinary research into their practice, they create a wide range of typologies, from products, processes, material investigations and consultancy.
Balancing academia with their studio practice their work ranges from self-initiated and inquiry-based projects to the conception of design lecture formats for various international and interdisciplinary contexts. Since 2018, Anja has been head of the Industrial Design BA programme at the Regensburg University of Applied Sciences (OTH).
With a common passion for cultural mining and critical reflection their practice aims to create contemporary narratives to existing historical, ecological and cultural contexts. They define themselves as physical narrators within a context. Therefore they use design as a narrative agency of things. Incorporating theory, fieldwork, contextual inquiry and interdisciplinary research into their practice, they create a wide range of typologies, from products, processes, material investigations and consultancy.
Balancing academia with their studio practice their work ranges from self-initiated and inquiry-based projects to the conception of design lecture formats for various international and interdisciplinary contexts. Since 2018, Anja has been head of the Industrial Design BA programme at the Regensburg University of Applied Sciences (OTH).
TEACHING
since 2024 | Anja Lapatsch - Professorship for Object and Product Design (BA & MA Design) at Regensburg University of Applied Sciences (OTH)
2017 - 2024 | Artistic Associates at Berlin University of the Arts (BA & MA Design)
2017/2018 | Anja Lapatsch - Artistic Associate at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle (BA & MA) material | technology | sustainability | design
2018 | Anja Lapatsch - Lecturer at BAU International University of applied Science Berlin
2013 - 2019 | Initiators and lecturers | School of Design | Heinz-Berggruen-Gymnasium Berlin
2017 - 2024 | Artistic Associates at Berlin University of the Arts (BA & MA Design)
2017/2018 | Anja Lapatsch - Artistic Associate at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle (BA & MA) material | technology | sustainability | design
2018 | Anja Lapatsch - Lecturer at BAU International University of applied Science Berlin
2013 - 2019 | Initiators and lecturers | School of Design | Heinz-Berggruen-Gymnasium Berlin
TALKS & WORKSHOPS
2025 | Talk | Weitergeben | Faculty of Design, Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle, GE
2024 | Talk | Designing with Loose Ends | SBYD.SPACE – Space for Sustainability by Design | Dutch Design Week, NL
2024 | Workshop | Goethe-Institut Barcelona in cooperation with ifa and Disseny Hub Barcelona, ESP
2022 | Workshop | Goethe-Institut São Paulo in cooperation with ifa and Instituto Tomie Ohtake, BRA
2021 | Talk | Living Materials | Supernatural Togetherness - Art(e)facts 21 | Biennial of Knowledge, PT
2019 | Workshop | Gewerbemuseum | Winterthur, CH
2019 | Workshop | Goethe-Institut Philippines in cooperation with ifa and Vargas Museum Manila, PH
2019 | Workshop | Goethe-Institut Vietnam in cooperation with ifa and Heritage Space Hanoi, VN
2018 | Workshop | Ernst Moritz Arndt University | Greifswald, GE
2018 | Workshop | Goethe-Institut Myanmar in cooperation with ifa at the Secretariat Yangon, MM
2018 | Workshop | Goethe-Institut Thailand in cooperation with ifa and TCDC Bangkok, TH
2018 | Talk | Alchemistical Practices | Leopoldina – National Academy of Sciences, GE
2017 | Workshop | Design Department of Prof. Julia Lohmann | University of Fine Arts Hamburg, GE
2017 | Workshop | Literal Objects | On the occasion of the Hans Hansen exhibition | C/O gallery Berlin, GE
2024 | Talk | Designing with Loose Ends | SBYD.SPACE – Space for Sustainability by Design | Dutch Design Week, NL
2024 | Workshop | Goethe-Institut Barcelona in cooperation with ifa and Disseny Hub Barcelona, ESP
2022 | Workshop | Goethe-Institut São Paulo in cooperation with ifa and Instituto Tomie Ohtake, BRA
2021 | Talk | Living Materials | Supernatural Togetherness - Art(e)facts 21 | Biennial of Knowledge, PT
2019 | Workshop | Gewerbemuseum | Winterthur, CH
2019 | Workshop | Goethe-Institut Philippines in cooperation with ifa and Vargas Museum Manila, PH
2019 | Workshop | Goethe-Institut Vietnam in cooperation with ifa and Heritage Space Hanoi, VN
2018 | Workshop | Ernst Moritz Arndt University | Greifswald, GE
2018 | Workshop | Goethe-Institut Myanmar in cooperation with ifa at the Secretariat Yangon, MM
2018 | Workshop | Goethe-Institut Thailand in cooperation with ifa and TCDC Bangkok, TH
2018 | Talk | Alchemistical Practices | Leopoldina – National Academy of Sciences, GE
2017 | Workshop | Design Department of Prof. Julia Lohmann | University of Fine Arts Hamburg, GE
2017 | Workshop | Literal Objects | On the occasion of the Hans Hansen exhibition | C/O gallery Berlin, GE
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2024 | Residency | SBYD.SPACE – Space for Sustainability by Design | Folkwang University of the Arts | Essen, GE
2022 | Residency | S+T+ARTS Repairing The Present | Berlin, GE
2021 | Residency | Art(e)facts 21 - Supernatural Togetherness | Famalicão da Serra, PO
2018 | Winner | Talente Prize | Crafts Fair | Munich, GE
2018 | Nominated | Make me! | Lodz Design Festival | Lodz, PL
2017 | 2. Prize | DESIGNBLOK | Product Design – Diploma Selection | Prague, CZ
2017 | Residency | Cove Park | Helensburgh, UK
2022 | Residency | S+T+ARTS Repairing The Present | Berlin, GE
2021 | Residency | Art(e)facts 21 - Supernatural Togetherness | Famalicão da Serra, PO
2018 | Winner | Talente Prize | Crafts Fair | Munich, GE
2018 | Nominated | Make me! | Lodz Design Festival | Lodz, PL
2017 | 2. Prize | DESIGNBLOK | Product Design – Diploma Selection | Prague, CZ
2017 | Residency | Cove Park | Helensburgh, UK
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
since 2024 | Permanent exhibition | Werkbundarchiv – Museum der Dinge, Berlin
2024 | SBYD.SPACE – Space for Sustainability by Design | Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
2022 | RETOOL Repairing the Present | ZKM ( Center for Art and Media) | Karlruhe, GE
2022 | REWILD Repairing the Present | MAXXI Museum | Rome, IT
2022 | REWORLD Repairing the Present | MEET Digital Culture Center | Milan, IT2021 | Supernatural Togetherness | Art(e)facts 21 Biennial of Knowledge | Famalicão da Serra, PO
2020 - 2022 | CRITICAL ZONES. Observatories for Earthly Politics | ZKM ( Center for Art and Media) | Karlruhe, GE
2019 | unsown | Kleine Humboldt Galerie | Berlin, GE
2019 | Kohle, Koks und Pech | Gewerbemuseum | Winterthur, CH
2018 | material as experiment | Zurich University of the Arts | Zurich, CH
since 2018 | Permanent part of the Material Collection at ZHdK | Zurich, CH
2018 | Joya | Museu del Disseny | Barcelona, ES
2018 | Lodz Design Festival | Art Inkubator | Lodz, PO
2017 | material as experiment | Bauhaus Dessau Foundation | Dessau, GE
2017 | Designblok Prague | Industrial Palace | Prague, CZ
2024 | SBYD.SPACE – Space for Sustainability by Design | Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
2022 | RETOOL Repairing the Present | ZKM ( Center for Art and Media) | Karlruhe, GE
2022 | REWILD Repairing the Present | MAXXI Museum | Rome, IT
2022 | REWORLD Repairing the Present | MEET Digital Culture Center | Milan, IT2021 | Supernatural Togetherness | Art(e)facts 21 Biennial of Knowledge | Famalicão da Serra, PO
2020 - 2022 | CRITICAL ZONES. Observatories for Earthly Politics | ZKM ( Center for Art and Media) | Karlruhe, GE
2019 | unsown | Kleine Humboldt Galerie | Berlin, GE
2019 | Kohle, Koks und Pech | Gewerbemuseum | Winterthur, CH
2018 | material as experiment | Zurich University of the Arts | Zurich, CH
since 2018 | Permanent part of the Material Collection at ZHdK | Zurich, CH
2018 | Joya | Museu del Disseny | Barcelona, ES
2018 | Lodz Design Festival | Art Inkubator | Lodz, PO
2017 | material as experiment | Bauhaus Dessau Foundation | Dessau, GE
2017 | Designblok Prague | Industrial Palace | Prague, CZ