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.
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.
TEACHING
since 2024 | Anja Lapatsch - Tenure track Professorship for Object and Product Design at Regensburg University of Applied Sciences
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
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 Hertitage 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 | 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 Hertitage 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