Design for all Species @ Zurich Design Weeks 2024

Dogs and humans are the most well-known pair among closely cohabiting species on this planet. Together, they navigate nature or urban spaces – and maybe even the threshold of the Museum für Gestaltung Zurich. There you find innovative product and fashion designs that, based on veterinary research, playfully and delightfully explore the shared movement and life of dogs and humans. Come by and immerse yourself in the concept of One Health, a non-hierarchical approach to the environment, animals, and humans, addressing questions about mixed-species cohabitation. Experience a world specially created for you and your four-legged companions.

The Art x Science Office will present the transdisciplinary project "Design for all Species" at the Zurich Design Weeks. The exhibition not only showcases the results but also documents a successful international and transdisciplinary collaboration between veterinary research at the University of Zurich and fashion and industrial design at Hongik University Seoul. Initiated by Dr. Katharina Weikl, head of the Art x Science Office at University of Zurich, this project was developed in collaboration with Prof. Antonio Pozzi and Dr. Brian Park (Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich) as well as design students under the lead of Prof. Yeori Bae and Prof. Gilock Lee (Hongik University, Seoul).

When: September 12 - 29, 2024
Where: Museum für Gestaltung, Ausstellungsstrasse 60, 8005 Zurich

All Designs are based on the veterinary research done by Prof. Dr. Antonio Pozzi and Dr. Brian Park at the Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich. 

Graphic designers Benoît Timothée Ebener and Guillaume Besson accompanied and documented the creative process. Inspired by Armin Hofmann and chronophotography, the resulting book uses scientific visualizations such as diagrams and zoom views to highlight the designs and their veterinary foundations.

Design for all Species - The Book 

• Curation: Dr. Katharina Weikl, Art X Science Office at the University of Zurich
• Research: Prof. Antonio Pozzi, Dr. Brian Park, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich
• Fashion and Industrial Design: Prof. Yeori Bae, Prof. Gilock Lee, Hongik University
• Fashion and Design Projects: Seungha Baek, Sooin Cho, Joon Han, Nayeon Jeon, Yunseo Jeung, Heena Kim, Jiho Kim, Nayoung Kim, Zyoo Kim, Nyeongwoo Kwon, Chaewon Lee, Hanuk Lee, Jungmin Park
• Scientific Fotography: Michelle Aimée Oesch (Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich)
• Artists represented in the exhibition: Olga Haller, Simone Tremp
• Project Management: Teo Petruzzi 
• Communication: Lucia Salomé Gränicher, Dr. Laura J. Noll
• Publication Design:  Benoît Thimothée Ebener, Guillaume Besson, Celene Korra, Justine Serra
• Scenography: Noé Wetter, Teo Petruzzi, Katharina Weikl

With the greatest thanks to Laurencina Farrant for her great inspiration and support!

This project emerged from the exhibition “Travel beyond Boundaries” at Dongdaemun Design Plaza, where the University of Zurich was invited by the Science and Technology Office to show their Art x Science project on biodiversity and new technologies.

September 12, 2024, 14:00 - Guided Tour

With curator Katharina Weikl (University of Zurich / English).

September 12 & 13, 2024, 14:00 - 16:00 - Meet the Designers

The Designers from Hongik University are present at the exhibition until 16:00 and open for dialogue (English).

September 13, 2024, 16:00 - 17:00 - Design x Science Talk

What happens when veterinary medicine meets design? The University of Zurich and Hongik University warmly invite you to a talk about their collaborative project "Design for all Species."

Participants: 
Dr. Katharina Weikl, Head of Art x Science Office, University of Zurich
Prof. Antonio Pozzi and Dr. Brian Park, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich
Prof. Yeori Bae and Prof. Gilock Lee, Heads of Fashion and Product Design, Hongik University
Emerging Designer from the Design Department, Hongik University

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