People
CRITICAL FRIENDS
A critical friend is a supportive individual who uses critical thinking to ask thought-provoking questions and evaluate situations. Our invited guests are not just speakers; they actively participate in the Lab as insightful and resourceful guides.
Tabitha Swanson (she/her)
Tabitha Swanson is a Berlin-based multi-disciplinary designer, creative technologist, artist, and founder of a technology and purpose-driven production studio and podcast, SEEK/FIND. She has worked with Vogue Germany, Nike, Highsnobiety, Reebok, Origins, and others to create beautiful work in the creative tech and design sphere. Artistically, her work is used as a form of therapy, often composing questions rather than answers, and trying to faintly touch the unseen edges of human existence. Much of her practice revolves around exploring thresholds, diametrically opposed elements, spirituality, playful mirth, realms of discovery, while researching hauntology, recursion, echos, and theology. She has exhibited at Miami Art Basel, Fotografiska, and Transmediale, and presented her debut short film, My Right, at the Venice Film Festival.
Philipp Sack (he/him)
Philipp Sack is a research associate at the Academy department of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation. He manages the Bauhaus Lab programme in Global Modernism Studies and is co-lead of the multi-year research project Schools of Departure, an online atlas mapping the globally entangled histories of design and art education beyond the Bauhaus. Philipp studied art history, medieval and modern history, and museum studies in Heidelberg, Lyon, and Paris, and has been working as an independent art educator for institutions such as ZKM | Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Tate Liverpool, and Goethe Institut Novosibirsk, before joining the Bauhaus. He is particularly interested in implementing and/or studying educational formats emerging in the interplay between cultural and educational institutions, as well as in the history and theory of visual cultures.
Nick Stübe (he/him)
Nick Stübe is a designer in the field of interaction design and futurology. With a keen interest in systems, processes, and alternatives, he deals with complex issues, emphasizing not only aesthetics but also sustainable and social benefits. As founder of Berlin Design e.V., Nick demonstrates his commitment to uniting the fragmented design sector, fostering collaboration, and driving positive change within the communities.
FACILITATORS
Charlie Edmonds (he/him)
Charlie is a London-based designer and writer working across the fields of architecture, climate transition, and political economy. He is a graduate of the University of Cambridge where he co-founded Future Architects Front. Charlie co-leads the Neighbourhood Transitions demonstrator at CIVIC SQUARE, which seeks to reveal the necessary pathways towards a devolved urban climate transition. He has taught internationally at a variety of institutions, from Cambridge to Tokyo, and is currently a critical practice tutor at the London School of Architecture.
Daniela Saborio (she/her)
Daniela Saborio is a Business Designer and Project Manager focused on strategic design and learning experiences. She holds a BA in Business Design from IED Barcelona, with further studies at Central Saint Martins in London. Currently, she is a Production Lead at a Learning & Development consultancy. Spanning various design disciplines, her personal practice addresses the urgent need for critical engagement with the realities of our current systems through design. Daniela has facilitated numerous workshops in the design space and has collaborated with institutions like the University of Leuven in Belgium. In 2024, she co-founded Ways Of, a design and foresight studio exploring how contextual research and speculative practices can help reshape the future.
Elizabeth Perry (she/her)
Elizabeth is a teacher, writer, and artist with an interest in creating relationships between material and digital worlds. She has been at the International School of Prague since 2015, where she helps teachers and students use technology in new ways. She has spoken and taught workshops about design and creative approaches to computer science internationally, has consulted for Google in K-12 education and outreach, and has been a fellow at the Studio for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie-Mellon University. Her formal background includes a BA in English from Yale University, and an MFA in fiction writing and PhD in English from the University of Pittsburgh.
Jason Nam (he/him)
Founder of DesignDisco, Jason is an educator and consultant with a diverse background. He has worked in the marketing team at Fotografiska Museum, taught design at Riverside International School to high schoolers, and served as an architect for Samsung Engineering and MAP Architects. Jason has led numerous workshops, panels, and trips worldwide to help people discover the relevance of design in their lives. He has also given talks at TEDx, TEDxYouth, and Bauhaus Study Rooms. He studied architecture at Virginia Tech and ARCHIP, and holds a MSc in Design Research from the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation / Anhalt University.
DESIGNDISCO TEAM
Barbs Koll (she/her) – Social Media Manager
Jana Owens (she/her) – Curriculum Designer
Jongho Lim (he/him) – Graphic Designer
Sun Ho Lee (she/her) – Fundraising Manager