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Carolin Schelkle is a German Industrial Designer and Material-Researcher. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Product- and Communication Design from the Free University of Bolzano↗ and a Master of Product Design from écal↗ (Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne).

Her work is led by exploring the life of products and raw materials and driven by curiosity, field studies and cross-disciplinary research. The investigations cover a broad range of typologies, including materials, processes, products, spaces and exhibitions, materialized through extensive experimenting, sampling and prototyping. The research results either in the record of a process itself or in a commercial product, encouraging a deeper understanding of the materials and products that surround us.


 


Participations / Exhibitions

2023
Bioreginoal Design Practices
Exhibition for Atelier LUMA↗
at ALCOVA, Salone del Mobile
Milan

2023
Talk at PRADA FRAMES↗ Materials in Flux
Symposium curated by Formafantasma↗
 Milan

2022
Rethinking the Wheel↗
Exhibition for MINI Cooper↗
Zürich 

2021
Non-Extractive Architecture
Workshop curated by Space Caviar↗
V–A–C Zattere↗
 Venice 

2019
Biolife Fair↗
 Exhibition of the project New Menu
Bozen/Bolzano 



Awards

Pure Talents contests↗ Winner, Project: Wasted Treasure↗, 2024

Eyes on Talents↗ Winner, Project: The Black Sheep of the Wool Industry↗, 2022



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Carolin Schelkle is an Industrial Designer and Material-Researcher. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Product Design from the Free University of Bolzano↗ and a Master of Product Design from écal↗ (Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne).

Her work is led by exploring the life of products and raw materials and driven by curiosity, field studies and cross-disciplinary research. The investigations cover a broad range of typologies, including materials, processes, products, spaces and exhibitions, materialized through extensive experimenting, sampling and prototyping. The research results either in the record of a process itself or in a commercial product, encouraging a deeper understanding of the materials and products that surround us.
 
Woven Wind

  This project explores the ancient material flax and the craft of weaving associated with it, reinterpreting it in a new way. Besides the environmental benefits of flax, its long history is particularly astonishing. Guided by this tradition, Herman Kühebacher is still practising weaving with local materials as the last hand-weaver in South Tyrol. Through cooperation with him, a close connection between the material linen and the weaving technique is created. The focus of the project lies on the material, qualitative handicrafts and locality in South Tyrol to create new opportunities in the small craft sector. The result is the development of two products, a room divider and a luggage rack, both relying on the same materials and techniques while illustrating different properties and aesthetics of the flay fibre. The extensive research and field studies are documented in a book.




















































Contributors:

     WEAVING  Herman Kühebacher↗      
     SUPERVISOION  Nitzan Cohen↗, Gianluca Camillini↗

Context

     Project developed at unibz↗