Werkschau. University of Applied Sciences. Peter Behrens School of Arts, New Craft Object Design Degree Show 2025

Artist list

Jenne Beck, Carola Dargel, Satawat Hergett, Jana Junker, Margarete Lux, Eleonora Radke, Nora Katharina Scheidt, Anna Schulze- Ardey, Valeria Zipper

On Friday, July 11th and Saturday, July 12th 2025 our exhibition will take place in building 6 of the HSD.  
 
Opening hours:
11.07.25 // 12 am - 8 pm.
12.07.25 // 11 am - 6 pm.
 
On these two days, the New Craft Object Design course will be showing nine graduation projects and a selection of current semester projects by students.
 
From July 11th, all Bachelor and Master projects from the summer semester will once again be on display at www.hsd-werkschau.de.
Have fun browsing the website!


Anna Schulze-Ardey
Between tradition and perspective. A fragmented view of things.
mo.lan are vases that have been reassembled from fragments of old ceramics. The fragments come from once beloved crockery and are mementos that stood in display cabinets, were stored in attics and yet were part of everyday life for a long time.
Instead of preserving the past untouched, mo.lan takes these remnants and transforms them. The familiar blue and white decors are severed, shifted and recombined. Yellow connecting elements hold the parts together and make the breaks visible, as a sign of change, not loss.
In this way, objects are created that carry the past and at the same time are anchored in the present.


Carola Dargel
Paper Loam - Potentials of a Fusion
Paper Loam is a sustainable material that combines the positive properties of clay with the lightness and formability of papier-mâché. It enables the simple and interactive use of loam in product design and makes its diverse qualities accessible to a wide user group. Thanks to its moisture-regulating effect and biophilic design, it supports a healthy indoor climate, promotes well-being and protects surrounding objects. 
While paper is often used for short-term products, this material demonstrates a circular way. Paper Loam is biodegradable, repairable and recyclable and opens up new potential for a future-oriented and responsible use of materials.


Eleonora Radke
circle – between object and emotion
Can objects evoke emotions? What do meaningful objects look like?
The circle glassware series invites interaction – between human and object, as familiar shapes are re-experienced through touch, and between people, as concave and convex forms connect in action.


Jana Junker
Repetition – Material in Motion
Repetition – Material in Motion explores the tension between body, material, and repetition. Latex becomes a performative surface: it stretches, responds, resists. In the friction between movement and recoil, a choreography of its own emerges. The body activates the material – and the material shapes the movement.
Repetition appears here not as the repetition of the same, but as a process of change, shift, and intensification.


Jenne Beck
Places without haste - resting structures in public spaces
Places without haste is a resting structure for public spaces that opens up new places to spend time and promotes social interaction in an urban context. The urban furniture is based on a modular system consisting of seating and standing benches, complemented by add-ons such as backrests or tables. Rotatable connection points allow for a variety of geometries – from anonymously convex arrangements to concave forms that invite shared moments of pause. The furniture is installed as closed structures around trees or urban infrastructures, allowing it to adapt flexibly to different spatial conditions. The goal is to enhance the quality of time spent in public spaces and to strengthen the social and ecological value of urban spaces.


Margarete Lux
Netallique. experimental fusions
Nettalique. The experimental fusions project is concerned with the artistic and technical exploration of enamel as a material in contemporary jewellery and objects. The emphasis of this study is on the experimental utilisation of transparent enamel on stainless steel filter mesh, and the creative and material expansion of conventional enamelling techniques. The utilisation of lead-free enamel colours from traceable production and industrial materials, such as stainless steel mesh, was a deliberate choice that aligns with the principles of sustainability and contemporary design. The central parameters of this work are light, perception, transparency, reflection and colour. The result of this process is the creation of jewellery and vessel objects.


Nora Katharina Scheidt
Typologies of temporality. A material research.
Based on Galalith, a bio-based material has been created from casein. Compostable and without harmful additives. Ash is used as a filler. A baroque-inspired vase/urn demonstrates the design potential: the ashes of the deceased form the object itself - a memento mori. The work embodies transience on a material and contextual level and acts as a mediator between life and death - an alternative concept to today's society, in which mortality is often taboo.


At Hergett
Staged Objects and Transparent Perspectives 
The work explores the tension between display and concealment. Unlike traditional vitrines, the glass here is not polished and clear, but purposefully rough and matte - a contrast to the usual smooth neutrality. The objects inside rest on colored gradients that guide and disrupt the viewer’s gaze. They are not fully visible, but fragmentarily revealed depending on the angle. The unseen becomes a defining design principle. The project reflects our culture of staging, in which meaning arises not only through visibility, but also through conscious withholding.


Valeria Zipper
New perspectives on the ant - an approach.
I designed an observation station for ants that can be attached to trees. It is adjustable in hight and can be moved sideways, directing the viewer’s attention to specific areas where ants are active. An information board and a quiz provide additional knowledge. My goal is to make ants visible and encourage people to take a closer look.