The Institute of Contemporary Design Practices (ICDP), as part of the Basel Academy of Art and Design, is exploring the notion that joy is essential to design practice and a vital ingredient to creativity. With students approaching each project with positivity, they continue to implement joy while critically analysing their working methods and the paradigm of design with its linear problem-solving approach. Conceived within a cabinet of wonders that plays with the perception of space, this exhibition showcases a diverse collection of objects alluding to such emotions that lay the foundation for many art and design projects undertaken. The work has been created by Bachelor and Master students who address questions of technology, culture and sustainability with the installation inviting visitors to engage in thought-provoking narratives.

Credits

Head of Academy of Art and Design, FHNW: 

• Prof. Dr. Claudia Perren 
   

Head of ICDP and Program Industrial Design: 

• Prof. Werner Baumhakl  
   

Head of Masterstudio Design: 

• Prof. Nicole Schneider  

Creative Direction: 

• Prof. Werner Baumhakl
• Anastasia Bull
• Adrian Forkin  

Graphic Design: 

• Sina Gerschwiler

Concept Photography: 

• Camilla Fivian  

Photography Assistant: 

• Nils Richli

Communication: 

• Eva Böhlen

Construction: 

• Hanne Ossler
• Giordano De Grandis
• Silas Moser

Helper: 

• Yolanda Blum
• Melanie Giesin
• Hannah Weisbrod
• Giordano De Grandis
• Seraphin Kammermann
• Emily Latino
• Soana Luvenga
• Ariana Bressan
• Yannis Hotz
• Silvan Lupp

Photography Exhibition: 

• Linus Lederle
• Nils Richli

Projects: 

Fiona Handermann, Max Kohli, Stephan Jäger, Mélody Schulthess, Loris Bee, Luc Reinacher, Yannis Hotz, Juri Nievergelt, Michael Rüegsegger, Sophie Ludvig, Angelina Costoglus, Reto Monigatti, Lena Huwiler, Lea Thürlemann, Seraphin Kammermann, Silvan Lupp, Michael Gerber, Maria Smigielska, Josef Griesbach, Thomas D’Enfert, Charlotte Marie Adank, Simon Balmer, Moritz Häberlin, Felix Jordi, Nina Lundvik, Pascal Lüthi, Svenja Mischler, Benjamin Opderbecke, Samuel Schori, Laura Strazza, Aron Stucki, Lorena von Büren, Joel Walder, Noah Wellinger, Eric Werro, Vera Vogelsanger

Dozierende: 

Prof. Werner Baumhakl, Prof. Nicole Schneider, Jesper Kouthoofd from Teenage Engineering, Yael Mer from Raw-Edges Design Studio, Stephanie Blanchard from Iammi Studio, Nicolau dos Santos from Iammi Studio, Ricardo Orts from Ulises, Erika Marthins, Sven Adolph, Adrian Forkin, Pia Scharf, Johannes Fuchs
 

Gadget Design: 

• Linus Lederle
• Lukas Ingold
• Aaron Joss
• Felix Jordi