Robert Schnüll develops interactive systems and production processes towards a climate-neutral, socially just and digitally emancipated society.
education
- VK – New Media (M.A.)| Berlin University of Arts| 2018-2021
- Media Interaction Design (B.A.)| University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück| 2013-2017
- Computer science| University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück | 2013
working
His professional life is characterised by collaborations with private companies and public institutions that are willing to transform. As soon as he graduated from high school, he travelled to Norway to work with a sustainability company on new water treatment systems. This was followed by years of self-employment and founding an agency alongside his studies. In 2021, he helped acquiring one of the largest volumes of research funding to date for the UdK Berlin with Inküle to develop a new type of federated data network for public institutions with the "public money, public code" approach in the role of technical lead. This multi-year research and development work will culminate in several publications in 2024.
- permanent member of the presidential task force: digitalization | Berlin University of the Arts | since 2023
- Research Associate at the "medienhaus/" | Berlin University of the Arts | since 2021
- Lecturer in the context of the 'product design' | Berlin University of the Arts | 2023-2024
- Lecturer in the context of the 'newmedia class' | Berlin University of the Arts | 2022-2023
- Artistic Associate at "new media class" | Berlin University of the Arts | 2021-2022 | with Prof. Ängeslevä and KM Luiz Zanotello
- Research Associate at the "IoT" | Berlin University of the Arts | 2021 | research project of Prof. Ängeslevä
- founders studio "the Attic GbR" | | 2016-2021 | with Dirk Erdmann
- Research Associate for "PACE" research project | University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück | 2018
- Research Assistant for „PACE“ research project| University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück | 2016-2018
- Curator and head of "Init" | European Media Art Festival | 2015-2016
- Research Assistant for DFS concept Desk | University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück | 2014-2015
- founded business | | 2014-2016 | with Oliver Güra & Dirk Erdmann
- self employed | | 2012-2014
- 3D Animation & Visualisation | Krüger Kaldnes Norway | 2012
research
Robert's research and development work is centred on the following pillars: new digitally-enabled modes of interaction, social justice and climate neutrality. How can intuitive interactions work with a digitally pervasive environment? How can decentralised, federated data networks enable citizens to become independent of commercial platform economies? What can digital tools look like that enable designers to create fully recycled electronic devices? Questions like these have been answered in three patents and one project that has been honoured by the EU Commission. He participated in the following research projects:
- attributable web | self initated | since 2021
- open sourcing a university | Berlin University of the Arts | since 2020
- resisting architectures | University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück | 2016-2018
- concept desk | University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück | 2014-2016
teaching
Future generations of designers will design for completely new realities of life. Life realities that are digitally permeated, in which physical resources are scarce and production is highly automated. In his teaching at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences and the New Media class at the Berlin University of the Arts, Robert prepared a new generation of designers for this change of life. He enables them to master digital technologies and to make self-determined and reflective design decisions. He also accompanied the development of functional prototypes in intensive one on one teaching of students at KISD, Ars Electronica and the Royal College of Art London.
- "Following Functions" | UdK Berlin | wintersemester 23/24
- "Crash" | UdK Berlin | summersemester 23
- "Simplicity of Complexity" | UdK Berlin | summersemester 22
- "Attributing Technology: foundations" | UdK Berlin | wintersemester 21/22
- "new media class – legacy" | UdK Berlin | wintersemester 21/22 | with Prof. Ängeslevä and KM Zanotello
- "new media class – island of things" | UdK Berlin | summersemester 21 | with Prof. Ängeslevä and KM Zanotello
- Supplementary course "network of autonomous communities", new media class | UdK Berlin | summersemester 21 | with Andi Rueckel
- Klasse Klima, Student led Seminar | UdK Berlin | wintersemester 20/21
- Klasse Klima, Student led Seminar | UdK Berlin | wintersemester 19/20
publications
- the attributable web | | planned for ‘25: |
- open sourcing a university | | planned for winter ‘24 |
- Don’t reinvent the wheel — Build new features and push them upstream | via HIIG Berlin | 2024 |
- Separating data and design | | 2023 | with Marcel Haupt
- Building a Resilient Collective through Tech and Education, | | 2021 | with KlasseKlima
- medienhaus/ Initial Concept Paper | | 2020
- 10 2019 110 741.5 | | 2018 |with Hannes Nehls and Felix Queisler
- 10 2018 115 729.0 | | 2018 | with Hannes Nehls
- 10 2018 110 203.8 | | 2018 | with Hannes Nehls
- An Approach to an Intuitive UX for Air Traffic Control | | 2016 | Thomas Hoffmann and Dr. Jörg Bergner
awardings
- „Artist / Designer in Residence“ | sbyd, FUdK Essen | 2024 |
- Shuttleworth Foundation "Flash Grant" | | 2021 |
- New European Bauhaus Rising Stars | |2021 | Klasse Klima |
- German Design Award „SPECIAL MENTION“ | | 2017 | conceptDesk
- DMY education Award Winner | | 2016 | exhibition concept and here
- Red Dot Design Award Interface Design „Best of the Best“ | | 2015| conceptDesk
- UX Design Award nominee | | 2015 | conceptDesk
- German Design Award 2016 nominee | | 2015 | conceptDesk
- DMY jury selection | | 2015 | Remember the warm times
- aed Neuland nominee , „exhibition & public design“ | | 2015 | Annuli
talks
(paused in 2023 to focus on research/teaching)
- open-source·ing a university | matrix conference | 2024 (upcoming)
- open-source·ing a university | „Bildet Netze!“ netzpolitik.org conference | 2024 (upcoming)
- medienhaus/ | ELIA Biennial Conference | 2022
- medienhaus/ | Taiwan Art Biennial (remote) | 2022 | via 'Resist like bacteria encounter'
- medienhaus/ | Videosonica, Santiago de Cali, Colombia | 2022 | via 'Resist like bacteria encounter',
- attributable Web | Bits und Bäume | 2022
- medienhaus/ | Ars electronica | 2022 | via 'Resist like Bacteria Encounter'
- medienhaus/ cms | matrix community summit | 2022
- open sourcing an university | artshare festival | 2022 | with Maria Kyrou
- open sourcing an university | Focus.On.Transformation. | 2022
- attributable web | University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück | 2022
- udk/spaces | Berlin University of the Arts | 2021 | with Andi Rueckel
exhibitions
(paused after 2021 to focus on research/teaching)
- Dutch Design Week via SbyD | Eindhoven Netherlands | 2024 (upcoming) | re:source
- AION Inauguration | Konzertsaal UdK Berlin | 2022 | Dear Joachim
- Ars Electronica | Linz | 2021 | Dear Joachim
- Rundgang | Berlin | 2021 | Dear Joachim
- Kunst Raum Stadt | Berlin | 2020 | Waiting for humans
- European Media Art Festival | Osnabrück | 2019 | Gravity
- Feel Festival | Bergheider See | 2018 | 20Grad
- European Media Art Festival | Hannover | 2017 | Magnetic and Coders
- Hannovermesse | Hannover | 2017 | Door!
- DMY | Berlin | 2016 | here
- Cebit | Hannover | 2016 | Remember the warm times
- Trendsonderschau | Bad Salzuflen | 2016 | 10hoch7
- Red dot ceremony | Berlin | 2015 | conceptDesk
- Maker Fair | Hannover | 2015 | Remember the warm times
- DMY | Berlin | 2015 | Remember the warm times
- Resonate | Belgrad | 2015 | Remember the warm times
- 22 pt | Dortmund | 2015 | Remember the warm times
- Library Opening Ceremony | Osnabrück | 2015 | Annuli
- Technologietag | Osnabrück | 2015 | Remember the warm times
- Openhouse | Osnabrück | 2015 | Remember the warm times & Annuli
- European Media Art Festival |Osnabrück | 2015 | Remember the warm times & Annuli
- Status Design | Osnabrück | 2014 | Monitorium
- European Media Art Festival | Osnabrück | 2014 | Monitorium
- Openhouse | Osnabrück | 2014 | SocialGraph