I work in the fields of design, design research and design theory: I studied design and visual communication at the Folkwang University of the Arts (Essen, Germany) and the Zurich University of the Arts (Switzerland) and wrote my PhD thesis at the HFBK Hamburg.
I am active in teaching and have taught at various universities in Germany. I am currently a professor at HSHL, having previously taught at Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Münster University of Applied Sciences, Ecosign and Folkwang University of the Arts.
As a designer and design researcher, I am most interested in exploring the dimension of the possibilities and consequences of design. Accordingly, I approach design with a fundamental skepticism that meets pure euphoria; I am equally interested in possible obscurity and absolute clarity.
In my theoretical exploration, I am interested in the social and political dimensions of design and the creation of a sustainable and desirable future. I am interested in the decentering of the human being and the deconstruction of privilege. I am also genuinely interested in design methods (and their failure) and processes in design – including in the context of AI.
I am a member of the German Society for Design Theory and Research, the International Gender Design Network, and the Design & Posthumanism Network.
For all inquiries and general interaction, the best way to reach me is by email: hallo[at]svenquadflieg.de
Address
Prof. Dr. Sven Quadflieg
Hochschule Hamm-Lippstadt
Marker Allee 76–78
59063 Hamm
Phone
+49 2381 8789-929
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Information about your data stored with us and how it is processed,
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Changes to our privacy policy
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Questions to the data protection officer
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The privacy policy was created with the privacy policy generator of activeMind AG and translated with DeepL.