Rasa Weber is a passionate lecturer. She gained experience lecturing at the University of the Arts Berlin, University Anhalt Dessau, Berlin International University, OCAD University Toronto, University of Leeds a.o. Currently she is a lecturer and researcher at Zurich University of the Arts.

Her courses focus on critical ecology, sustainable design strategies, materials research, narrative design, film for designers & architects, as well as basic design fundaments such as sketching, prototyping and concept development.

RESEARCH + ACADEMIA 

2024    Emergent Technologies: Prototyping Ecologies "When Shit hits the Fan. A project on prototyping ecological

             relations of faeces." With Lukas Franciszkiewicz, MA Interaction Design & Industrial Design, ZHdK (CH).

             "Designing a Skin for Floating" - Sustainable Material Practice, Floating University,

             BA Architecture,Berlin International University (DE). 

             MA Interaction Design (thesis supervisor), Interaction Design, with Karmen Franinović,

             Joel Bitton, Verena Ziegler, Max Rheiner, Duy Bui, ZHdK (CH).

             "Wild Thinks", MA Interaction Design, Studio 5, Cima Citta, ZHdK (CH).

2023    MA thesis supervision (2nd supervisor), Interaction Design, with Prof. Dr. Franinović, Dr. Kirschner, Dr. Bitton,

            Speziali, ZHdK (CH).

            "More-than-human Slowness - Multispecies Design Ethnography with the Camera", MA Interaction Design,

            ZHdK (CH).

            "Walking Water Ways - Design Ethnography of Water", with Noemi Chow, Science Communication & Interaction

            Design, ZHdK (CH).

            "Slowciety - a speculative design scenario for lowering the work ethics", Studio 1, with Time's Up - Tina Auer, Tim

            Boykett, Eva-Maria Spreitzer, Prof. Dr. Franinovic, ZHdK (CH).

            "Water Futures Pavilion" at Floating University, Sustainable Material Practice, BA Architecture, Berlin International

            University, DE.

2022    MA thesis supervision (2nd supervisor) & Studio 4, Interaction Design, ZHdK (CH).

            BA thesis supervision (1st supervisor), Interior Design & Architecture, Berlin International University, DE.       

            “Digital Fabrication“, 1st Semester BA, Interaction Design,ZHdK (CH).

            “Artistic and Experimental Basics - Object Experience“, 1st Semester BA, Interaction Design at ZHdK (CH).

            “Dark Fluidity: An immersive exploration of liquid ontologies in practice along the multispecies material ecologies of

            the river Schwärze.“,  with Prof. Dr. Claudia Maries (design theory), Dr. Jen Clark (anthropology), Sabrina Bühn

            (ecologist), Dr. Maxime le Calvé (anthropology), Matters of Activity, Humboldt University, Berlin, DE.

            Autumn School "Frictioned Functionality: Un/Designing Un/Sustainable Matter", organization & curation,

            with Prof. Dr. Robert Stock, Prof. Dr. Claudia Mareis, James Auger, Joe Lockwood, Khashayar Razghandi ,

            Matters of Activity, Humboldt University Berlin, DE.

            “Water Futures - Design Fieldwork on the Future of Water“, Master Think Tank, all design departments, ZHdK (CH).

            “Narrative Design Strategies - AV + sketching for Storytelling", MA Interaction Design, ZHdK (CH).

            “Future of Water Pavilion", Sustainable Design, BA Architecture & Interior Design, Berlin International University.

2021    “Digital Fabrication“, Interaction Design at  Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, CH. 

            “Artistic and Experimental Basics - Object Experience“, 1st Semester BA, Interaction Design at Zürcher Hochschule

             der Künste, CH.       

            "A Circular Pavilion", Lectureship for “Sustainable Design“ at Berlin International University (BAU), BA & MA Interior

            Design, Berlin, DE.

2020    Lectureship for “Sustainable Pigments“ in Packaging Design at Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft, Berlin, DE.

2021 - 2020   Lectureship for “Film as a narrative tool for Designers and Architects“ at Hochschule Anhalt,

                       MA Integrated Design, Dessau, DE.

2020 - 2019   Lectureship for Sustainable Materials Research, “Growing Architecture - Microalgae as new biomaterial for

                      our urban landscape?“ & “Transformative Matter - new materials for regenerative modes of building“, MA

                      Digital + Experimental Design, University of the Arts, Berlin, DE.

2017    Lectureship for the use of “Sustainable Pigments“ in textile printing at KEA Copenhagen School of Design and

            Technology, BA & MA, Copenhagen, DK.

2016    Lectureship on “Narrative Design Strategies - Talking Bodies“ at University of Leeds School of Design, UK.

            Lectureship on the "Kitchen of the Anthropocene", with Karl W. Grosse at Hochschule Anhalt, MA, Dessau, DE.

2015 - 2017   Student assistant at Cluster of Excellence: “Image Knowledge Gestaltung“, with Karl W. Grosse “Kitchen of

                      the Anthropocene“, Humboldt University, Berlin, DE.         

2013 - 2015    Student assistant at Cluster of Excellence: “Image Knowledge Gestaltung“, with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schäffner,

                      department: Architectures of Knowledge, Humboldt University, Berlin, DE.