The Freiheit exhibit, part of the "Kontroverse Diskurse" project, was featured on the MS Wissenschaft in 2024, exploring the concept of freedom through political language. Visitors contributed personal associations, which were analyzed alongside data from 500,000 texts to showcase diverse interpretations of freedom.
I was responsible for the visual design of the exhibit, creating an engaging and accessible interface to connect visitors with the research.
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Visual Identity created for the Events Series "Game Design 101" at the MEEET Lab of the University of Zurich. With a porcedrual system in Houdini that lets you create a fully art-directable growth animation, making it possible to have high-end visuals for a series of events.

MEEET Lab

For the Game Evening Events MEEET Lab I have the privilege to design Key Visuals. This is a Gjermundbu Helmet reconstruction based on Photos and 3D Scans.

Dating to the 10th century, the Helme helmet is a uniquely preserved Viking artifact of significant scientific importance for understanding early medieval warfare and society.

Sketchfab Model: Gjermundbu Helmet

Visual Identity created for the Events Series "Game Design 101" at the MEEET Lab of the University of Zurich. With a porcedrual system in Houdini that lets you create a fully art-directable growth animation, making it possible to have high-end visuals for a series of events.

MEEET Lab

Living Porous Ceramics for Bacteria-Regulated Gas Sensing and Carbon Capture

Engineered living materials leveraging microorganisms in abiotic porous ceramic structures demonstrate self-regulated carbon capture and genetically programmable gas-sensing capabilities, offering new avenues in mimicking biological systems

Alpine Plant Phenology Monitoring tracks 25 years of data on climate change effects on Alpine vegetation. Using ultrasonic measurements, this study shows increased plant growth and earlier growing seasons at higher elevations, highlighting elevation-dependent warming impacts.

Michael Zehnder

Xylopedia is an app for explorative learning of micro-anatomical wood structures.

Students at the University for Sustainable Development in Eberswalde, Germany, now have the app to help them understand the complex anatomy of wood. Based on microCT scans from the Helmholtz Centre Hereon, we created novel 3D models for real-time exploration.

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Directed evolution of material-producing microorganisms
While microorganisms offer a promising route for sustainable material manufacturing, optimizing their production capabilities can be slow. To accelerate this, researchers developed a high-throughput directed evolution platform, using it to enhance cellulose production in bacteria and uncover a key genetic link, highlighting its value for developing new manufacturing strains.

Research Paper

The European Spruce Bark Beetle (Ips typographus) and the Engraver Beetle (Pityogenes chalcographus) are two of the most destructive pests in modern forestry. Their infestations cause extensive damage to spruce forests, particularly under warmer conditions that accelerate beetle populations. These outbreaks pose significant challenges for sustainable forest management and highlight the need for proactive pest control measures in the face of climate change. To educate foresters the LWF contacted me to create large posters to be used for workshops.

Borkenkaefer.org

The European Spruce Bark Beetle (Ips typographus) and the Engraver Beetle (Pityogenes chalcographus) are two of the most destructive pests in modern forestry. Their infestations cause extensive damage to spruce forests, particularly under warmer conditions that accelerate beetle populations. These outbreaks pose significant challenges for sustainable forest management and highlight the need for proactive pest control measures in the face of climate change. To educate foresters the LWF contacted me to create large posters to be used for workshops.

Borkenkaefer.org

In partnership with the Sustainable Agroecosystems Group at ETH, we developed a visually captivating poster exploring the Soil Microbiome. Designed to balance scientific accuracy with visual appeal, this piece aims to make complex microbiological concepts accessible and engaging.
Guided by Martin Hartmann, the poster was crafted to resonate with a broad audience—from curious visitors at OLMA, where it was first showcased, to students at ETH.

For more in-depth information, please visit Hartmann’s page:
microbiome.ch

Stability, lightness, and durability make wood a natural miracle material. But where do these properties come from? They are made possible by the fascinating structures within the wood, which are explored in these illustrations.