https://merleibach.cargo.site ARCHIVE Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:33:35 +0000 https://merleibach.cargo.site en https://merleibach.cargo.site/Understanding-Domdidier Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:12:15 +0000 ARCHIVE https://merleibach.cargo.site/Understanding-Domdidier Understanding Domdidier Design Research 2025-2028<img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de43b67e272221a245aedfcc1efc1cfb69a012867f58c58de0a3c4b98f0175c2/IMG_9981.jpeg" data-mid="246887189" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/de43b67e272221a245aedfcc1efc1cfb69a012867f58c58de0a3c4b98f0175c2/IMG_9981.jpeg" />☞ … https://merleibach.cargo.site/Public-Interest Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:15:59 +0000 ARCHIVE https://merleibach.cargo.site/Public-Interest Aspekte des Öffentlichen Seminar 2026<img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa876cd829bef852f51c753b51e676370188bd0d462b8b62152cb20e06b82901/tools_fact-sheet.jpg" data-mid="246887271" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aa876cd829bef852f51c753b51e676370188bd0d462b8b62152cb20e06b82901/tools_fact-sheet.jpg" />☞ … https://merleibach.cargo.site/Gesellschaft-reparieren Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:21:16 +0000 ARCHIVE https://merleibach.cargo.site/Gesellschaft-reparieren Gesellschaft reparieren Seminar 2026<img width="7102" height="4773" width_o="7102" height_o="4773" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/944ea74ee52341774ec8de66a7a750824d877f0be9888b79f8727747e7ea1153/politiken-des-reparierens-04_kl2.jpg" data-mid="246887720" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/944ea74ee52341774ec8de66a7a750824d877f0be9888b79f8727747e7ea1153/politiken-des-reparierens-04_kl2.jpg" />☞ … https://merleibach.cargo.site/Kreislaufgesellschaft Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:33:35 +0000 ARCHIVE https://merleibach.cargo.site/Kreislaufgesellschaft Kreislaufgesellschaft Seminar 2025<img width="2000" height="1413" width_o="2000" height_o="1413" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f6bc8a2f7b235fb2c5911378c3148900b1aa9619afa6a9f3113142f48d058d2a/offcut_kl.gif" data-mid="246887873" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f6bc8a2f7b235fb2c5911378c3148900b1aa9619afa6a9f3113142f48d058d2a/offcut_kl.gif" />☞ … https://merleibach.cargo.site/Critical-Design-Ethnography Tue, 11 Feb 2025 08:53:33 +0000 ARCHIVE https://merleibach.cargo.site/Critical-Design-Ethnography Critical Design Ethnography Seminar 2024-2025<img width="1500" height="1089" width_o="1500" height_o="1089" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff69b569f95862f5b2e78b90fec919f4ff3c352f4fde28a9b82b4c3091e969be/Blau-Erwartet.gif" data-mid="226381111" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff69b569f95862f5b2e78b90fec919f4ff3c352f4fde28a9b82b4c3091e969be/Blau-Erwartet.gif" />☞ Over the past year, I taught the module Design Research in the MA Public Interest Design at Bergische Universität Wuppertal. Together with the students, we explored and tested methods of a critical design ethnography in small research projects. … https://merleibach.cargo.site/Making-Blue Sat, 28 Dec 2024 19:17:27 +0000 ARCHIVE https://merleibach.cargo.site/Making-Blue Making Blue Design Research 2024-2026<img width="2080" height="1250" width_o="2080" height_o="1250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a78f0cf34fbb71a875fb5a2d0ec378e517ca51198ab1f385a6e1c1382282ac5/Blaumachen_Ibach.jpg" data-mid="223885489" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a78f0cf34fbb71a875fb5a2d0ec378e517ca51198ab1f385a6e1c1382282ac5/Blaumachen_Ibach.jpg" />☞ Dyeing with indigo is widespread around the world and each region has its own traditions and myths. As a design ethnographer, I am particularly interested in the craft and history of dyeing blue in Basel, which is closely linked to the development of the chemical industry. … https://merleibach.cargo.site/Writing-Workshop Sat, 28 Dec 2024 20:02:19 +0000 ARCHIVE https://merleibach.cargo.site/Writing-Workshop Crafting Arguments /&nbsp;Writing Workshop Teaching Since 2022<img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/94673fe8fce9a026bc1aff33ff5d54007f4e8a790842bf8f0e6503ffd35a0937/IMG_9268.jpg" data-mid="223886107" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/94673fe8fce9a026bc1aff33ff5d54007f4e8a790842bf8f0e6503ffd35a0937/IMG_9268.jpg" />☞ This is a writing workshop, from scratch. Really from scratch, we want to start from the very beginning. Before we are even able to write a word, we need tools, resources and skills. … https://merleibach.cargo.site/Global-approaches-to-art-and-design-education Mon, 12 Jun 2023 08:05:42 +0000 ARCHIVE https://merleibach.cargo.site/Global-approaches-to-art-and-design-education Global approaches to art and design education Research Map 2023 <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0539845be38c12208e064d89cfa10038291d826698aa106a05c966b7aa1fc2f8/IMG_7837_research-map.jpg" data-mid="181782871" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0539845be38c12208e064d89cfa10038291d826698aa106a05c966b7aa1fc2f8/IMG_7837_research-map.jpg" />☞&nbsp; The research map is the outcome of a seminar that I had the pleasure to pursue with students from the HGK Basel. Together, we explored different art and design schools in different decades and from different parts of the world: u.a. the moscovite VKhUTEMAS (1920-1930), the Black Mountain College in North Carolina (1933-1957), the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad (1961 to today), … https://merleibach.cargo.site/Design-as-Agent-of-Change Mon, 12 Jun 2023 07:56:07 +0000 ARCHIVE https://merleibach.cargo.site/Design-as-Agent-of-Change Design as Agent of Change PhD Research 2018-2024 <img width="1280" height="960" width_o="1280" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2842370046f2a9ac14ae136ac3e009dc98df20cb929bdc75e795c05fb1867b3c/2021-09-07-11.08.22.jpg" data-mid="181782453" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2842370046f2a9ac14ae136ac3e009dc98df20cb929bdc75e795c05fb1867b3c/2021-09-07-11.08.22.jpg" />☞&nbsp; In my doctoral research, I deal with social transformation processes in rural areas and how they materialise in prototypes. In particular, I focus on project communities that engage in the development of their regions, are based on self-initiative and build an alternative vision of their futures. … https://merleibach.cargo.site/Together-we-will-write-future Mon, 12 Jun 2023 07:59:44 +0000 ARCHIVE https://merleibach.cargo.site/Together-we-will-write-future Together, we will write: Future Workshop 2023 <img width="3024" height="2155" width_o="3024" height_o="2155" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4d7afc0115a004a2510ce28fbddd75908d6bc8c0ad6f2e2102fec1468917781d/IMG_5353_kl.jpg" data-mid="181782702" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4d7afc0115a004a2510ce28fbddd75908d6bc8c0ad6f2e2102fec1468917781d/IMG_5353_kl.jpg" />☞&nbsp; In this workshop we took a step back, and developed hands-on, whatever we needed for being able to write at all. Making paper, binding books, pressing leaves, grinding ink, shaping type or whatever we can make ourselves, we brought together and complement each other‘s skills. …