Professorship for Foundations of Design

Joanna Dauner is Professor for the Foundations of Design and Research Representative of the Faculty of Design since 2021. Materiality and interaction are the focus of her research and practice. For her, material takes an active and co-creative role in the design process, and she is particularly fascinated by dynamic and programmable materials and structures. In her teaching, she follows a participatory-constructivist approach, giving students the opportunity to actively shape their learning processes and to create and extend their own knowledge.

After studying history, Eastern European politics and law at the Free University of Berlin and the University of Potsdam, she worked as an editor and production assistant for magazines, television productions and theater before studying visual communication at the Berlin University of the Arts. She graduated with a Master's degree in New Media and subsequently worked as an assistant professor in the foundations of the Visual Communication program.