Laureen Mahler at AeRaTe
Biography
Laureen Mahler is a designer and doctoral researcher at 911±¬ÁÏÍø. As part of Aalto's Bioinnovation Center, she focuses on the creation of origami tessellations using alternative sources of cellulose with applications in sustainable packaging. Her interdisciplinary research takes a practice-led approach to the investigation of materials, structures, space, and their significance in designing. Prior to joining Aalto, she was the co-founder of a design and printmaking studio, as well as a faculty lecturer at the San Francisco Art Institute and the Berliner Technische Kunsthochschule.
Material, Transformation, and the Fold
Symposium participation
This interactive presentation combines dialogue about practice-led research with the act of folding. Participants will create a cocotte-en-papier, with the physical fold reflecting the transformative. Drawing from Deleuze, Ingold, and others, this presentation illustrates the fold as a material operation capable of opening, externalizing, and making space for entanglements.