Jan Christian Schulz is a designer, interdisciplinary researcher and educator based in Germany and The Netherlands. His work embraces a spectrum of crafts guided by the exploration of matter and the creation of novel material metamorphoses.
He comprehends design as a way of thinking which constantly transforms our interactions within the world environment, unfolds collaborative structures and extends our capacities of being.
In his recent projects, he investigates environmental hyperprocesses and the emergence of ecosystemic relationships through technological media. Operating on the intersection of design and science, he complements his theoretical work with the conception of socio-ecological interventions that challenge prevailing realities.
2020-2022 – Design Academy Eindhoven, M.A. Social Design
2019-now – German Design Museum Foundation
2017-2019 – Thonet GmbH, Designer and Projectleader
2012-2017 – Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts, B.A. Product Design
2016-2017 – De productie van Piet Hein Eek, Internship
2015 – FHNW Basel, B.A. Industrial Design
2015 – HarvardX, Super-Earths and Life
2015 – iF International Forum Design
2022 – Design Academy Eindhoven – M.A. Graduation Cum Laude & Best Thesis Award
2019 – German Design Award, Nominee
2019 – VDID Newcomers‘ Award
2019 – FORM
2019 – Hessian State Award, Nominee
2018 – Ein&Zwanzig – World‘s Finest Design Talents
2016 – Aveneo Newcomer Innovation Award, Nominee
2024 – Wet Dreams at Madrid Design Biennial | Madrid, SP
2023 – FIBER Festival | Amsterdam, NL
2023 – Trots op Projectendag | Breda, NL
2022 – DAE Graduation Show at Dutch Design Week | Eindhoven, NL
2022 – ökoRAUSCH Pop-Up-Exhibition | Cologne, GER
2022 – Design Fest Gent | Gent, BE
2022 – Pause | Berlin, GER
2021 – WaterSchool M4H+ at Dutch Design Week | Eindhoven, NL
2021 – Zero Hunger Zero Power at Dutch Design Week | Eindhoven, NL
2021 – Working Through Conditions/Conditioning | Eindhoven, NL
2021 – IABR–DOWN TO EARTH WATERSCHOOL M4H+ | Rotterdam, NL
2020 – ökoRAUSCH | MAKK – Museum Of Applied Arts Cologne | Cologne, GER
2020 – NAVE Pop Up Store at Kunsthaus Rhenania | Cologne, GER
2020 – Radical Craft | Direktorenhaus Museum | Berlin, GER
2019 – Architect@Work | Paris, FR
2019 – EMBRACING EXCHANGE: REFINE at DDW | Eindhoven, NL
2019 – ELMIA Subcontractor | Jönköping, SE
2019 – Materials Labyrinth at Bundesgartenschau | Heilbronn, GER
2019 – Moorwelten | Wagenfeld, GER
2019 – EMBRACING EXCHANGE | Maastricht, NL
2019 – Talents at Tendence | Frankfurt, GRE
2019 – FORM at Tendence | Frankfurt, GER
2019 – VDID Newcomers‘ Award | Cologne, GER
2019 – Disruptive Materials at INTERZUM | Cologne, GER
2019 – Kunstverein Köln | Cologne, GER
2019 – Niedersächsischer Staatspreis gestaltendes Handwerk | Hanover, GER
2018 – Ein&Zwanzig – World‘s Finest Design Talents | Milan Design Week, IT
2018 – Young Talents at Handwerksform Hannover | Hanover, GER
2017 – Ideenboulevard | Hanover, GER
2016 – Ventura Lambrate | Milan Design Week, IT
2015 – Wer den Ton beseelt | Hanover, GER
2015 – DESIGNHOCH16 | Hanover, GER
2015 – Look | Basel, CH
2015 – ARCHITECT@WORK – Zurich, CH
2024 – Mediating Environments at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Amsterdam, NL
2023 – Summerschool by Provincie Zuid-Holland | Den Haag, NL
2023 – Makers Meet & Eat | Utrecht, NL
2023 – By Design or by Disaster | Bozen/Bolzano, IT
2022 – Arena at Dutch Design Week | Eindhoven, NL
2022 – Digital Ecologies @ Wageningen | Wageningen, NL
2022 – Digital Ecologies in Practice | Bonn, GER
2021 – Our Sustainable Future | Goethe Institute Washington D.C. / Mexico
2020 – ökoRAUSCH Festival | Cologne, GER
2020 – Überregio at Philipps-University Marburg | Marburg, GER
2019 – Discover Design Workshoptour USA | 11 States, USA
2023 – The Rise of Environmental Prostheses | Elephant & Castle – Università Bergamo, IT
2023 – Sensorial Weather-Journeying | FIBER & Medium, NL
2023 – Lemnaceae | Design Unlimited, TR
2023 – Re-Define The Boundaries | Where Flowers Bloom, CH
2023 – Moorwerk | German-Architects, DE
2023 – Moorwerk | ofroom interior:book, AU
2022 – Moorwerk | Ökorausch, DE
2020 – Objectified Tradition | Design Unlimited, TR
2019 – Discover Design - Discover Bauhaus | German Design Museum Foundation, DE
2019 – Disruptive Materials | HK Magazine, DE
2019 – Moorwerk | BM Magazine, DE
2018 – Moorwerk | Haute Innovation, DE
2018 – Moorwerk | Design Report, DE
2018 – Moorwerk | md – interior /design / architecture Magagazine, DE
[Contact: schulz.janc@gmail.com ]
In his recent projects, he investigates environmental hyperprocesses and the emergence of ecosystemic relationships through technological media. Operating on the intersection of design and science, he complements his theoretical work with the conception of socio-ecological interventions that challenge prevailing realities.
Education & Work
2020-2022 – Design Academy Eindhoven, M.A. Social Design
2019-now – German Design Museum Foundation
2017-2019 – Thonet GmbH, Designer and Projectleader
2012-2017 – Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts, B.A. Product Design
2016-2017 – De productie van Piet Hein Eek, Internship
2015 – FHNW Basel, B.A. Industrial Design
2015 – HarvardX, Super-Earths and Life
2015 – iF International Forum Design
Awards
2022 – Design Academy Eindhoven – M.A. Graduation Cum Laude & Best Thesis Award
2019 – German Design Award, Nominee
2019 – VDID Newcomers‘ Award
2019 – FORM
2019 – Hessian State Award, Nominee
2018 – Ein&Zwanzig – World‘s Finest Design Talents
2016 – Aveneo Newcomer Innovation Award, Nominee
Exhibitions
2024 – Wet Dreams at Madrid Design Biennial | Madrid, SP
2023 – FIBER Festival | Amsterdam, NL
2023 – Trots op Projectendag | Breda, NL
2022 – DAE Graduation Show at Dutch Design Week | Eindhoven, NL
2022 – ökoRAUSCH Pop-Up-Exhibition | Cologne, GER
2022 – Design Fest Gent | Gent, BE
2022 – Pause | Berlin, GER
2021 – WaterSchool M4H+ at Dutch Design Week | Eindhoven, NL
2021 – Zero Hunger Zero Power at Dutch Design Week | Eindhoven, NL
2021 – Working Through Conditions/Conditioning | Eindhoven, NL
2021 – IABR–DOWN TO EARTH WATERSCHOOL M4H+ | Rotterdam, NL
2020 – ökoRAUSCH | MAKK – Museum Of Applied Arts Cologne | Cologne, GER
2020 – NAVE Pop Up Store at Kunsthaus Rhenania | Cologne, GER
2020 – Radical Craft | Direktorenhaus Museum | Berlin, GER
2019 – Architect@Work | Paris, FR
2019 – EMBRACING EXCHANGE: REFINE at DDW | Eindhoven, NL
2019 – ELMIA Subcontractor | Jönköping, SE
2019 – Materials Labyrinth at Bundesgartenschau | Heilbronn, GER
2019 – Moorwelten | Wagenfeld, GER
2019 – EMBRACING EXCHANGE | Maastricht, NL
2019 – Talents at Tendence | Frankfurt, GRE
2019 – FORM at Tendence | Frankfurt, GER
2019 – VDID Newcomers‘ Award | Cologne, GER
2019 – Disruptive Materials at INTERZUM | Cologne, GER
2019 – Kunstverein Köln | Cologne, GER
2019 – Niedersächsischer Staatspreis gestaltendes Handwerk | Hanover, GER
2018 – Ein&Zwanzig – World‘s Finest Design Talents | Milan Design Week, IT
2018 – Young Talents at Handwerksform Hannover | Hanover, GER
2017 – Ideenboulevard | Hanover, GER
2016 – Ventura Lambrate | Milan Design Week, IT
2015 – Wer den Ton beseelt | Hanover, GER
2015 – DESIGNHOCH16 | Hanover, GER
2015 – Look | Basel, CH
2015 – ARCHITECT@WORK – Zurich, CH
Workshops & Talks
2024 – Mediating Environments at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Amsterdam, NL
2023 – Summerschool by Provincie Zuid-Holland | Den Haag, NL
2023 – Makers Meet & Eat | Utrecht, NL
2023 – By Design or by Disaster | Bozen/Bolzano, IT
2022 – Arena at Dutch Design Week | Eindhoven, NL
2022 – Digital Ecologies @ Wageningen | Wageningen, NL
2022 – Digital Ecologies in Practice | Bonn, GER
2021 – Our Sustainable Future | Goethe Institute Washington D.C. / Mexico
2020 – ökoRAUSCH Festival | Cologne, GER
2020 – Überregio at Philipps-University Marburg | Marburg, GER
2019 – Discover Design Workshoptour USA | 11 States, USA
Publications & Articles
2023 – The Rise of Environmental Prostheses | Elephant & Castle – Università Bergamo, IT
2023 – Sensorial Weather-Journeying | FIBER & Medium, NL
2023 – Lemnaceae | Design Unlimited, TR
2023 – Re-Define The Boundaries | Where Flowers Bloom, CH
2023 – Moorwerk | German-Architects, DE
2023 – Moorwerk | ofroom interior:book, AU
2022 – Moorwerk | Ökorausch, DE
2020 – Objectified Tradition | Design Unlimited, TR
2019 – Discover Design - Discover Bauhaus | German Design Museum Foundation, DE
2019 – Disruptive Materials | HK Magazine, DE
2019 – Moorwerk | BM Magazine, DE
2018 – Moorwerk | Haute Innovation, DE
2018 – Moorwerk | Design Report, DE
2018 – Moorwerk | md – interior /design / architecture Magagazine, DE
[Contact: schulz.janc@gmail.com ]
