Jan Christian Schulz is a designer, interdisciplinary researcher, writer 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
2022 – DAE Graduation Show at Dutch Design Week | Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2022 – ökoRAUSCH Pop-Up-Exhibition | Cologne, Germany
2022 – Design Fest Gent | Gent, Belgium
2022 – Pause | Berlin, Germany
2021 – WaterSchool M4H+ at Dutch Design Week | Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2021 – Zero Hunger Zero Power at Dutch Design Week | Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2021 – Working Through Conditions/Conditioning | Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2021 – IABR–DOWN TO EARTH WATERSCHOOL M4H+ | Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2020 – ökoRAUSCH | MAKK – Museum Of Applied Arts Cologne | Cologne, Germany
2020 – NAVE Pop Up Store at Kunsthaus Rhenania | Cologne, Germany
2020 – Radical Craft | Direktorenhaus Museum | Berlin, Germany
2019 – Architect@Work | Paris, France
2019 – EMBRACING EXCHANGE: REFINE at DDW | Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2019 – ELMIA Subcontractor | Jönköping, Sweden
2019 – Materials Labyrinth at Bundesgartenschau | Heilbronn, Germany
2019 – Moorwelten | Wagenfeld, Germany
2019 – EMBRACING EXCHANGE | Maastricht, The Netherlands
2019 – Talents at Tendence | Frankfurt, Germany
2019 – FORM at Tendence | Frankfurt, Germany
2019 – VDID Newcomers‘ Award | Cologne, Germany
2019 – Disruptive Materials at INTERZUM | Cologne, Germany
2019 – Kunstverein Köln | Cologne, Germany
2019 – Niedersächsischer Staatspreis gestaltendes Handwerk | Hanover, Germany
2018 – Ein&Zwanzig – World‘s Finest Design Talents | Milan Design Week, Italy
2018 – Young Talents at Handwerksform Hannover | Hanover, Germany
2017 – Ideenboulevard | Hanover, Germany
2016 – Ventura Lambrate | Milan Design Week, Italy
2015 – Wer den Ton beseelt | Hanover, Germany
2015 – DESIGNHOCH16 | Hanover, Germany
2015 – Look | Basel, Switzerland
2015 – ARCHITECT@WORK – Zurich, Switzerland
2022 – Arena at Dutch Design Week | Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2022 – Digital Ecologies @ Wageningen | Wageningen, The Netherlands
2022 – Digital Ecologies in Practice | Bonn, Germany
2021 – Our Sustainable Future | Goethe Institute Washington D.C. / Mexico
2020 – ökoRAUSCH Festival | Cologne, Germany
2020 – Überregio at Philipps-University Marburg | Marburg, Germany
2019 – Discover Design Workshoptour USA | 11 States, United States of America
[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
2022 – DAE Graduation Show at Dutch Design Week | Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2022 – ökoRAUSCH Pop-Up-Exhibition | Cologne, Germany
2022 – Design Fest Gent | Gent, Belgium
2022 – Pause | Berlin, Germany
2021 – WaterSchool M4H+ at Dutch Design Week | Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2021 – Zero Hunger Zero Power at Dutch Design Week | Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2021 – Working Through Conditions/Conditioning | Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2021 – IABR–DOWN TO EARTH WATERSCHOOL M4H+ | Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2020 – ökoRAUSCH | MAKK – Museum Of Applied Arts Cologne | Cologne, Germany
2020 – NAVE Pop Up Store at Kunsthaus Rhenania | Cologne, Germany
2020 – Radical Craft | Direktorenhaus Museum | Berlin, Germany
2019 – Architect@Work | Paris, France
2019 – EMBRACING EXCHANGE: REFINE at DDW | Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2019 – ELMIA Subcontractor | Jönköping, Sweden
2019 – Materials Labyrinth at Bundesgartenschau | Heilbronn, Germany
2019 – Moorwelten | Wagenfeld, Germany
2019 – EMBRACING EXCHANGE | Maastricht, The Netherlands
2019 – Talents at Tendence | Frankfurt, Germany
2019 – FORM at Tendence | Frankfurt, Germany
2019 – VDID Newcomers‘ Award | Cologne, Germany
2019 – Disruptive Materials at INTERZUM | Cologne, Germany
2019 – Kunstverein Köln | Cologne, Germany
2019 – Niedersächsischer Staatspreis gestaltendes Handwerk | Hanover, Germany
2018 – Ein&Zwanzig – World‘s Finest Design Talents | Milan Design Week, Italy
2018 – Young Talents at Handwerksform Hannover | Hanover, Germany
2017 – Ideenboulevard | Hanover, Germany
2016 – Ventura Lambrate | Milan Design Week, Italy
2015 – Wer den Ton beseelt | Hanover, Germany
2015 – DESIGNHOCH16 | Hanover, Germany
2015 – Look | Basel, Switzerland
2015 – ARCHITECT@WORK – Zurich, Switzerland
Workshops & Talks
2022 – Arena at Dutch Design Week | Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2022 – Digital Ecologies @ Wageningen | Wageningen, The Netherlands
2022 – Digital Ecologies in Practice | Bonn, Germany
2021 – Our Sustainable Future | Goethe Institute Washington D.C. / Mexico
2020 – ökoRAUSCH Festival | Cologne, Germany
2020 – Überregio at Philipps-University Marburg | Marburg, Germany
2019 – Discover Design Workshoptour USA | 11 States, United States of America
[Contact: schulz.janc@gmail.com ]
