JULIA LOHMANN

Maggots. Sheep stomachs. Seaweed. German-born designer and researcher Julia Lohmann investigates and critiques the ethical and material value systems underpinning our relationship with flora and fauna.She is professor of Practice in Contemporary Design at Aalto University, Helsinki, where she also liveswith her family. Julia studied at the Royal College of Art, where she has also taught and completed anAHRC-funded collaborative PhD scholarship between the RCA and theVictoria & Albert Museum. Asdesigner in residence at the V&A in 2013, she founded the Department of Seaweed, an interdisciplinarycommunity of practice exploring the sustainable development of seaweed as a design material. She hasbeen external examiner on the Central Saint Martins MA Material Futures. Julia Lohmann’s work is partof major public and private collections worldwide and has received awards, bursaries and support fromthe Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, the British Council, Jerwood Contemporary Makers, D&AD, StanleyPicker Gallery,Arts Foundation,WellcomeTrust and Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum.