Professor Dennis P PAUL

is an interaction designer, lives in Bremen and holds a professorship for »Interaktion und Raum« at HfK Bremen. He is co-founder of the Berlin-based studio for spatial, media-related design »The Product«. In his work he is concerned with the interaction between humans and technology and the relationship between the conceptual, the virtual, the immaterial, and the physical. His works frequently take the form of installations in public spaces, physical interfaces, and generative systems. With great passion he is researching the communicative, playful, narrative, and critical qualities of new and digital media. He strongly believes that technology must be something warm and emotional. His work has been exhibited internationally and has received various renown awards.

since 2010  Professor for »Interaktion und Raum«
––––        in the program Digitale Medien at Hochschule für Künste Bremen
2008        Founded studio for spatial, media-related design »The Product«, Berlin
2004–2007   Taught at »Universität der Künste Berlin« in »Digitale Klasse«
2003–2008   Designer at Art+Com, Berlin
2003        Diploma with Professor Joachim Sauter in »Digitale Klasse«
––––        at »Universität der Künste Berlin«
2000–2003   Studied Visuelle Kommunikation at »Universität der Künste Berlin«
1998–2000   Studied Visuelle Kommunikation at »Fachhochschule Hannover«
1998        Internship at »Gruppe für Gestaltung«, Bremen
1997        Internship Typography at »Atelier Brückner«, Bremen
1974        Born in Bremen

Selected Awards

2011        Sol
––––        * Annual Multimedia Award Gold
––––        Die Pendel
––––        * iF communication design award
2009        Centralspace
––––        * Cannes Lion, Gold in Environmental Design
––––        * Clio Awards, Silver
2008        Copaxone
––––        * D&AD Annual, Book Entry
2007        Das neue Österreich
––––        * Annual Multimedia Wettbewerb
––––        The Science of Aliens
––––        * Annual Multimedia Wettbewerb
2006        * Art Directors Club Germany, Silber
––––        Das neue Österreich
––––        * iF communication design award, Gold
––––        * red dot design award
––––        * Art Directors Club Germany, Bronze
––––        * Deutscher Multimedia Award, Shortlist
––––        documenta mobil
––––        * Deutscher Multimedia Award
––––        * Art Directors Club Germany, Bronze
––––        * Annual Multimedia Wettbewerb
2005        * iF communication design award
––––        O2 Flagship Store
––––        * red dot design award
––––        * iF communication design award
––––        Der BMW 1er – Technische Kommunikation
––––        * Deutscher Multimedia Award
––––        Floating.Numbers
––––        * Art Directors Club Germany, Silber
2004        * red dot design award
––––        * iF communication design award, Gold
2002        Coexistence
––––        * Winner »Coexistence« Award
2001        ME2
––––        * Shortlist »Browserday«, Berlin

Selected Exhibitions + Projects

2013        Rauchwolken und Luftschlösser. Temporäre Räume
––––        * Curratorial Work for Exhibition at GAK Bremen
2012        * Workshop + Symposion at HfK Bremen
2011        Game Milestones
––––        * Installation, Permanent Exhibition, Computerspiel Museum, Berlin
2010        Sol
––––        * Installation, Exhibition »Here Comes the Sun«, Kindermuseum, Berlin
––––        Leave-A-Comment-Toolkit
––––        * group-Exhibition »Locate Me«, Bethanien Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin
––––        The Turtle Two
––––        * Exhibition, »Beck s Gold Urban Experience«, Berlin + Hamburg + München
––––        Die Pendel
––––        * Installation, Permanent Exhibition Otto Bock Science Center, Berlin
––––        Snow Play
––––        * Installation, C-Base, Transmediale 2010, Berlin
2009        Die Quelle
––––        * Installation, Permant Exhibition »Level Green«, VW Autostadt, Wolfsburg
––––        Schau Mal: Die Ladestrasse Entdecken
––––        * Temporary Exhibition, Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin
2008        Centralspace
––––        * Installation, Permanent Exhibition, BMW Museum, München
––––        Tennisfreunde Berliin e.V.
––––        * Exhibition in the streets of Vilnius, Litauen
2007        * Exhibition, Rodeo Club, Berlin
––––        Tree of Life
––––        * Exhibition, »Museum für Naturkunde«, Berlin
2006        Heimat und Exil
––––        * Exhibition, »Jüdischen Museum Berlin«
––––        * Exhibition, »Haus der Geschichte«, Bonn
––––        * Exhibition, »Zeitgeschichtlichen Forum«, Leipzig
––––        The Settlement Exhibition
––––        * Permanent Exhibition, »City Museum Reykjavik«, Island
––––        documenta mobil
––––        * Exhibition, »documenta Archiv«, Kassel
––––        The Science of Aliens
––––        * Exhibition, »Thinktank«, Birmingham, UK
––––        * Exhibition, »Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie«, Paris, Frankreich
––––        * Exhibition, »Museum of Science«, Miami, USA
2005        * Exhibition, »Science Museum London«, UK
––––        Das neue Österreich
––––        * Exhibition, »Schloss Belvedere«, Wien, Österreich
2004        Simthing
––––        * Exhibition, »Ars Electronica Festival«, Linz, Österreich
––––        * Exhibition, »DorkBot, Berlin«
––––        Floating.Numbers
––––        * Exhibition, »National Museum of Art«, Taichung, Taiwan
––––        * Exhibition, »Jüdischen Museum Berlin«
2003        Segelanweisung
––––        * Permanent Exhibition, »Technik Museum Berlin«

Talks

2012        »An Instrument for the Sonification of Everyday Things«
––––        at »John Cage – Ein Tag in der Hochschule für Künste Bremen«, HfK Bremen
2012        »Halbdinge«
-–-–        at »Design Interaktiver Medien« Program, Universität Wuppertal
-–-–        at »Rauchwolken und Luftschlösser. Temporary Räume«, HfK Bremen
2011        »Virtual Augmented Physical What?«
––––        »This Happened« at Betahaus, Hamburg
2010        »Räumlich Mediale Gestaltung«
––––        at Universität der Künste Berlin
2009        »Well Behaved Interactive Media«
––––        at Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, Denmark
2008        »It’s More Fun to Compute«
––––        at Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, Denmark
2007        »Well Behaved Interactive Media«
––––        at »Innovationsforum Interactionsdesign«, FH Potsdam
2006        »Responsive Media – Surface, Object, Subject«
––––        at College of Fine Arts Sydney, Australia
––––        »Aesthetics of Mapping«
––––        at Universität Heidelberg
––––        »Playfulness in Interactive Media«
––––        at »Achtung Berlin Festival«, Berlin
2005        »Applied Computational Design«
––––        at »Generator X Conference«, Oslo, Norwegen

Workshops + Teaching

2012        »Generative Design – Data Flow Objects«,
––––        * Visiting Faculty »Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design«, Denmark
2011        »The Aesthics of Generative Design«,
––––        * Visiting Faculty »Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design«, Denmark
2009        Computational Design Workshop
––––        * Visiting Faculty »Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design«, Denmark
2008        * Visiting Faculty »Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design«, Denmark
2007        Input, Output and Things in Between
––––        * Workshop »HfG Karlsruhe«
2006        * Workshop UNSW College of Fine Arts, Sydney, Australia
––––        * Workshop »Universität der Künste Berlin«
2005        The Network Workshop
––––        * Workshop »Universität der Künste Berlin«
––––        Tools for Computational Design
––––        * Workshop »FH Potsdam«

2010        Appointed Professor for »Interaktion und Raum«, »Digitale Medien« Program
––––        at »Hochschule für Künste Bremen«
2009        Lectureship »Hochschule für Künste Bremen«
2004–2007   Lectureship »Universität der Künste Berlin«, »Digitalen Klasse«