Centre of Applied Research for
Art, Design and Technology
Elvin Karana is Professor of Materials Innovation and Design...Elvin Karana is Professor of Materials...
Interview Martine Stig by the Mondriaan Fund on her project...Interview Martine Stig by the Mondriaan...
Ollie Palmer presents his research project @ Central Saint...Ollie Palmer presents his research...
Michel van Dartel matchmaker Go Creative IndustryMichel van Dartel matchmaker Go Creative...
Exhibition Workshop New Media and PerformanceExhibition Workshop New Media and...
Michel Witter joins online panel discussion on how we can...Michel Witter joins online panel...
Research project tested at @ exposition in A Tale of a TubResearch project tested at @ exposition...
Researcher Bart Stuart is participating in the...Researcher Bart Stuart is participating...
Caradt researcher Martine Stig is looking for testers for...Caradt researcher Martine Stig is...
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Situated Design Methods
Unlearning Photography
Urbanizing the Digital
Situated Learning & Immersive Storytelling in the Lab
Social Design Practices
Practice-Based Learning for Design Students
Gaining Wisdom through Smart Technologies
Material Ecologies
Art and Culture in Brabant: Meaning and Possibility
‘People are the product of their relationships with their environment. It’s important to understand how technological developments influence these relationships.’
Michel van Dartel
‘Our research group investigates the role artists, designers and cultural producers in general can play in developing the aesthetics and poetics of a desirable future.’
Sebastian Olma
‘The dynamic relationship between humans and living artefacts will continue to evolve reciprocally with mutual care.’
Elvin Karana
‘Almost everything I design is based on giving form to the invisible.’
Tara Karpinski
‘Well beyond their common characterisation as problem-solvers, designers have a role to play in materialising public engagement with collective concern’
Laurens Kolks
‘In my work the concept of time is a recurring theme.’
Xandra van der Eijk
‘As a result of my current research, I ask the students the questions “what is your work” and “what works for you.’
Rob Leijdekkers
‘It is through the “not-knowing” that a stimulating and caring environment can be created to confidently share vulnerability.’
Risk Hazekamp
‘Through an interplay of design and research, the apt questions and necessary tools can be discovered and applied to each research project.’
Antal Ruhl
‘Performance is about engaging with versions of the self, stretching the gaze to see what others see when they look at you.’
Philippine Hoegen
‘Bacteria, Fungi, Humans, all part of the same experiment.’
Ward Groutars
‘The essence of the situated, cinematic experience of dance lies in the mental interaction where the public becomes co-author.’
Noud Heerkens
‘To be able to research something thoroughly, you have to deeply engage, not just look at it from the outside.’
Bart Stuart
‘The pleasure of working in the [MI] lab is that microbiological research is carried out from two different approaches.’
John van der Werf
‘Research is partly communication.’
Martje Kuijpers
‘I’m interested in how we can implement situated learning within design education.’
Sarah Lugthart
‘Who benefits?’
Ivo Koolen
‘Doing research connects my practice with teaching; it strengthens and brings them closer together.’
Martine Stig
‘How can the notion of the ‘script’ be used in a situated design practice? ’
Ollie Palmer
‘The ultimate goal is to enable people to improve their lives, making them more enjoyable and comfortable.’
Simone van den Broek
‘Attention during interaction is personal, not a given fact.’
Misha Croes
‘My background in visual art makes me very involved in the content of the expertise centre.’
Wilma Diepens
‘The most difficult and empowering thing as an artist is to stay honest about my work and me. And I'd like to help my students to get there too.’
Aiwen Yin
‘I’m looking for methods that take people as a starting point.’
Michel Witter
‘Getting comfortable with ambiguity enables designers to absorb feedback and use it to make better design choices.’
Gabri Heinrichs
‘Caradt’s practice-led research aims to empower artists and designers to make a meaningful contribution to society through their projects.’
Rens Holslag
‘Exploring and integrating novel perspectives to our everyday through the eyes of fungi.’
Wasabii Ng
‘I look at the ways in which citizens can play an active role in shaping their cities, and how new media and technology can contribute to this.’
Barbara Asselbergs
‘I am eager to explore how unique qualities of ‘living materials’ can transform the way we think, feel and act.’
Hazal Ertürkan
‘‘Clear communication enforces the impact and value of Caradt’s research.’’
Kris Vleugels
‘For me, the iterative design-research process is an exciting journey towards designs that can transform human consciousness.’
Danielle Roberts
‘Disrupting our contemporary society can be a serious design goal.’
Eke Rebergen
‘Power, control and chance play an important role in every creative process. I explore this complicated correlation.’
Michiel van Opstal
‘Why try to design solutions if you can design questions?’
Leonardo Landoni
Art and design have an important role to play in the development of society. Caradt’s research aims to empower artists and designers to fulfil this role by generating theories, tools and methods to critically challenge the ‘natural order’ of things.
In order to do this, Caradt conducts practice-led research that integrates science, politics and technology into the field of art and design. The complexity of contemporary society requires such an integrative approach. Our research programme is developed in close collaboration with the educational departments of Avans University of Applied Sciences as well as external partners.
About CaradtResearch Group: Situated Art and Design
The research group Situated Art and Design sees an unprecedented need for artists and designers to consider aesthetics 'in the wild'
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The research group Cultural and Creative Industries investigates the role of artists and designers as creative innovators and drivers of social and economic change.
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This research group wants to contribute to the development of societal relevance of the Biobased Economy.
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