Stadtplanung und Regionalentwicklung

Since 2024
Research Associate at Department of Urban Planning and Regional Development, HafenCity University Hamburg.

02/2022 – 05/2022
Visiting Research Fellow at the Center for Invention and Social Process (CISP), Goldsmiths University London.

09/2021 – 12/2021
Research Residency at the Critical Maker Laboratory, Einstein Center for Digital Futures, TU/UdK Berlin.

Since 2018
PhD candidate at Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organisations, Leuphana University Lüneburg.

2018-2023
Junior Researcher at the Institute of Contemporary Design Practices (ICDP), FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel.

2018
M.A. Integrative Design, Thesis title: “Open Movement – Knowledge practices in open design”

2016 – 2018
Research assistant at the Institute for Experimental Design and Media Cultures (IXDM), FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel.

2015
B.A. European Media Studie, Thesis title: “post publishing – A practical exploration of design capabilities of electronic books and its operational limits”

 

Since 2024
Fab City: Transition  Governance und Stadträumliche Integration, Department of Urban Planning and Regional Development, HCU Hamburg. Role: research associate.

03/2019 – 02/2023
Commons in Design. Institute for Contempary Design Practices, HGK Basel. Research project funded by SNSF (No. 179178). Role: doctoral researcher.

02/2020 – 12/2020
Co-Lab – An online tool for collaborative design processes. Institute for Contempary Design Practices, HGK Basel. Project funded by “FHNW Lehrfonds” grant. Role: research associate.

09/2018 – 03/2019
​​Augmented Spaces – A Scenographical Observation. Institute for Experimental Design and Media Cultures, HGK Basel. Research project funded by SNSF (No.159277). Role: research assistant.

03/2018 – 12/2020
GARET (Gamified augmented reality exposure therapy). Lead: Dominique de Quervain, research at Division of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Basel. Role: Interaction Designer.

11/2016 – 09/2018
Shift Register – Media-geological Grounding of the Anthropocene through Artistic Research. Lead: Jamie Allen. Research project funded by SNSF (No.166400). Role: research assistant.

03/2017 – 06/2017
Living Data – Data visualization with living displays. Team: Merle Ibach, Benjamin Gaub (NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering), as part of the program Art of Molecule, ETH Zürich.

 

Peer-reviewed articles

Ibach, M. (forthcoming 2024). Inselgarten und Komposttoilette: Prototyping von nachhaltigen Zukunftsvisionen und die ökologischen und sozialen Folgen. In Wie gestalten wir Gesellschaft? Transcript.

Ibach, M. (2022). Printing Utopia: The Domain of the 3D Printer in the Making of Commons-Based Futures. Journal Design and Culture, 1–22. doi.org/10.1080/17547075.2022.2136562

Ibach, M. (2021). Making A Cup: An Autoethnographic Study on the Domain of Making and its Distinction from Designing. In M. Christensen, R. Michel, & W. Jonas (Eds.), NERD - New Experimental Research in Design 2 (pp. 74–89). De Gruyter. doi.org/10.1515/9783035623666-006

Greiner-Petter, M., & Ibach, M. (2021). Digital Tools for Collaborative Design Processes. Swiss Design Network: Design as Common Good, 627–639.

Ibach, M., Büsse, M., Gerloff, F., Bedö, V., Miyazaki, S., & Allen, J. (2019). Unmaking: Against General Applicability. In L. Bogers & L. Chiappini (Eds.), The critical makers reader: (un)learning technology (pp. 47–60). Institute of Network Cultures.

Wintersemester 2023/24

• Oops-a-daisy: Mutationen wissenschaftlicher Textkörper, Interdisciplinary workshop at CoCreate, HGK Basel.

Sommersemester 2023

• Global approaches to design and art education. Seminar at BA Design and Art Education, HGK Basel.
• The Art of Protest. Seminar at BA Scenography and Interior Design, HGK Basel. Assistance, lead Prof. Dr. Aylin Tschoepe.

Wintersemester 2022/23

• Writing from scratch. Interdisciplinary workshop at CoCreate, HGK Basel.
• Designtheorie. Seminar at BA Scenography and Interior Design, HGK Basel. Assistance, lead Prof. Dr. Aylin Tschoepe.

Wintersemester 2021/22

• Schreibwerkstatt / Writing Workshop. Seminar at Masterstudio Design, HGK Basel.
• Local Tools for global Pandemic. Workshop at MA Transformation Design, FH Augsburg.

Wintersemester 2020/21

• Co-Lab – An online tool for collaborative design processes. Interdisciplinary Workshop at HGK Basel.
• Verwobene Koexistenzen. Interdisciplinary workshop at Critical Media Lab with Flavia Caviezel, HGK Basel.

Wintersemester 2015/16

• Seminar: Typografie Grundlagen, Seminar at Transmediale Gestaltung. Universität der Künste Berlin. (Assistance, lead Jenny Baese.)
• Seminar: Technosphere. Seminar at Elementares Gestalten, FH Potsdam. (Assistance, lead Prof. Myriell Milicevic).