The Lab

    Chris runs a design studio and think tank in Brooklyn. We develop ideas into visualizations and objects to think with. We are interested in future thinking R&D projects and we have the right environment and network to develop and build exceptional software/hardware prototypes. We are located near the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The Nevins St. subway (2,3,4,5) is steps from our door. The sign on the front of our building reads "Metropolitan Exchange Bank".

    Chris studied Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art in London, did a post grad research fellowship with Natalie Jeremijenko at the NYU and worked on research projects for the Living Architecture Lab at Columbia GSAPP. He has worked as an Interaction Designer for Adobe and IDEO. He has been a visiting critic at design schools including Columbia, SVA, NYU, Pratt and MIT. His work has been shown at the MoMA in New York, Science Gallery in Dublin and the IVAM in Valencia.



    +14157746463
    @chriswoebken
    hello(at)chriswoebken.com
    33 Flatbush Ave, 7th floor, Brooklyn, NY 11217

    Work

    never never lab, NYC, 2010 - now
    IDEO, San Francisco, Summer 2007
    Adobe, Hamburg/San Jose, 2001-2006
    method, Santa Monica, Summer 2001

    Talks

    upcoming: dorkbot, NYC, 2010/09
    Lift2010, Geneva, 2010/05
    UDK, Berlin, 2010/05
    SENSEable City Lab, MIT, Cambridge, 2009/11
    MIT Tangible Media Group, Cambridge, 2008/10

    Exhibitions

    upcoming: Biodivercity, Washington DC, 2010/10
    Demo:Mode, Geneva, 2010
    What if, Sciencegallery, Dublin, 2009
    Confines, IVAM, Valencia, 2009
    Designersblock, London Design Festival, 2009
    Biennale internationale Design, St. Etienne, 2008
    Design and the Elastic Mind, MoMA, New York, 2008

    Publications

    Axis Magazine »Advanced Design Research« Volume #142 (Beetle Wrestler), 2009/11
    Birkhaeuser, Smart Surfaces (Sensual Interfaces), 2009
    Gestalten, Play All Day (Animal Superpowers), 2009
    Axis Magazine »When a designer becomes a Researcher« Volume #139 (A New Relationship to Money), 2009
    Archistorm Magazine (Sensual Interfaces), 2009/01
    Good Magazine (Animal Superpowers), 2008/12
    Icon Magazine Volume #63 (A New Relationship to Money), 2008/09
    Design and the Elastic Mind Catalog (flicflex, Sensual Interfaces), 2008

    Awards

    I.D. Student Review Award (honorable mention), 2008

    Affiliations

    DIYbio, NYC, 2010 - now
    NYU, Research Fellow, NYC, 2008 - 2010

    Various Channels

    photography
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    dopplr
    friends

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