
Sophie Falkeis is a multidisciplinary designer from Vienna, Austria, and Alumna from the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Her work investigates evolutionary mechanisms under anthropogenic influence by envisioning future scenarios of multi-species cohabitation.
Her work is part of the permanent collection at MAK Museum for Applied Arts Vienna and has been exhibited including the London Design Biennale, Vienna Design Biennale, Dutch Design Week, Floriade Expo 2022, Vienna Design Week and has been featured in the New York Times. She has previously worked at Iris van Herpen Couture in Amsterdam and was a research fellow at Terreform One in New York. She has been a speaker at international conferences such as PRIMER21 Global San Francisco and DDW Talks Eco Pioneers. She has been awarded a START-Stipendium by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts & Culture, and the Planet Love Prize by the Vienna Business Agency.
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TALKS & CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTIONS
CMS Webinar: Anticipatory Ecology Meets Speculative Design
Hobart | 2 May 2022
Hobart | 2 May 2022
DDWTalks: Eco Pioneers - Next Biodiversity
Eindhoven | 23 Oct 2021
Eindhoven | 23 Oct 2021
PRIMER21 Global Conference - Now What?
San Francisco | 8 July 2021
San Francisco | 8 July 2021
HASI Human Animal Relations Conference - Challenges and Opportunities in Changing Realities
Tel Aviv | 3 June 2021
Tel Aviv | 3 June 2021
Exhibitions
2021, Oct: Dutch Design Week: Bibliotheek Eindhoven, Eindhoven
2021, Sep - Oct: Vienna Design Week - Design in Gesellschaft, Vienna
2021, May - Oct: Vienna Design Biennale - CLIMATE CARE, MAK Vienna
2021, June - July: Angewandte Festival
2020, June: Angewandte Festival
2018, September: Austrian Pavilion at London Design Biennale 2018
2017, June: Vienna Design Biennale - Design for Agency, MAK Design Forum
2017, June: Vibrations, KADK, Copenhagen
2017, March: Possible Sustainable Future at Guldminen, Copenhagen
2016, June: The Essence, University of Applied Arts, Vienna
Experience
Iris van Herpen Couture, Amsterdam
2D/3D Design Internship | Apr - Aug 2019
2D/3D Design Internship | Apr - Aug 2019
Terreform One, New Lab, Brooklyn NY
Research Fellow | Sept 2018
Research Fellow | Sept 2018
falkeis²architects, Vienna
Internship | Sept - Oct 2017
Internship | Sept - Oct 2017
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (KADK), Copenhagen
Exchange, Industrial Design and Ceramic Form | 2017
Exchange, Industrial Design and Ceramic Form | 2017
University of Applied Arts, Vienna
Studio Industrial Design, Fiona Raby | 2015 - 2016
Studio Design Investigations, Anab Jain | 2016 - 2021
Studio Industrial Design, Fiona Raby | 2015 - 2016
Studio Design Investigations, Anab Jain | 2016 - 2021
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London
Introduction to Product Design | 2014
Introduction to Product Design | 2014
University of Vienna, Vienna
English and American Studies | 2014 - 2015
English and American Studies | 2014 - 2015
University of St Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland
Creative Writing Summer Programme | 2013
Creative Writing Summer Programme | 2013