Julia Lohmann

Julia Lohmann is a designer, researcher and educator, who investigates and critiques the ethical and material value systems underpinning our relationship with nature. She is a Professor of Contemporary Design Practices at Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland. Julia is passionate about eco-literacy and ocean protection. In 2013, she founded the Department of Seaweed, a transdisciplinary community of practice exploring the sustainable development of seaweed as a material for making. Julia Lohmann believes that any exploration of biomaterials needs to be based on amplifying their regenerative eco-systemic impact. In her practice and teaching she promotes an empathic, more than human-centric mindset and views design as a way of connecting knowing, caring and acting across disciplines and different levels of complexity. Julia is contributing to research consortia relating to design, biomaterials, science and ecology. She holds a PhD from the Royal College of Art and her work is part of major public and private collections worldwide.