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About me
Nina is a Slovenian designer and researcher based in the Netherlands. Her practice lies at an intersection of art, science, and technology which inspires her to craft not just objects but also Ideas through hands-on research with materials and methodologies. Her approach is based on experimenting and bringing together different perspectives and practices framing them into a new whole. She sees design as a tool to start dialogues and ask questions about our ways of living and perceiving the world around us and try to imagine how could it be otherwise. Lately, her research focuses on redesigning relationships between humans and nature and sustainability as a form of making and thinking by experimenting with materials and building symbiotic practices.
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Education
2020 - 2022 MA Industrial Design, Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague
2018 Art and Technology Minor, Minerva Art Academy, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen
2015 - 2019 BA Industrial Design, Academy of Fine Arts and Design (ALUO), University of Ljubljana
Awards/ Grants
2022 Stichting tot Steun Award
2020 Scholarship for Specialized Professions in Culture for Postgraduate Studies Recipient, Ministry of Culture (SI)
2020 EIT Food Innovation Prizes Slovenia (audience prize) and Ecotrophelia Slovenia (runner-up)
Experiences
2023 "Circular Design Challenge", Blue City, Rotterdam
2022 Project production worker, "Maarten’s Kadootjesland", Rotterdam
2019 - 2020 "BioApp" Platform, Volunteering, Bioplastic product development, National Institute of Chemistry Ljubljana
2020 "123 Zero" Start-up, Internship, Packaging and product development, Maribor (SI)
Exhibitions
2022 "Class of 22", Dutch Design Week 2022, Eindhoven
2022 KABK Graduation Show, The Hague
2021 "Shameless", The Wolfsonian- FIU, Miami
2019 "Beyond the Lab: DIY Science Revolution", Minor Intimate Technology exhibition, University Museum Groningen
2018 "Loft in Space Festival", Minor Art and Technology installation, EM2 Groningen
Talks/ Workshops
2022 Unlearning botanical Narratives, Workshop, Open Day KABK, The Hague
2021 Reflow #7: Redesigning the textile industry, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam
Selected Press/ Publications/ Writing
2022 Next Nature Magazine, Next Generation: Unlearning Botanical Narratives with Nina Škerjanc
2022 DDW program, Graduates of Master Industrial Design and INSIDE
2021 Fashion Changers Magazine, What you should know about bioplastics, Interview (GE)
2019 BA Thesis: Produkt na osnovi tehnologije materiala micelija, University of Ljubljana (SI)
2019 InnoRenew CoE news, The InnoRenew CoE is collaborating with Academy of Fine Arts and Design student (SI)