Benedikt Weishaupt
Product Designer
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Benedikt Weishaupt leads design at reteach, building design systems and figma-to-code workflows.
Previously, he established product design at Closed, building their design system with automated token pipelines.
Benedikt taught and lectured across European institutions on generative design methodologies and design research.
His work spans from early algorithmic projects to current design system implementations that connect design tools to code.
Selected Exhibitions & Lectures
- 2021HTW Berlin School of Design and Culture."Modern Talking." Lecture
- 2021Edition Weissensee, Weissensee University of the Arts(Lisa Wilkens). "24 Ways to Mine Social Capital." Print
- 2020Stroom Den Haag(Lua Vollaard). "False Colours: An Image Reading." Lecture
- 2020"Jitsi Bitsi Spider" Lecture Series(with Matthias Hübner). Kunsthochschule Weißensee
- 2019Symposium Fault Lines, Royal Academy of Art The Hague."False Colours: An Image Reading." Lecture
- 2019Video Vortex12: Streaming, Malta(Geert Lovink). "Moving Membranes: Aesthetic Functions of Image Operations at the EU's Borders." Lecture
- 2019Brussels Gallery Weekend, Off Program(Merle Dammhayn). "Landing Platform for the Flir Systems Black Hornet Nano UAV." Nail Sculpture
- 2019Forecast Forum Berlin(Paolo Cirio). "False Colours." Performance
- 2019London College for Communication, UAL."Moving Membranes" (with Susan Schuppli). Masterclass & Exhibition: "Pictures of an Exhibition"
- 2018Dialogfelder Chemnitz."Sanity is Something Better Outsourced." Solo exhibition and performance
- 2017Embassy of the Netherlands, Berlin."drie, three, drei – 100 Years de Stijl." Curation
- 2016Graphic Design Festival Scotland."No Exit" (Design Displacement Group). Multiscreen
- 2016Brno Biennial, Prague."No Exit" (Design Displacement Group). Multiscreen
- 2016Royal College of Art, London."Quantified Meditations" (Design Displacement Group). Lecture
- 2014De Balie, Amsterdam.Visual Strategy for/with We Are Here. Movie screening and panel discussion
- 2014Biennale internationale de design graphique, Chaumont, France."Power of Mesh" (with Marthe Prins, Gilles de Brock). Exhibition
Selected Teaching & Workshops
- 2021HTW Berlin School of Design and Culture."Images in Disguise." 2-day workshop
- 2020Kunsthochschule Weißensee."All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace." Seminar with Prof. Barbara Junge (in collaboration with Rijksmuseum Amsterdam)
- 2020BTK University of Europe Berlin."Digital Design III." Seminar
- 2019London College of Communication."Pictures of an Exhibition." Masterclass (with Marthe Prins, guest lecturer Susan Schuppli)
- 2019KABK Den Haag."Event Horizon." Exhibition and seminar (with Marthe Prins)
- 2019BTK University of Europe Berlin."Digital Design II." Seminar
- 2018Kunsthochschule Weißensee."Modern Talking." Foundation class (guest lecturer Anja Grooten, Sandberg Instituut)
- 2018Kunsthochschule Weißensee."Orte." Exhibition and seminar with Prof. Barbara Junge
- 2017Embassy of the Netherlands Berlin."3 x 3 — 100 Jahre De Stijl." 1-week workshop (with Erwin Block, Prof. Wim Westerveld, HKU Utrecht)
- 2017Kunsthochschule Weißensee."Don't do it yourself → Department Catalog." Seminar (with Matthias Hübner, Prof. Barbara Junge, Prof. Wim Westerveld)
- 2016Graphic Design Festival Glasgow."Digital Campfire III." Workshop with Design Displacement Group
- 2016Kunsthochschule Weißensee."Archive for Youth Culture." Foundation class
- 2015Jan van Eyck Academy Maastricht."Digital Campfire II." Workshop with Design Displacement Group (with Marthe Prins, Gilles de Brock)
- 2014École supérieure d'art Cambrai."Digital Campfire I." Workshop with Design Displacement Group (with Marthe Prins, Gilles de Brock)
Selected Clients
reteach, Closed GmbH, Museum Utopie und Alltag, Mister Spex, SunExpress, wirDesign, KABK (Royal Academy of Art, The Hague), Sandberg Institute Amsterdam, Schwules Museum Berlin, Metahaven, Renzo Martens, Oettinger Publishing House, Here to Support, We Are Here, Elke Uitentuis