Manuel Kretzer (founding partner) is professor for Material and Technology at the Dessau Department of Design, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences. His research aims at the design of dynamic and adaptive objects with a specific focus on new (smart) material performance as well as applying cutting edge digital design and fabrication tools. In 2012 he initiated materiability, a free educational platform that attempts to connect architects, designers and artists and provides access to cutting edge new material developments and technologies.

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Hans Sachs (founding partner) is professor for CAAD, Computer Aided Architectural Design’ at the ‚Detmold School of Architecture and Interior Architecture’ at the University of Applied Sciences Ostwestfalen-Lippe since 2015. Besides his activities with the ‘responsive design studio’ he has worked for architects in Australia, Ghana and Germany. Since 2008 he has held various research and teaching positions at the former ‘ifib – Institut für industrielle Bauproduktion’ at the ‘KIT – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology’ and the ‘CIAD – Cologne Institute for Architectural Design’.

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Sebastian Bächer, master carpenter and programmer, lives in Cologne. He is CEO of Tischlerei Bächer GmbH, a company with specialist expertise in prototyping and the production of complex shapes using computer-controlled machines. His particular strength is the integration of CAD/CAM and digital production technologies. In recent years, Sebastian has worked with artists such as Tony Cragg, Roland Gätzschmann and Tino Seubert as well as with design agencies such as designatics, BelEpok and TheGreenEyl.

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