Stephanie
Kneissl

Plane Memories

2024

A bench with a veneer of old plane trees and a video of 3D scans of the trees. The city of Vienna creates digital versions of trees for construction projects and conservation, which also become digital memories of a living natural monument. 

Mühlbach Mobile

Costumes & Sets

2017-24

Yearly christmas card costumes and other set design madness for Mark & Richard.

Re:Form 

2023

Exhibiton design for the format Re:Form for Vienna Design Week. 

Home Is Where the Heart Is is about the intimacy of collaborative processes, about giving each other space and about how much intuition and consideration is needed to create something good.

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An exhibition at 'Design in Gesellschaft' that is experienced through a speed-dating format. 7 installations around human relationships all to be used by two people. From acquaintances, friendships, work-relations to it's complicated.

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In the middle of the MAK Columned Main Hall, a selection of design icons, are served on a tray. Curated tours of the MAK’s exhibition rooms will connect different objects of the collection through unexpected stories and cross references.

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Google Images Glitch Puzzle

2022

Google Maps puzzles together its satellite images and now you can too. 
A single screenshot from Antarctica turned into a puzzle.

Ding Market

2021

An exhibition at Design in Gesellschaft where everything on display is up for sale. 

DIN2121

2021

Seven measuring devices from 2121.

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PILLOW TALK – Technology for Awkward Questions

2020

A series of devices to encourage conversations about sex education.

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Genuine People Personalities

2020

Or Why AI Needs Bias for Personality. An article for Cellophane Magazine about personal robots & AI.

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Alsergrund im Schaufenster

2019

A social design project about Viennese district museums. Can a museum be democratic? How can locals feel represented, become curators?

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Seperate Togetherness

2019

Separate Togetherness is an interactive experience, that creates moments of a tête-à-tête in a coffeehouse atmosphere via webcam and screen. How can we feel close when we are apart? How can virtual interactions feel as profound as physical ones?

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The Last Supper

2018

Cryptopoly

2018

Cryptopoly is a board game that explores the promises of blockchain, its uses and consequences.

Phytopolis

2018

A speculative fiction about a future city where bio-engineering has altered the role plants play in urban environments.

Stop The Algorithm

2017

Three machines that disrupt and manipulate the social media economy built on ratings, followers, likes and retweets.

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Food To Stay

2017

A fermentation jar that revives an ancient food preservation method and brings it back into modern lives.

Mental Seasoning

2017

A book about the perception of food that is shaped by the way it smells, sounds, feels and looks.

Sense Media

2016

A though experiment that asks what if social media was a physical experience. 

Hormeum Organica

2016

A speculative exploration into artificial organs that enable us to manipulate our bodies through hormones.