Design researcher Barbro Scholz deals with experiential qualities of textile and intangible (light) materials, and how their interplay invites for novel forms of performativity through the lense of more-than-human entanglements and in the scope of soft technology and XR.

Barbro joined the group in 2024 as a research assistant (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) in the ECDF Wearable Computing project, being reponsible for textile Wearable development and evaluation using HCI methodologies. She has previously worked as a teaching fellow in the fashion design department.

She has a background in industrial, interaction and textile design. She has co-found Stühmer|Scholz Design Office (2012) in Hamburg. She researches speculation in design ("Speculative Space") and materiality in virtual spaces ("Klima-ACT"), and is doctoral candidate in the PhDArts program (Leiden University & KABK in the Hague). Her work has been exhibited (a.o.) at the Pailliards Centre d’Arts 2016 (FR), Barrick Museum of Art Nevada, LV 2022 (US), Design Center Hamburg 2022 (DE).