Allison Crank & Christophe Merkle
Spatial Design Podcast
Official Podcast of the BA Spatial Design from the Applied Sciences of Lucerne in Design and Art hosted by the lecturers Allison Crank and Christophe Merkle
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Allison Crank & Christophe Merkle
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Mar 31, 2026
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Episodes
#16 - On my desk with Mathilde: Design = No Limits 31.03.2026 6:18
Hi everyone, welcome to this third episode of on my desk. The last month we had the colorful Halftime show from Bad Bunny. One year after the release of his album DeBI TiRAR MaS FOToS, I am talking to you about the Monobloc chairs. The main element of his album cover. And how a single detail, can be more than that. A short episode that will (I hope) make you want to listen to this album again and...
#15 Oana Stănescu - Study Coordinator BA Spatial Design & transdisciplinary architect 02.03.2026 57:11
Conversation with the new HSLU DFK BA Spatial Design Study Coordinator and transciplinary architect Personal Website: https://oanas.net/ Follow her on Insta: @oooooana
#14 On my desk with Mathilde Geiller: INTRAMUROS 19.01.2026 10:57
Hi! I hope you enjoyed the first episode. Thank you to those who sent me some feedback. For this second episode, I present to you the magazine INTRAMUROS. (It is a bilingual magazine, French/English.) I have had the issues on my desk for a few years now, and I've discovered a lot of things about many domains in design, architecture, and even mixology. Through the visions of new designers and a...
#13 On my desk with Mathilde Geiller: What Is a Designer? 09.12.2025 12:58
Welcome to the first edition of On My Desk, the brand-new Spatial Design podcast. I’m Mathilde, your host for the show. My goal is to introduce you to new things (books, films, podcasts, etc.) that are always related to the themes of spatial design. In this first episode, I’m going to talk about a book that has been on my desk since the beginning of the year. What is a Designer: Objects, Places an...
#12 Kelly Vero - NYT Bestselling Author & Metaverse Rebel 16.01.2025 48:10
Kelly Vero is a creative badass and disruptor in the realms of video games, storytelling, the metaverse, and beyond. With over 30 years of experience in the gaming industry, she is at the forefront of blending creativity with cutting-edge technology. As a technical founder, chief metaverse officer, and New York Times best-selling author, Kelly has contributed to legendary titles such as Tomb Raide...
#11 Barbara Mutzbauer - Lecturer & Creative Director at Aroma Creative 11.11.2024 52:41
Dr. Barbara Mutzbauer is a lecturer in the BA Spatial Design of the HSLU DFK, interior architect (VSI.ASAI), scenographer and Creative Director at Aroma Creative. Her work spans commercial events, cultural exhibitions, and immersive installations, blending form and content to create holistic, sensory rich environments. A dedicated lecturer and mentor in Spatial Atmospheric Designs with experience...
#10 Camille Boldt - Designer & Associate at Noue Studio 15.03.2024 36:45
Camille is an Art Director Designer at @noue.studio and @noue.image Blender 💛 Teacher at @domestika www.camilleboldt.com
#9 Laetitia Bochud - Director Virtual Switzerland & President XR4ALL 09.02.2024 49:44
Laetitia Bochud is the president of XR4Europe, and the lead of the IMPULSE Programme the European XR Accelerator fostering the growth of creative and entrepreneurial projects. She currently participates in the Sounding Board for advising the Swiss Film Fund revision, to include and raise the integration of immersive and spatial productions, from concept to distribution. She thus advocates at the F...
#8 Simeon Schaffner- Concept Artist & Art Director at Chromatic Studio 22.11.2023 50:48
Simeon specializes in environment design, propdesign and illustration and provide the entertainment industry with concept design since 2016. His experience includes having worked on titles such as THE LAST OF US: Part II, UNCHARTED: The Lost Legacy, Call of Duty: mobile aswell as tv-series and indie-games alike. He recently worked with Axis animation studios on their cinematic trailers for Magic t...
#7 Sonja Geier - Dozentin & Forscherin CCTP HSLU T&A 16.06.2023 38:14
Sonja Geier hat an der TU Graz Architektur studiert und über 10 Jahre als Architektin in Neubau- und vorallem Sanierungsprojekten im Hochbau gearbeitet. Diese Zeit prägte ihre methodische Haltung zu Prozessen in der Architektur sowie die Bedeutung der Kollaboration zwischen den Disziplinen und auch zwischen den Planenden und Ausführenden. 2008 stieg sie in die internationale Forschung ein und setz...
#6 Mond Qu- Founder & Director at United Make 17.02.2023 35:13
Mond Qu is a multidisciplinary designer and the founder of United Make - a creative studio that specializes in human experiences, products and stories. Mond pushes the frontiers of design through the act of making; from deep materials research, visceral immersive experiences, interactive artworks or modular furniture, to large-scale speculations. Being an international keynote speaker from TedX, W...
#5 Valentin Spiess - iArt, Media Architecture, innovation & Scrum 17.01.2023 49:19
https://iart.ch Valentin Spiess, a qualified electrical engineer, has been working in the field of new media since 1993. At first he created media installations in cooperation with artists and was the technical manager for various festivals and theatrical productions. In 2001 he set up the company iart as an engineering office for the planning and realisation of media...
#4 Space Popular - Research driven architecture, design, and media studio 12.01.2023 50:10
Space Popular is a research driven architecture, design, and media studio that explores the future of spatial experience through virtual reality, film, exhibitions, speculative writing, as well as buildings and objects. Space Popular is directed by Lara Lesmes & Fredrik Hellberg. Website: http://www.spacepopular.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spacepopular/ References: https://...
#3 Klaus Marek - Studiengangsleiter BA Spatial Design 07.11.2022 1:07:04
Klaus Marek studierte Produktgestaltung an der Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd und Architektur an der Universität Stuttgart. Als Produktgestalter wirkte er im Ulmer Büro Produkt Entwicklung Roericht an verschiedenen Studien und Entwerfen-vor-Ort-Projekten mit und arbeitete im Trendbüro Hamburg bei Mathias Horx in der Trend- und Zukunftsforschung. Im eigenen Designbüro konzipierte er inn...
#2 Durk van der Meer 12.10.2022 37:09
Durk van der Meer (1978) Freelance digital artist living in Curacao, an island in the caribbean. He started out as an architectural visualizer and gradually shifted to becoming a virtual world builder, creating levels, characters and other assets for games, animations and installations. Clients include Cannes filmfestival , TIME magazine , Sky , EDC festival , Redbull...
#1 Allison Crank - UX Designer & Researcher 12.10.2022 36:30
AllisonCrank is a UX Designer & Researcher exploring the intersection of art, technology, and architecture. As a designer specializing in interactive storytelling with new media such as immersive games and experiences in VR, she's worked with clients including Pix. T, Worldcrunch, Noor, Google, AtlasV, Albyon, MIT, La Biennale Venice, and the UN. In the BA Spatial Design she's teaching Archite...
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