Prof. Andreas Ingerl is a designer, futures researcher, curator and professor of Audiovisual Media at HTW Berlin, University of Applied Sciences. His work focuses on artistic and experimental design processes in the fields of artificial intelligence, creative technologies and emerging technologies. Over the past years he has built studios, curricula and research structures across design, technology and society.

EXTENDED PROFILE

Andreas Ingerl’s practice combines audiovisual media, interaction and spatial formats with critical investigations of how emerging technologies reshape perception, public space and cultural imaginaries. In his studios he treats design as a form of applied future research: students develop tangible, often installation‑based scenarios that explore explainable, responsible and experienceable futures using prognostic and probabilistic methods rather than open speculation.

At HTW Berlin he has been responsible for establishing and leading project‑based studios and curricula in communication design and audiovisual media, with a strong emphasis on AI‑driven image, sound and interaction systems, immersive and sensor‑based environments, and prognostic design approaches. His courses regularly involve cross‑disciplinary collaboration with computer science, engineering and often culminate in exhibitions and festival presentations, including regular contributions to the Ars Electronica Campus Exhibitions.

Ingerl’s curatorial work includes the conception and realisation of exhibitions and thematic programmes that connect artistic research, design and technology in public settings. He has curated and co‑curated projects at design and media festivals, collaborating with institutions such as Ars Electronica, Futurium Berlin and Stiftung Reinbeckhallen to translate experimental studio work into accessible public formats.

His academic profile is complemented by talks, publications and committee work on design education, AI and creative technologies. He contributes to research clusters on emerging technologies, generative AI and human‑centred interaction design, including the Creative Technologies cluster, the AI workshop and the Curriculum Innovation Hub at HTW Berlin, and is involved in academic governance through roles in senate, board and faculty committees.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Since 2010 – Professor of Audiovisual Media in the Communication Design programme, School of Design and Culture, HTW Berlin – University of Applied Sciences, Berlin.

2009 – Research associate in the RESIDENS project on efficient energy use (smart metering) through user‑centred design at the Department of Electrical Power Supply, TU Ilmenau.

2006–2009 – Research associate in Media Conception / Media Psychology at the Institute of Media and Communication Science, TU Ilmenau; associated with the Institute for Micro- and Nanotechnologies and the Virtual Reality Competence Center.

2003 – Assistant at the Institute for Media Research and Media Development (IMM), Ulm, for the documentary film on the Ulm School of Design (HfG Ulm) by Martin Krampen and Günther Hörmann.

All teaching activities and studio formats are described in detail under Courses and studios.

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Since 2001 – visication: research and development of procedures and systems for real‑time visualisation of audio events; co‑inventor of a patented method and device for the visualisation of audio data (Patent No. DE10214431.1‑09, with Prof. Ralf Dringenberg).

2000–2001 – Art director and system architect for interactive communication systems based on internet technologies at streamdesign interactive communication GmbH.

1998–1999 – Co‑founder and art director at GestaltungsGruppe.

1998–1999 – Assistant in Interactive Media / media design at Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd (project‑based work during and shortly after graduation).

2004–2005 – Direction and studio design for the 21st and 22nd French Film Days (Französische Filmtage) in Tübingen.

Since the early 2000s – Independent designer and consultant in audiovisual media, interactive systems and communication design, with a focus on emerging technologies and media innovation alongside his academic positions.

Curatorial projects, exhibitions and institutional collaborations are presented under Curation and collaboration.

EDUCATION

2002–2005 | Studies in Media Studies / Media Practice at Eberhard Karls University Tübingen.

1994–1998 | Studies in Visual Communication (Digital Media) at Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd (HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd).