 
          Laureen Anne Mahler
Doctoral Researcher
              
            Doctoral Researcher
                A806 Department of Art and Media
              My research focuses on the designer-maker and the cultivation of knowledge through the physical process of making, as well as the role of material entanglements in reimagining the design process. Fundamental to my work is the visuality of making: specifically, how the investigation of forces and materials in unseen space—facilitated by craft-based practices—can foster interdisciplinary research and provide novel perspectives on design thinking and methodologies. Accordingly, I work in the field, laboratory, and workshop, pursuing methods and techniques that embrace both the commonalities and differences inherent in diverse research contexts.
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              Designer-maker, Practice-led research, Research through design, Bio-based materials, Material-driven design, Making process, Interdisciplinary research, Sustainability, Design thinking
            
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Design Principles and Practices: Emerging Scholar Award
      For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes.
    
    
          
        Award or honor granted for a specific work
      
              
        Department of Art and Media
      
              
        Mar 2024
      
      
Julkaisut
            
        Laureen Mahler
      
              
        2025
      
              
            
        Laureen Mahler
      
              
        2025
      
              
            
        Laureen Mahler
      
              
        2025
      
              
        Proceedings of Nordes 2025: Relational Design, 6-8 August, Oslo, Norway
      
          
            
        Laureen Mahler
      
              
        2024
      
              
        DRS2024: Boston
      
          
            
        Laureen Mahler, Masood Masoodian, Jarkko Niiranen, Kirsi Peltonen
      
              
        2024
      
              
            
        Laureen Mahler
      
              
        2024
      
              
            
        Laureen Mahler
      
              
        2024
      
              
            
        Laureen Mahler
      
              
        2024
      
                  
        Research in Arts and Education
      
      
            
        Laureen Mahler
      
              
        2023
      
              
            
        Laureen Mahler
      
              
        2023
      
              
 
           
           
           
           
           
          