About

Jonas Althaus

Biography

Jonas Althaus is an artist and designer focusing on social interfaces and variants of human-technology interaction and communication. Topics like embedded values in technologies, automated living environments and distance in the age of connectivity crystallize in various objects and installations. These bridges between digital- and physical realms sensually enrich and inspire their users, as seen in his installation space Within Touching Distance (2018). In 2018 Jonas Althaus co-founded the design and research studio ‚Cream on Chrome‘ based in Rotterdam, together with interaction designer Martina Huynh. One of their ongoing projects, 4-D News, aims to make the temporal layers of news stories more accessible. They are developing experimental media-formats and digital tools in collaboration with computer scientists and journalistic institutions.

Jonas Althaus holds a Master of Arts in Social Design (Design Academy Eindhoven, NL) as well as a Bachelor of fine Arts (Bauhaus-University-Weimar, DE)

Work Experience

2018/11 – now

Co-founder of design studio Cream on Chrome

2019 – 2021

Guest teacher at Design Academy Eindhoven
MA department Social Design

2016

Freelancer for Chezweitz GmBH
Scenography, Berlin (DE)

2015

Intern at Holzer Kobler Archtekturen,
Exhibition department, Zürich (CH)

2015/1-6

Intern at Ps. Planungsstudio,
Interior Architecure & Scenographics, Biberach (DE)

Education

2021/2-4

Independent School for the City, (NL)
Masterclass on urban social ecology

2016 – 2018

Design Academy Eindhoven, (NL)
Master of Arts, Social Design

2009 – 2014

Bauhaus University Weimar, (DE)
Bachelor of Fine Arts

2012

Nagoya Zokei Univeristy, (JP)
Student exchange

2015/1-6

Intern at Ps. Planungsstudio,
Interior Architecure & Scenographics, Biberach (DE)

Selected Exhibitions & Performances

2021/06

Heimaten, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (DE)
Exhibiting: Updating Article

2020/11

MU Hybrid Art House, Eindhoven (NL)
Performing: Proxies on Trial

2020/10

Self Design Academy, MU Hybrid Art House, Eindhoven (NL)
Performing: ‚Objects of Contention‘ with Karaoke Discourse

2019/11

BIO26 Design Biennale, Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana (SLO)
Exhibiting: 4-D News

2019/10

What a time to be alive – Dutch Design Week (NL)
Exhibiting: 4-D News & Sensory Washi

2019/9-11

FORMAT 19 – Z33, Hasselt (BE),
Showing: 4-D News

2019/9

Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam,
Performing Proxies on Trial

2018/10

G18 Graduation Show – Dutch Design Week (NL)
Exhibiting: Within Touching Distance

2018/10

MU Hybrid Art House, Eindhoven
Performing: What if your news bubble pops?

2018/3

State Machines – Crypto Design Exhibition on Cyprus (GR)
Exhibiting:: Breathing the Dark Web

Awards and Grants

2020/10

Digital Heritage X Public Grant – Creative Industries Fund
with Studio Cream on Chrome for ongoing project „Newsslider

2019/10

Talent Development Grant – Creative Industries Fund
with studio Cream on Chrome

2018/11

FORMAT 19 laureate
as artist duo with Martina Huynh

2013/02

NoYes Student Award – Nagoya, (JP)
1st place and commercialization of sofa-design “River”

Residencies

2019/9 – 2020/6

Researcher in Residence at Fontys Hogeschool Journalistiek
with Cream on Chrome, Journalism & Innovation, Tilburg (NL)

2019/6-8

MONO JAPAN Artist in Residence
Research for 3 months in Hamada, Shimane (JP)

Selected Talks

2020/10

Social Design and the Silencing of Journalists
Webinar with Free Press Unlimited et al. during DDW2020

2019/11

Pecha Kucha Presentation on 4D News
Temporary Art Center, Eindhoven (NL)

2019/8

MONO JAPAN vernissage – Sensory Washi
Shibaura House Tokyo

2019/4

1st Communication, Media and Journalism Conference –
University of Sheffield (UK)

Publications

2020/2

Social Matter, Social Design, Jan Boelen & Micheal Kaethler (eds.)
Essay „A Machine Monologue – Do Humans Care What We Think?“

Biography

Since 2020 Jonas is part of designer collective ‚Karaoke Discours‘, doing performative presentations and events about the ethics of design like their recent online session "Objects of Contention". Jonas Althaus holds a master in Social Design (Design Academy Eindhoven, NL) as well as a bachelor in Product Design (Bauhaus-University-Weimar, DE)

Work Experience

2018/11 - now
Co-founder of design studio „Cream on Chrome“

2019 - 2021
Guest teacher at Design Academy Eindhoven
MA department Social Design

2016
Freelancer for Chezweitz GmBH
Scenography, Berlin (DE)

2015
Intern at Holzer Kobler Archtekturen,
Zürich (exhibition department), (CH)

2015/01-06
Intern at Ps. Planungsstudio,
Interior Architecure & Scenographics,
Biberach (DE)

Education

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