Heidi Jalkh

Bio.

Heidi Jalkh Experimental designer trained in industrial design. Born in Medellín, Colombia and currently based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

my work is focus on craft-based processes, the manufacture of bio-inspired materials and strategic design. I am is a specialist in Logic and Technique of Form and holds an interdisciplinary research master’s degree from OpenDesign, a joint program of the Humboldt-Berlin University and the University of Buenos Aires. Currently, I work as a teacher and researcher at UBA, FADU. There, I teach the subjects of Morphology and Industrial Design at the undergraduate level, Biodesign in the master’s program MAEDI and I also direct the research group Materials Systems. In 2020 I was selected to be part of the Global Community Bio Fellows Program, organized by the Community Biotechnology Initiative of the MIT Media Lab.

Parallel to the academic activities, I continue to run my professional practice as a designer and my projects have been exhibited in different international exhibitions, festivals and galleries, as well as in print and digital media.

_Diseño_ Experimental | Materiales | Estratégico.