Benedikt Trojer
M.A Design, Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin, 2024
Contact: benedikt.trojer@kit.edu
Teaching Assistant and Researcher at the Chair of Sustainable Construction, KIT Karlsruhe (2026–present) / Freelance Designer in Product, Material and Graphic Design (2021–present) / Student Assistant at Max Planck Institute of Colloids and the cluster Matters of Activity (2024) / Biolab Tutor at Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin (2022–2024) / Assistant for Production and Material Development at Mycelium Futures (2023) / Assistant at Jonas Edvard Studio (2021–2022) / Assistant at Max Boiger Studio (2021) / Student Assistant at Design Friction Lab (2020)
Benedikt Trojer is a teaching assistant and researcher at the Chair of Sustainable Construction at KIT Karlsruhe. He studied Textile and Material Design at the Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin and Design at the Free University of Bozen–Bolzano. His Master’s thesis What the Flax investigated flax cultivation in the Alpine region and explored its potential as a regenerative resource for inflatable biocomposites. His work centers on underused regional materials, their ecological and cultural contexts, and their transformation into forward‑looking material strategies.
During his studies, he gained practical experience in research environments and design studios in Copenhagen, Berlin and Bozen – Bolzano, contributing to projects in sustainable materials, fabrication and experimental design.
Benedikt’s work has been shown in various exhibitions, including NEXT, NOW, THEN – Zwischen Gestern, Heute und Morgen, Dutch Design Week (2025); Room of Change, Vienna Design Week (2024); the Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden (2023); and the Bolzano Art Week (2021).
Together with Elena Boerman and Sandra Böhm, he is responsible for the Materials Library of the Department of Architecture and supports teaching activities related to ecological material strategies.
