About
Johannes Elias Lohbihler is a seasoned product designer / creative technologist. Amongst other ventures, he founded dadamachines – a studio for multisensory experiences & open-source music technology. Recently he did a stint at Supernova and helped KORG – setting up shop in Berlin. His expertise is ranging from crafts to creating digital and analog experiences, products, or services for large & small clients.
Experience
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2014 - Present
Founder
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2023
Hardware Developer
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2020 - 2022
Hardware Developer
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2008 - 2011
Co-Founder and Lead product designer
Education
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2013 - 2014
Master of Arts – Interaction Design
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2012 - 2013
Bachelor of Arts – Product Design
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2008 - 2012
Bachelor of Arts – Product Design
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2004 - 2005
Gestalter im Handwerk (HWK)
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2000 - 2003
Apprenticeship Carpentry
Awards
- IF Design Award - Interior Architecture, 2018
- Red Dot: Best of the Best - Communication Design, 2017
- Meisterpreis der Bayerischen Staatsregierung, 2005
Selected exhibitions, talks and workshops
- CCA - California College of the Arts, San Francisco 2019
- Thoughtworks Berlin (dadamachines & playtronica)
- Synthposium Festival, Yerevan 2019
- Lenovo IFA, Berlin 2019
- superbooth, Berlin 2017-2019
- Music meets Tech @ Native Instruments, Berlin 2019
- THE CREATIVE CODE @ Factory Berlin x Sónar+D, Berlin 2019
- MTF Labs @ ZKM, Karlsruhe 2018
- MOST WANTED: MUSIC 2018, Berlin 2018
- Synthposium Festival, Moscow 2018
- MASTERCLASS: SAE INSTITUTE & KICKSTARTER, Berlin 2018
- Sónar Festival – MarketLab @ Sónar+D, Hong Kong 2018
- Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture, Shenzhen 2017
- Lange nach der Museen, Berlin 2017
- Sónar Festival – MarketLab @ Sónar+D, Barcelona 2017
- Festival für selbstgebaute Musik, Berlin 2017
- Sprechenüber @ KHB Weissensee, Berlin 2017
- Tomorrow Festival, Shenzhen 2017
- Goethe Institute China, Beijing 2017
- Hackoustic Showcase, London 2017
- Creative Mornings, Berlin 2016
- MAKE Munich, Munich 2016
- Maker Faire, Berlin 2015 & 2016
- Kikk Festival, Namur 2015
- Music Tech Fest, Ljubljana 2015
- seeing as hearing @ Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler, Berlin 2015
- Music Hackspace, London 2015
- SALONE DEL MOBILE / EUROLUCE, Milano 2011
- Light and Building, Frankfurt 2010