Prof. Dr. Lasse Scherffig
Dr. phil.
Faculty of Cultural Sciences
Cologne International School of Design
Campus Südstadt
Ubierring 40
50678 Köln
Mailing address
+49 221-8275-5172
lasse.scherffig@th-koeln.de
Teaching disciplines
- Interaction Design Interaction Design at KISD
Projects / Cooperations
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KITeGG - Making AI tangible and comprehensible: Connecting technology and society through designKITeGG Website
A joint project of five universities on the integration of AI in design teaching.
Publications
- Popplow, Laura; Baldauf, Hannah; Scherffig, Lasse; Rottgardt, Nils; Reuter, Lisette (2025): Infrastructuring for Aesthetics of Access. In: AAR Adjunct '25 : Adjunct Proceedings of the Sixth Decennial Aarhus Conference: Computing X Crisis. The Sixth Decennial Aarhus Conference; Arhus, Denmark; 18.08.-22.08.2025., S. 1 - 5. (peer-reviewed/Open Access)https://doi.org/10.1145/3737609
https://doi.org/10.1145/3737609.3747113 - Drusinsky, Ben; Scherffig, Lasse; Dillon, Teresa; Höfler, Carolin (2025): In Every Dream Home an Internet : Future Interaction in Hackable Homes. In: Mensch und Computer 2025 - Workshopband. Mensch und Computer 2025; Chemnitz, Germany; 31.08.-03.09.2025. (Open Access)https://doi.org/10.18420/muc2025-mci-ws14-175
- Grund, Matthias; Scherffig, Lasse (2025): Infinite Boredom : Generative AI as Template Culture. In: Jenett, Florian; Flechtner, Rahel; Maris, Simon (Hrsg.): Un/learn AI : Navigating AI in Aesthetic Practices. Mainz: Hochschule Mainz, S. 101 - 105. (Open Access) https://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-11830
https://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-11811 - Hawranke, Thomas; Scherffig, Lasse (2025): I Think He’s Got a Helicopter in His Pocket : The AI Chewing Gum. In: Grund, Matthias; Wallenborn, Johanna Theresa; Scherffig, Lasse; Jenett, Florian (Hrsg.): Un/learn AI : Integrating AI in Aesthetic Practices. Mainz: Hochschule Mainz, S. 182 - 187. (Open Access) https://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-13024
https://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-13020 - Grund, Matthias; Wallenborn, Johanna Theresa; Scherffig, Lasse; Jenett, Florian (Hrsg.) (2025): Un/learn AI : Integrating AI in Aesthetic Practices. Mainz: Hochschule Mainz. (Open Access)https://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-13020
- Scherffig, Lasse; Hawranke, Thomas (2024): Hallucinating Canines : Google DeepDream's Taxonomic Heritage. In: Jenett, Florian; Bold, Julia-Jasmin; Dietrich, Maika (Hrsg.): un/learn ai : Approaching AI in Aesthetic Practices. Mainz: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, S. 174 - 178. (Open Access) https://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-10777
https://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-10586 - Maris, Simon; Scherffig, Lasse (2024): Designing on the Micro Scale. In: Kretzer, Manuel (Hrsg.): Synthetic Realities : New Frontiers in AI-driven Design, Fabrication and Materiality. Baunach: AADR - Art Architecture Design Research, S. 116 - 123. (peer-reviewed)
- Grund, Matthias; Scherffig, Lasse (2024): Approaching the Aesthetics and Materiality of Hidden Layers. In: rrrreflect. Journal of Integrated Design Research., S. 1 - 6. (Open Access)https://doi.org/10.57684/COS-1265
- Scherffig, Lasse; Hawranke, Thomas (2024): Hund : Gassi gehen im Latent Space. In: Bolinski, Ina; Hawranke, Thomas; Rieger, Stefan (Hrsg.): Virtuelle Tiere : Lebewesen zwischen Code und Kreatur. Bielefeld: Transcript (Virtuelle Lebenswelten), S. 101 - 126. (peer-reviewed/Open Access) https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839471944
- Scherffig, Lasse (2024): KI als Werkzeug und Medium. In: Flessa, Nicolas (Hrsg.): Warum KI unsere Museen intelligenter macht. Karlsruhe: ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe, S. 63 - 68. (Open Access)
Talks
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Un/Learn AI: Experimente, Strategien, Infrastruktur
Presentation as part of the lecture series Point 7, HFT Stuttgart
17.1.2025 -
AI – Opportunities and Barriers for Artists with Disabilities
Panel am kaethe:k Kunsthaus, Pulheim-Brauweiler
12.9.2024 -
Puppy Slugs, Vibes, and Visual AlignmentThe Art of AI: Narratives, Creativities, and Ethics
Talk at the workshop "The Art of AI: Narratives, Creativities, and Ethics" at Kunsthistorisches Institut Florenz, Max Planck Institute
19.4.2024 -
The Aesthetics of Generative AI and AI Literacy for Design
Online-presentation at the symposium "AI Drivers Future, International Design Innovation Forum", Shanghai, China
22.11.2023 -
Unlearning the Hype
Talk at the symposium “Artificial Intelligence in Design. Insights and Outlooks” at Hochschule Darmstadt
17.11.2023 -
The Planning Game – for an Archeology of Cybernetics in EconomyISEA 2023 Symposium
Panel discussion at ISEA 2023
20.05.2023 -
Rethinking Knowledge Sharing in Design
Online-Presentation at Loughborough Open Research Collective, Loughborough University
April 17, 2023 -
Learning to Fail at Design, AI, and TechnologyDEL in Between
Online presentaiton at DEL in Between of the Digitally Engaged Learning Conference
January 20, 2023 -
Walking the Dog in Latent SpaceMenagerie Virtueller Tiere
Presentation at the symposium "Menagerie virtueller Tiere"
Dec. 12, 2022 -
Machine-Centered Design: Engaging in Non-human EcologiesFestival website
Presentation at Festival Internacional de la Imagen, Manizales, Colombia
May 25, 2021
Conferences
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Hidden LayersHidden Layers Proceedings
International conference of the BMBF project KITeGG at KISD, TH Köln
12.-15.6.2024 -
Hidden LayersHidden Layers Website
International conference of the BMBF project KITeGG at KISD, TH Köln
July 18-22, 2022
Memberships
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Graduate School for Applied Research in North Rhine-WestphaliaPK NRW
Member of the Graduate School for Applied Research in North Rhine-Westphalia (PK NRW), Department of Media and Interaction
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Committee for Responsibility in ResearchCommitte Website
Member of the TH Köln Committee for Responsibility in Research