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--- about:team:felix-beck [2025/07/06 10:00] – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation Felix Hardmood Beck
+++ about:team:felix-beck [2026/01/21 09:27] (current) – [Felix's Focus on Applied Research] Felix Hardmood Beck
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-In 2020, Felix Hardmood Beck got appointed as full Professor (life-long position) by the Münster University of Applied Sciences, and moved with his family from Abu Dhabi ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saadiyat_Island|Saadiyat Island]] = Arabic for //Island of Joy//) to Münster. During the Corona lock-down in 2020/21, he converted a shipping container into his workshop/field lab (»Case-study HVX«; HVX stands for the location in //Havixbeck// (51°57'42"N / 7°28'04"E)). At the FH Münster University of Applied Sciences, which is one of the largest universities of applied sciences in Germany ([[wp>FH_Münster|Article]]), he taught in the Design Foundations program until he got appointed as Media-Design Professor and moved from the Münster School of Design (MSD) to the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (ETI). At ETI and he founded the Creative Technologies Lab in which he, together with national and international project partners (The international Club of Cool People – ICP Club), examines the communication qualities of //Narrative Systems// and new technologies and develops novel media applications for objects and spaces.
+In 2020, Felix Hardmood Beck got appointed as full Professor (life-long position) by the Münster University of Applied Sciences, and moved with his family from Abu Dhabi ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saadiyat_Island|Saadiyat Island]] = Arabic for //Island of Joy//) to Münster. During the Corona lock-down in 2020/21, he converted a shipping container into his workshop/field lab (»Case-study HVX«; HVX stands for the location in //Havixbeck// (51°57'42"N / 7°28'04"E)). At the FH Münster University of Applied Sciences, which is one of the largest universities of applied sciences in Germany ([[wp>FH_Münster|Article]]), he taught as Professor in the Design Foundations program until he got appointed as Media-Design Professor and moved from the Münster School of Design (MSD) to the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (ETI). At ETI and he founded the //Creative Technologies Lab// in which he, together with national and international project partners (The international Club of Cool People – //ICP Club//), examines the communication qualities of //Narrative Systems// and new technologies and develops novel media applications for objects and spaces. In 2026, Beck was admitted as a member of the [[https://www.ausgezeichnete-hochschullehre.org|Academy for Excellent Teaching in Higher Education]].
 Felix played rugby (1997-2004) as a front-row forward and played guitar in various irrelevant punk and hardcore bands:
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   * "Improvisation als Stärke" [[https://www.fh-muenster.de/legacy/news/index.php?newsId=3628|Interview mit Prof. Felix]]
+  * Keynote Lecture: '//[[https://www.diggitmagazine.com/keynote-lecture-media-space-designing-interdisciplinary-environments-felix-beck
+|Media in Space: Designing Interdisciplinary Environments]]//' ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5KqvHZ1ElY|Youtube link]])
 ===== Felix's Focus on Teaching =====
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   * Artikel "[[https://www.fh-muenster.de/legacy/news/index.php?newsId=3720|Kulturelles Erbe bewahren]]" (18. November 2024)
+  * Podcast Folge: //[[https://www.fh-muenster.de/legacy/Kopfhoerer-podcast.php?episode=204|Apfelkuchen als Kulturgut]]// (In this episode of FH Münster’s podcast “Kopfhörer,” Prof. Felix Beck discusses the Heritage Lab project and argues that cultural heritage extends beyond officially recognized sites (e.g., UNESCO listings) to include everyday narratives and practices. The episode focuses on how such “ordinary” stories can be documented and connected across places and cultures, including in digital spaces.)
 Further expanding his research, Prof. Beck investigates **embodied media and artefacts**, creating tangible, technology-infused objects such as wearables and autonomous systems that enhance interaction and storytelling. His work in **spatial experience design** focuses on creating immersive environments that combine physical and digital elements to provide impactful interactions. In **media architecture**, he merges architectural form and digital content, designing responsive spaces and media-integrated structures. Through interdisciplinary collaborations across engineering, computer science, and the arts, he pushes the boundaries of prototyping and experimental design, testing novel applications of emerging media formats.