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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Bags packed, goodbyes said and everyone is starting their journeys home. Thank you again to all our participants, the National Holocaust Museum, special guests online, and the Alfred Landecker Foundation for making the week possible. Shana Tova, and safe travels to everyone.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Later, the prototypes started taking shape at the National Holocaust Museum. Nothing is ready yet, and that’s exactly the point. Prototyping gives us something visible that we can question, test and improve.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Today was all about translating ideas into actual things. We started by reviewing yesterday’s solution sketches. There were plenty of strong possibilities, so the challenge was deciding which elements could come together to form clear, shared concepts.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The tables are filling up with notes drawings, and sticky notes, and the ideas are beginning to move from “What if?” to “This might actually work…”

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

After mapping possible user journeys, we moved on to the design principles and pedagogical values that should guide our ideas. Then came the sketching: quick exercises, lots of possibilities and no pressure to make anything look ready yet.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Day 2: Today we’ve been thinking about audiences, values and what it really means to work “interspatially”. We began by exploring some of the National Holocaust Museum’s "ecosystems" and discussing the opportunities and challenges of connecting histories across different places.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

After sharing ideas, defining questions and exploring the National Holocaust Museum, we asked our participants to sum up the first day of the design sprint. Here’s what some of them said.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This afternoon, we left the workshop room to explore the National Holocaust Museum and its grounds. We finished with an introduction to the museum's collections with Jasmine Margalit and some reflection time in the memorial gardens. A very full first day—and we’re only just getting started.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

First day of our design sprint at the National Holocaust Museum. Professor Maiken Umbach and Professor Victoria Grace Richardson-Walden started the day by introducing the museum and the design sprint. Then we heard position statements from each participant.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

And we’re off again! Today, our participants are arriving in Nottingham ahead of our next design sprint with the National Holocaust Museum. Tonight, we’re starting with dinner, introductions and the first conversations of the week. Tomorrow, the real work begins at the National Holocaust Museum.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Now it’s time for us to leave Babelsberg. A huge thank you to Prof. Dr. Björn Stockleben and his team for the support, and to everyone who made this week possible.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Five days, many hand-drawings and hands-on buildings, several prototypes—and a lot of ideas to take home. This morning, the teams presented what they created during an intense week of storytelling, experimenting, testing and rethinking.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

After plenty of thoughtful feedback, it was back to editing, refining and preparing for tomorrow’s final presentations. One more day to go!

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Today, the teams presented their ideas to Karen Jungblut and the other teams for the first time. Some things worked exactly as planned. Others gave us something new to work on.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

There were sticky notes and hand drawings everywhere, lots of problem-solving and numerous ideas exchanged. Still a work in progress, but beyond an idea.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Things are getting real… or at least prototype-real. Today, after Prof. Dr. Björn Stockleben introducing XR prototyping techniques and sharing his previous prototypes, the teams moved from concepts and storyboards to building their first prototypes.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

What do you bring to a design sprint? Our participants come from very different disciplines, so we asked some of them to name three things they bring to the room. Different skills, different perspectives—and plenty to learn from one another. This is what interdisciplinary collaboration looks like.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We ended the day with headsets on at CX Studio for an open VR viewing session. Plenty of inspiration—and plenty more questions!

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Today, we went volumetric. From Stephan Bernardes’ introduction to volumetric filmmaking, to hands-on support from Franziska Maria Weser, Moritz Huson and Andreea-Cristina Mircea, the teams explored how to turn their ideas into experiences that can be entered, viewed and tested.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

How would our participants describe day one in just one word? Here’s what some of them had to say as we kicked off our design sprint in Babelsberg—full of new conversations, perspectives and first ideas.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

By the afternoon, interdisciplinary teams were already forming, sticky notes were layered up and the first ideas were becoming stories and concepts. It’s only Monday, but there is already plenty to think about. We can’t wait to see where these ideas go.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

And we’re off! Day one began with introductions, new conversations and a first look at the Volumetric Testimony of Holocaust Survivors.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

At our last design sprint at Novi Sad, we asked participants what they would take back into their own practice. As we prepare for our next design sprint in Babelsberg, we’re looking forward to more new perspectives, practical learning and ideas that continue long after the week ends.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Meet Dr Clare Weissenberg @drcweissenberg.bsky.social, the designer and editor of the Kitchener Camp Project and ‘Leave to Land’. We look forward to welcoming Clare, learning from her perspective and seeing how her ideas develop through collaboration with the rest of the group.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

We’re delighted to introduce Nevena Bajalica Stanišić, co-founder of NGO Terraforming. We’re excited to hear her perspective as the group explores new ways of connecting histories and memory across places, times and journeys. #designsprint26 #ldml_26 #designsprintNHM

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Say hello to Stephanie Billib, who will be taking part in our upcoming design sprint at the National Holocaust Museum in Newark. With a background in history and literature, Stephanie Billib is head of the communication and events department at the Bergen-Belsen Memorial.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Next in our participant introductions is Karen Suane de Castro Solar, a Brazilian interdisciplinary researcher with a background in Library Science. We look forward to seeing what Karen brings to the conversation. Welcome to the group! #designsprint26 #ldml_26 #designsprintNHM

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Joining us in Newark is Nora Hespers @fraunora.bsky.social, a freelance journalist and podcaster from Cologne, Germany. We look forward to learning from Nora and discovering how her expertise will help shape the ideas developed during the design sprint. #designsprint26 #ldml_26 #designsprintNHM

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Our participant introductions continue with Susana Grilo, a cultural producer, curator and editor working at the intersection of XR, storytelling and culture. We’re delighted to welcome Susana to the group at the National Holocaust Museum.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Next in our participant introductions is Michelle Leddon! Michelle is a narrative designer, storyteller, and interdisciplinary XR-practitioner working across history, civil society, digital ethics, STEM, and fiction.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Meet Swantje Bahnsen, a historian and media scholar, who will be joining us in Newark. Specialised in digital media and contemporary history, Swantje works in the field of museums and memorial sites in Germany, exploring the use of digital technology at historical sites.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Say hello to Douglas Kelly, who will be taking part in our upcoming design sprint with the National Holocaust Museum in Newark. Douglas works as director of Unusual Technologies - a team of creative technologists who develop and design experiences via software and hardware.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Joining us in Newark is Ditti Bürgin-Brook. Ditti teaches film and multimedia, and develops tv/film adaptations. His perspective will contribute to the wide range of professional and disciplinary knowledge represented at our design sprint with the National Holocaust Museum.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We’re delighted to introduce Clara Mansfeld, one of the participants joining our design sprint with the National Holocaust Museum in Newark. We’re excited to hear their perspective as the group explores new ways of connecting histories and memory across places, times and journeys.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Meet Cathrin Steiner, who has over nine years of experience at the intersection of art, culture, and technology. At National Holocaust Museum, she will join researchers, educators, artists, designers and technologists to exchange knowledge, test new ideas and develop collaborative digital concepts.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Meet Tomasz Strug , an Acting Director and Chief Curator of the Galicia Jewish Museum in Kraków, Poland. We’re delighted to welcome Tomasz to the design sprint and look forward to the expertise he will bring to the week. #designsprint26 #ldml_26 #designsprintNHM

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Before introducing the participants joining our Newark design sprint, we would like to thank our partner, the National Holocaust Museum, for co-hosting this design sprint with us. We are grateful for their collaboration, expertise and warm welcome, and look forward to spending the week together.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

In case you missed it...It’s been a busy few months at the Lab. Catch up on what we’ve been working on from April to July in our latest blog: www.digitalmemorylab.com/behind-the-s...

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A design sprint is only possible through close collaboration. We would like to thank our colleagues at Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF. We look forward to an inspiring week of exchanging ideas, experimenting together and learning from one another in Babelsberg.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Read our latest blog for a look at what the team has been working on from April to July: www.digitalmemorylab.com/behind-the-s...

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

New technologies can open up powerful ways of engaging with Holocaust testimony—but they also raise important questions about ethics, context and representation. Joining these conversations at our upcoming Design Sprint is Marco Streefkerk, who has a background in sciences and humanities.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Our design sprint brings together people who might not usually find themselves working in the same room. Meet Cinzia Fossati, a multidisciplinary artist, who blends creativity and technical expertise to breathe life into characters and spaces.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

We’re excited to introduce another participant joining our upcoming design sprint at Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF: Margit Sachse Margit Sachse leads the development of the award-winning "JFootprints for Freedom" web app, fostering transnational Holocaust remembrance.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

What new forms can a testimony take when storytelling, technology and creative experimentation come together? Meet Mora Dreszman, a graphic designer working across visual communication, branding, and digital experiences, and she will join us at our next design sprint in Babelsberg.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Thinking about using AI in your museum? Don’t start with the tool. Start with the questions.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Our Director Victoria Richardson-Walden is at the Memory Studies Association annual conference in Buenos Aires this week. The week started before the conference with visits and meetings with staff at the Centro Ana Frank and Museo del Holocausto Buenos Aires.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

New technologies can be powerful—but they also raise important questions about ethics, context and representation. Joining these conversations at our upcoming design sprint is Dr Cecilia Maas, who works at the intersection of technology, the humanities, and memory culture.

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Our design sprint brings together people who might not usually find themselves working in the same room. Meet Bettina Loppe, an artistic photographer as well as a graphic and exhibition designer. Her guiding idea: visual storytelling—design as narrative. #DesignSprint26 #DesignSprintBabelsberg

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

We are please to welcome Dr Daniel Kolb, a postdoctoral researcher at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities to join our Design Sprint at Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF in Potsdam. #LDML_26 #DesignSprint26 #DesignSprintBabelsberg

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Landecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

In case you missed it...Dr Ben Pelling reflects on The Digital Conference 2026 at King’s College London, where he presented the Digital Memory Database and joined wider discussions on AI, digital research methods and ethical approaches to data. www.digitalmemorylab.com/highlights-f...

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