Heidi Jalkh

Heidi Jalkh is an experimental designer, design educator, researcher, and curator, born in Medellín, Colombia, and currently based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Trained in industrial design, she is a specialist in the Logic and Technique of Form and holds a master’s in interdisciplinary research through the Open Design program, a collaboration between Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) and Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA).

Heidi’s work focuses on material design, blending her interests in bio-inspired and biofabricated materials, interdisciplinary research, and craft-based processes.

Since 2018, she has led the research group Sistemas Materiales and teaches at various universities in Argentina. In 2022, she received the Humboldt Innovation Prize and is currently a Bauhaus Earth Fellow. Heidi is also an associate member of the Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity.