--- title: "now & soon" date: 2025-08-13T18:23:00+02:00 author: admin canonical_url: "https://tuqtuli.com/now-soon" section: Einträge --- # now & soon ## teaching In the summer semester of 2026, Juli was standing in for Prof. Daniel Utz with a seminar on the topic of ​‘visual thinking’ in the master’s programme strategic design at the [Hochschule für Gestaltung (University of Design)](https://www.hfg-gmuend.de/en/) in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. The subject of this seminar was pictographic communication, or, to be more precise: [the milulayu project](https://tuqtuli.com/the-milulayu-project). Specifically, it involved translating instructions for various medicines into tuqtuli. To this end, the students could draw on the expertise of [the ibuproject](https://tuqtuli.com/the-ibuproject) member and pharmacologist [Muna Khalil](https://www.linkedin.com/in/munakhalil/) and engage in discussions with students of linguistics professor [Bettina Bock](https://idsl2.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/institut/personen/lehrendenseiten/prof-dr-bettina-m-bock) at the University of Cologne, Germany. Now, the resulting works will be exhibited in various locations. At the same time, this seminar formed part of the contribution to Frankfurt’s programme as World Design Capital, WDC. In July, the students’ tuqtuli translations were featured in the WDC Campus exhibition »dreams, ide­as & pro­to­ty­pes« at the [Museum Angewandte Kunst (Museum of Applied Arts)](https://www.museumangewandtekunst.de/). In the winter semester, Juli will continue working on the milulayu project with students in the International Master in Integrated Design (MAID) in Dessau, Germany. As a project, this is a perfect fit for the local [University of Applied Sciences](https://www.hs-anhalt.de/en/start-page.html), which carries on the Bauhaus’s genius loci by combining design, technology and social practice within an interdisciplinary curriculum. ## cooperation Meanwhile, phase 2 of [the ibuproject](https://tuqtuli.com/the-ibuproject) has been completed. During this phase of the first international tuqtuli collaboration, we merged 11 preliminary concepts into 4 optimized versions. We will now test these in phase 3. Our aim is to develop pictorial instructions for a simple painkiller, ibuprofen. If you’re interested, you’re welcome to get involved. Ibuprojekt team member [Alicia Link](https://alicialink.de/) and Juli have now produced a documentation which Alicia has designed very attractively. It currently covers Phases 0 and 1. You can order it [here](https://tuqtuli.com/the-ibuproject-documentation). Recently, [Adam Yeo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-yeo/), assistant professor of graphic design, and lecturer-researcher at the [University of Bondoukou](https://www.ubkou.edu.ci), Côte d’Ivoire, had his students translate the medical instructions for ibuprofen into tuqtuli – and so did [Loïc Marleix](https://design-brouhaha.com/) with his students at [Strate Lyon](https://www.strate.design/en), France! During one of the German speaking »Leichte Bilder« (plain images) working group’s bi-monthly meetings in early October, we had the opportunity – quite apart from our upcoming tests – to have two people with learning disabilities test one of the sentences in one of four translation variants. This was exciting in several respects. »Leichte Bilder« co-organiser [Insa Krey](https://klakadu.de/) helped them to put into words what they saw and understood. Although both only grasped parts of the intended message, they generally liked the idea. This was also the case for others present who work in the fields of plain language, visual communication and or accessibility. One of the two testers suggested that tuqtuli communication could also be used in other contexts. Yes, of course! [Hanna Köhler](https://tuqtuli.com/de/hannakoehler.de), co-organiser of »Leichte Bilder«, wrapped up the intensely focused hour and a half by saying that today had shown that whilst there are great difficulties, there is also great courages and great visions. ## talks and workshops In September, the [Vienna Design Week](https://www.viennadesignweek.at/en/programme/the-stages-of-design-grief/) celebrated its 20th anniversary. As part of the celebrations it was staging an anniversary symposium to examine the current state of discourse and the socio-cultural position of the design sector. It explored the current state of the design world through the lens of the »Five Stages of Grief«: »Denial«, »Anger« & »Bargaining«, »Depression« & »Nostalgia« and »Acceptance«. Juli hosted the »Acceptance« session. [Here](https://www.juligudehus.net/img/entries/tuqtuli/TUQTULI-Wien-Vienna-Design-Week.mp4) are some visual impressions. Also as part of Vienna Design Week, Juli ran a one-day tuqtuli workshop for students of the [New Design University](https://www.ndu.ac.at/en) in St. Pölten. [Here](https://www.juligudehus.net/img/entries/tuqtuli/TUQTULI-Wien-St.Polten-Vienna-Design-Week-2026.mp4) are some visual impressions. Also in September, ibuteam and milulayu project member Tobias Gantner interviewed Juli in the [Bundesverband der Pharmazeutischen Industrie](https://www.bpi.de/startseite) (BPI) (German Pharmaceutical Industry Association)‘s podcast around health care, »Mehr Einsatz wagen«. They speak about chances and adventures of using signs in health communication, and you can watch their (english) conversation [here](https://youtu.be/I8vEMEVH_ug?si=d6tcDHH2QJx9zGSM). From 11 to 15 October the [HIT Holon Institute of Technology](https://www.hit.ac.il/en/academic/design/visual-communication/), Israel, will offer their annual International Design Week, this time under the theme »Ignorance is (Not) Bliss« – and with a tuqtuli workshop, given by Juli together with Zachi Dinar, a professor from their visual communication department. On 5 November, Juli will be speaking at the »Design Talk« on the topic of »accessible design« at the [Design Zentrum Hamburg](https://design-zentrum-hamburg.de/en/events/kalender/design-talk-barrieren-abbauen-mit-design/), Germany, and will also be running a mini TUQTULI workshop as part of the event. From there, she will travel on to Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, where she will be running a week-long TUQTULI workshop at the [Hochschule für Gestaltung (University of Design)](https://signup.hfg-gmuend.de/laborwoche-25/workshops/tuqtuli). For next year, the [Liepāja Central Scientific library](http://www.liepajasczb.lv) in Liepāja, Latvia, has invited tuqtuli with a workshop from 5 to 9 May. As 9 May is [Europe Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe_Day), the workshop’s theme will be Europe’s motto »[united in diversity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motto_of_the_European_Union)«. This fits the city wonderfully, as a third of its residents – much like in the rest of Latvia – speak Russian or are of Russian origin. Additionally, there are widespread differences in wealth and age. As Juli speaks neither Russian nor Latvian, we plan to bring in other team members who can interpret and are more familiar with the issues affecting local people.