During NYCxDESIGN, a panel event moderated by Metropolis Magazine’s Avinash Rajagopal will take place, in which experts of science, design, and manufacturing will share breakthroughs built on decades of research, offering holistic design thinking that seeks to bring nature’s calming effects to our built environments. Based on their transdisciplinary approach, Anastasija and Martin Lesjak with their 13&9 Design team worked closely with Dr. Richard Taylor, professor of physics, psychology and art at the University of Oregon and founder of Fractals Research, to create the next generation of flooring solutions for Mohawk Group. Join us on Sunday, May 19th from 3pm – 6pm at Mohawk Group NYC Showroom 125 W 25th St. / 6th Floor.

The Museum Architecture Symposium on May 14 at Kharkiv School of Architecture will discuss the current situation and prospects of the museum industry and elaborate on the new role of museums in Ukraine, as well as the cooperation between museum curators and architects in transforming traditional museums into a platform for dialogue within local communities. Martin Lesjak´s lecture will cover the design process of History Museum Graz, presenting alongside Gil Cloos from Querkraft Architekten, Oleg Drozdov from Drozdov&Partners, Yuliia Lytvynets from National Art Museum of Ukraine, and Tetiana Pylypchuk from Kharkiv Literature Museum.

Viennese Architecture Festival Architekturfestival TURN ON anually elaborates on the various design strategies of Austrian architects. The festival´s lectures operate at the interface between architecture and economy, carrying on the dialog. INNOCAD´s keynote, in cooperation with Lindner Group, will cover the design process of C&P Corporate Headquarters, currently announced as finalist for ArchDaily´s “Building of the Year 2019.”

To start the new year, we are happy to announce that Martin Lesjak will be a keynote speaker for Design Dialog’s “The Future of Furniture Fabrics” at Heimtextil in Frankfurt on January 8th. His presentation will cover INNOCAD and 13&9 Design’s holistic approach and transdisciplinary lab, which merges and implements a variety of creative fields. A conversation will follow, exchanging ideas with industry manufacturers, suppliers, and designers. Please join the event at 10:30 in Hall 4.2, Lecture Area!

Anastasia Su and Martin Lesjak were impact speakers at LIGHTFAIR® International, the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference sponsored by the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) and the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD)! They discussed their transdisciplinary approach, vision and international response to their work at McCormick Place in Chicago, USA.

Co- Founders and Art Directors of the transdisciplinary design lab, which includes INNOCAD Architecture and 13&9 Design, have been presented alongside this year’s LIGHTFAIR® International keynote speakers, Danielle Feinberg, lighting artist for many of Pixar’s Animation Studios films and Hugh Herr, head of the Biomechatronics group at the MIT Media Lab.

Join us at the AIA Arizona State Conference 2017 for a conversation with “Design Matters” featuring Anastasia Su and Martin Lesjak. Debbie Millman, one of New York’s finest design podcasters, will interview the duo on their creative process. The talk, on October 6, 2017, is at Events On Jackson

Martin Lesjak, CEO and co-founder of INNOCAD Architecture and the product design studio 13&9, will join this year’s SCAD School of Building Arts Lecture Series. The event brings together leading practitioners and industry catalysts to illuminate the exponential effect of their collaborative work. His lecture “BLURRING THE BOUNDARIES: A transdisciplinary approach to architecture and design” will be held on May 9, 2017, at the SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia.

In November 2015 the second TEDx conference takes place in Graz. 2015 is the International Year of Light and TEDxGraz uses it as inspiration for year’s conference topic “Enlightment”. In the spirit of spreading worthy ideas, experts from various fields will talk about their thoughts and visions.

The CEO and Co-founder of 13&9 and “Designer of the Year 2015″, Martin Lesjak enriches the speaker line-up of this year’s TEDxGraz with his talk titled “The search for the soul of design.” He will offer a thought-provoking discourse on how architecture and design can influence ourselves and our environment.