greenlab laboratory for sustainable design strategies at the weissensee art acedemy berlin connects higher education, practice-led research and business to support, inspire and create innovative approaches to sustainable and eco friendly products. Through research and collaboration we aim to critically analyze and give a material form to concepts that balance ecology, society and culture by employing informed design strategies. greenlab, laboratory for sustainable design strategies, at the weißensee art academy berlin was founded in 2010. greenlab is incubator, laboratory, breeding ground and knowledge base. The individual projects are created within a network of scientific research and the industries. New and promising approaches are developed in cooperation and can, at an early stage, be brought to concrete, reality-oriented implementation. www.greenlab-berlin.org Prof. Heike Selmer, Prof. Susanne Schwarz-Raacke, Prof. Steffen Schuhmann, Prof. Dr. Zane Berzina