Interdisciplinary studio based in Berlin merging art and design. Our projects are driven by curiosity—toward science, technology, materials, craft, food, and the senses. We explore how design shapes our perception of the world, placing sensory experience at the center of our creative process. Through a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach, we develop new objects and concepts aimed at enhancing everyday well-being.

We believe design is both a powerful tool for solving real-world challenges and a medium for sparking dialogue—inviting reflection on the cultural, social, and ethical dimensions of contemporary life. Our studio works closely with private clients, architects, companies, and scientists to create unique design experiences, spatial concepts, products, and research-based projects.

This commitment to sensory exploration and critical design is further explored in Omer Polak’s TEDx talk, "Smell as a Design Tool", presented in Lausanne, Switzerland.

studio@omerpolak.com

LaZuz

Choreography of the Dining Table
Interactive Dining Installation at Schloss Hollenegg for Design.

LaZuz is a kinetic dining installation that reimagines the shared act of eating by introducing movement into the table itself. Using robotics to choreograph the flow of plates and objects across the surface, the installation questions how technology might reshape our most intimate social rituals and social interactions.

Rooted in the universal tradition of gathering around food, LaZuz transforms the static nature of the dining table into a dynamic experience—one that disrupts routine, provokes curiosity, and challenges the boundaries of etiquette and control. The project invites us to reflect on how emerging technologies can amplify or alter human behavior, especially in moments of connection, exchange, and ritual.

The installation centers on a long dining table composed of two layers: an upper visible layer where vintage British porcelain plates—depicting hunting scenes—seem to glide and dance, and a lower layer housing ten independent robots by Mobsya. These robots, equipped with distance and sound sensors, navigate autonomously and magnetically guide the dishes above, creating a unique and unpredictable performance each time.

Through this interplay of tradition and technology, LaZuz questions the rigidity of our dining behaviors and invites speculation: What new rituals might emerge when the table itself becomes active? Can we design new ways of connecting, sharing, and nourishing—both body and soul?

AD MENSAM EXHIBITION PARTICIPANTS

Katie Scott und J&L Lobmeyr, Katie Stout und Augarten, Os&Oos, Nel Verbeke Commonplace und Logicdata, Arabeschi di Latte, Ferréol Babin, Dean Brown, Crafting Plastics, Alexandra Fruhstorfer, Laurids Gallée, Alexandre Humbert, Kneissl + Prade, Carolien Niebling, Optimismus, Omer Polak, Sara Ricciardi, Studio Plastique, Studio Quetzal, James Shaw, David Tavcar

Credits:
Curator: Alice Stori
Programer: Bart Kuipers
Supported by Mobsya robots
Photographer : Simone Sandhal
Graphic

For more on the studio's research, see the TEDx Talk: "Smell as a Design Tool", Lausanne, Switzerland.