K8 Institut für strategische Ästhetik gGmbH

K8 explores the role of co-creation methodologies in processes of change, from organizational development to systemic design. Building on the experimental cultures of art and design, K8 remains close to the peer-to-peer dynamics of existing and emerging digital and data cultures. Our work brings civil society organizations and social movement actors together with other public and private actors interested in collaborative and regenerative ways of creating, living, and working.

Founded in 2015, K8 builds on the methodological work conduced at the xm:lab – Experimental Media Lab of the Academy of Fine Arts Saar, founded in 2012 as institute for experimental education and arts-and-technology research. K8 was developed by people interested in organizing training, transfer, and think tank activities to share and expand these methods with a wider community. Since then, K8 has attracted interest, funding, and support from a wide variety of sources to conduct an average of 25 individual projects per year with private and public organizations and continue to evolve our innovation and transformation frameworks through such exchange.