Carlina Rethwilm (*1999, Berlin) is a designer studying product design at 
Bauhaus Universität Weimar and Pratt Institute New York. Her work mainly takes place in the mediums of clay and porcelain, where she works at the intersection of ancient craft and digital fabrication, exploring the ways in which we come together to eat (and play with) food. Her projects are rooted in an experimental and process-based design approach, embracing mishaps and unforeseen surprises.

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2021 - present
B.A. product design Bauhaus- Universität Weimar and Pratt Institute New York

2023 - 2024
student assistant, 
Chair for Emerging Technologies, 
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

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2024 
The Melting Point, Winterwerkschau & Go4Spring, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

2023/24 
MOSCHVER Shelter for the Homeless,
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

2023 
Prehistoric Postdigital, Museum für 
Ur-und Frühgeschichte Thüringen, 
Weimar

2023 
Misfits, summaery23, 
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

2022 
Anschluss, summaery 2022, 
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

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crethw@gmail.com
carlina.rethwilm@uni-weimar.de

© Carlina Rethwilm 2025

polymer playscape is a sculptural toy designed for Gowanus Sponge Park (Brooklyn, NY), addressing the consumption of single use plastics and the inherent pollution of New York’s waterways. It questions how we as a society have come to regard plastics in our everyday lives. The three toys are divided single use plastic objects (plastic bag, milk carton, water bottle) that can be puzzled together along the tubes. The blue of the tubes and base represent New York’s waterways. 

2024, Pratt Institute New York
MDF, acrylic glass, PLA
100x100x80cm

Design for Parks/
Prof. Swati Piparsania