Luna Maurer
Cross-disciplinary designer and artist Luna Maurer blends digital technologies with physicality to explore the characteristics of being human. She co-founded Moniker, known for participatory and web-based experiences, and co-authored the influential manifestos Conditional Design and, more recently, Designing Friction.
Winner Golden Calf (Dutch Oscar) for Best Digital Culture production 2024 with Emoticons Don’t Have Wrinkles.
Selected for the 2025-2026 Netherlands Film Festival Fellowship for research in new technologies and storytelling with 'Dance Out of Pattern – Practicing friction through dialogues with AI in a post-human age'
Recent
What makes us human performance-lecture at BOUNCE Festival Berlin
DEEP SOUP, a participatory sci-fi short film by Luna Maurer and Roel Wouters, IDFA Doclab competition
TalkDance Gathering participatory performance/gathering
Emoticons Don’t Have Wrinkles
PerformanceDesigning Friction
StatementFriction Circus
An international endeavour focussing on our digital future
Moniker 2012-2023
Interactive design studio researching the social effects of technologyMoniker Shop: Conditional Design Workbook
Archives
Conditional Design
Archive of workshops & workbookPoly-Luna 2001-2012
Archive of works by Luna Maurer
Interviews & Podcasts
Tim Rodenbröker Creative Coding: Luna Maurer on Designing Friction
Branch Magazine, A Just and Sustainable Internet for All: Embracing friction: A conversation with Luna Maurer and Roel Wouters
Public Spaces interview: Friction, boredom and imperfection: Luna Maurer advocates more humanity in technology
Mr Motley, De kunst is lang: Podcast with Luna Maurer and Roel Wouters
Design Alchemy podcast: Designing Friction with Luna Maurer and Roel Wouters
Archives at Risk, podcast with Moniker, Luna Maurer and Roel Wouters elaborate about the end of Moniker
Contact & Social
Studio:
Tweede Leeghwaterstraat 7M
1018 RA Amsterdam