ABOUT
Mia Tešić (born 2001) is a speculative designer and interdisciplinary artist based in Vienna. Her practice explores contemporary topics through material experimentation, hands-on processes, and tangible experiences. Central to her work is the creation of dialogue, inviting new perspectives through objects and narratives that engage both mind and body.

Mia’s approach blends craft, performance, and storytelling, often incorporating participatory elements that encourage shared experiences and active observation. Whether through collaborative making or immersive installations, her work speculates on future possibilities while remaining grounded in the physicality of materials and the act of creation.

mia.tesic01@gmail.com
@miatesic (instagram)



Education
2025 -  exchange 
Design Academy Eindhoven - Studio Do-Make (Nacho Carbonell)

2023 - guest semester 
University of Applied Arts Vienna - Industrial Design 1 (Prof. Stefan Diez)

2020 -  ongoing university
University of Applied Arts Vienna - Design Investigations (Prof. Anab Jain)

2015 – 2020 high school
HTBLVA - Spengergasse - Interior- & Surfacedesign

Internships

Stephanie Winter - Salon Hybrid
performance and experimental art studio
Vienna, AT
2022 may/june

Dear Human
design studio
Montreal, CA
2019 august

Amity Design Studio
jewelry design
Vancouver, CA
2017 july/august  

FABRIKA
advertising agency
Sarajevo, BIH
2016 august 

Exhibitions

2021  Angewandte Festival         
2022 Viktoria Wien                       
2022 Angewandte Festival          
2023 Angewandte Festival           
2024 Angewandte Festival            
2024 Vienna Design Week 
2024 Schwindel LLC - Coorporate Unwellness 
2025 Schwindel LLC - Lucky Loop
2025 Net Rijet
PROJECTS 

 01 EUPNEA

In today’s fast-paced world, EUPNEA - an interactive sound installation, was created to enable introspection through sound. This object uses amplified breath and 12 copper tubes to transform breathing into acoustic art. Participants explore emotional awareness by touching tubes, each revealing a unique soundscape of their own breath, reconnecting them with their inner selves.



interactive - sound - installation - body - mind 2020/21  

In collaboration with
Denise Schindele
Anna Sudy



02 RENUNCIATION REBELLION

Renunciation Rebellion is a performance exploring a fictional anti consumerist religion. Critiquing modern society’s devotion to consumption, the piece stages a ritual of renunciation and personal transformation. Through symbolic acts like confession, cleansing, and ascetic rebirth, it questions identity, desire, and what we truly need in a sustainable future.



performance - social critique - storytelling2021/22

In collaboration with 
Julia Hahnl
Leo Mühlfeld
Stefan Schönauer





03 PUPA

PUPA is a cocoon-like hanging installation exploring physical and emotional vulnerability. Made from 1,000 meters of discarded electrical cable, it reacts to the body’s weight and movement, creating sensations of floating and entrapment. The net leaves time etched marks on the skin, revealing tension between exposure and shelter.



installation - craft - salvaging - body - mind 2022/23





04 LAMP 

The Moiré Lamp is an interactive light installation designed to captivate through movement and projection. Inspired by children’s mobiles, it features laser cut plates suspended on nylon threads between two steel elements. When lit, subtle air movements animate moiré patterns on the ceiling, inviting both play and quiet observation. 



product design - lighting  2023





05 RECLAIMING THE ART OF HANDWRITING

Reclaiming the Art of Handwriting explores handwriting as a creative, human centered act in an increasingly digital world. Through 8 writing exercises, participants engaged mind and body, revealing unique thoughts, emotions and styles, inviting reflection on whether this deeply personal skill should truly be left behind.



installation - participation - analogue 2023/2024





06 EAT YOUR CONSEQUENCES 

Eat Your Consequences is a nine course culinary experience set in Kritzendorf along the Danube that immersed participants in a speculative future shaped by environmental change. Through food, storytelling, and place, it explores the impact of power plants, river regulation, and climate shifts, fostering empathy and awareness of human interference in nature.



immersive experience - futures - climate change - food   2024

In collaboration with 
Nina Gstaltner
HuiMing Li





07 A DESIGNERS TOOLBOX FOR REVOLUTION

A Designer’s Toolbox for Revolution is an interactive exhibition challenging traditional design methods. Created by a student collective at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, in a course led by Harald Gründl and Gabriel Roland, it redefines design as open-ended and critical. Built entirely from reused cardboard, the playful space invited hands-on exploration during VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2024. 



critical design - participation - workshop  2024

In collaboration with
Tim Ficht
Laura Frühmesser 
Lilian Marie Fuhrer
Tobi Kauer
Johannes Maximilian Mayer
Lena Reutenauer
Stefan Schönauer
Elisabeth Utz
Nadine Weber





08 SONA

For an open call by the International Office of the University of Applied Arts Vienna called Dim the Noizzzze, the sound absorbing installation Sona was created. Inspired by the location of Angewandtes partner universities, the work transforms the map of europe and the world into tactile reliefs that visualize global and European connections through raised topographies, improving both sound and atmosphere.



product design - sound absobtion
2025

In collaboration with 
Anna Sudy






09 WELLNESS VESSELS

Wellness vessels explores the aesthetics and contradictions of wellness culture. Seventy seven handblown glass vessels are filled with potion like drinks, each promising exaggerated health benefits. Blending craft, satire, and ritual, the work questions our obsession with purity, self optimization, and the commodification of healing.



performance - participation - glass work  2025