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Category Archives: Design History
Democratic Graphics – The political and graphic work of Gerd Arntz 1920–1940
von Flip Bool To point out and critically display social conditions. To engage society through design. Under this premise, Gerd Arntz developed the visual language of Isotype in the team around Otto and Marie Neurath and has since then … Continue reading
Posted in activism, aesthetics, awareness, Design History, designwissenschaft, Politik, Protest, visual communication
Tagged Bildpädagogik, design research journal, designabilities, designgeschichte, designhistory, Flip Bool, Gerd Arntz, Informationsdesign, Isotype, Marie Neurath, Marie Reidemeister, Otto Neurath, Pictogram, Politcs, visual communication, Wiener Kreis
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Vilém Flusser und das lebende Archiv
„Der Hebel ist eine einfache Maschine. Sein Design folgt dem menschlichen Arm, er ist ein künstlicher Arm.“ [1] Der Philosoph und Kulturtheoretiker Vilém Flusser (1920–1991) hat in seinem Werk viele derzeit aktuelle Themen vorweggenommen. Auch „die Offenheit seines Denkens und … Continue reading
Posted in Design History, philosophie
Tagged Anja Neidhardt, archiv, archive, Berlin, design, Gestaltung, Maren Hartmann, media, philsophy, Siegfried Zielinski, theory, Udk, Unding, Vilém Flusser, villem flusser
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On the Organization of Products in German Design
Our latest Editorial Board Member Prof. Dr. Marion Godau discusses the interconnections between Design and Organisation from a German Design History Perspective… For sociologist Elfie Miklautz, objects are important for understanding the world. She writes: “Communal reality is produced and judged with … Continue reading
Posted in Design History, design research
Tagged bauhaus, design, designgeschichte, designhistory, deutsches design, Dieter Rams, Frankfurter Küche, german design, herbert lindinger, hfg ulm, history, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, marianne brandt, Marion Godau, nick roericht, organisation, organization, penny sparke, Peter Behrens
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Design and Time
There has been sustained research and debate across a number of disciplines recently about different global perspectives on time, the rhythms of work and time and the increasing speed of life and communication between different communities. In what ways can … Continue reading
Posted in Conference, Design History
Tagged design, Design History, design history society, Elizabeth Guffey, Jeremy Till, Leslie Athom, time
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