Absences, Mediality, and the Politics of Reconstruction. On Friedl Dicker-Brandeis

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Design is said to be in a state of crisis. Artificial intelligence, neoliberal economics, environmental destruction and unstable geopolitics have created toxic conditions in which to conduct design practice, leading some to predict the ‘end of design’. As historians of design, this might be a good moment to take stock and evaulate our methods and approaches. Do we have the tools necessary to critically examine and respond to these major shifts? Are we adequately able to address the imbalances of power that have propped up the profession of design and been ingrained in the writing of its histories? Are we being as responsible as we need to be in getting our history to reach its audiences? How can we activate history to make it matter? What would this new design history look like? Speakers: Leah Armstrong, University of Applied Arts Vienna Introduction – Design History and its Discontents Tania Messell, Tutor, HEAD, Geneva Design in Times of Crisis: From Catastrophic Thinking to Interscalar Responses (1970–1980s) Kasia Jezowska, Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales The other things. Design histories beyond capitalism Anna Talley, Tutor, Edinburgh College of Art Design in the Digital Technoscape: How Can Design Historians Address New Logic Models Affecting Design? Paula Arning, Research Assistant, University College Dublin Reclaiming Modernism: Women at the Intersection of Architecture, Textiles and Fashion Monica Titton, Senior Scientist, University of Applied Arts Vienna Untold Histories of Fashion, Crafts, Artisanship, and Style in the Archives of Italy’s Former Colonial Museum in Rome Stefanie Kitzberger, Senior Scientist, University of Applied Arts Vienna Absences, Mediality, and the Politics of Reconstruction. On Friedl Dicker-Brandeis

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Is this it? Alternative histories of design and the design professions

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