VIENNA DESIGN WEEK Talks

An Afternoon on the Subject “Arts or Crafts?”

The VIENNA DESIGN WEEK Talks will take place in a lecture and discussion format developed by the Neigungsgruppe Design. This year’s topic “Arts or Crafts?” will deal with the tendency, particularly among new designers, to turn towards manual, “analogue” methods of production. Where does this interest come from and does it have any economic implications? What role does durability play in this context? Especially in Austria, where handcraftsmanship is the rule in the furniture branch, for example, it is exciting to learn from new approaches and to also seek synergies and possible potentialities for innovation in the areas bordering high tech. Lectures by international experts and practitioners, as well as two panel discussions on the subject, will serve to shed light on this wide-ranging topic.

Schedule

Opening Remarks: Tulga Beyerle (Managing Director VIENNA DESIGN WEEK), Sabine Pümpel (Programme Director of Impulse, austria wirtschaftsservice) und Markus Wiesner (President of the Austrian Furniture Industry)

Presentations part one: 13:00 - 15:00
Emily Campbell  (director of Design, Royal Society of Arts, London, GB)
Roberto Verganti (design strategist, Milan Polytechnic University, I)
Rianne Makkink (designer, Studio Makkink&Bey, NL)
Podiumsdiskussion mit Thomas Hauser (goldsmith, Atelier Allure, A), Markus Wieser (Managing Director Wiesner-Hager) und Markus Peschl/Thomas Fundneider (theLivingCore, Wien, A)

Presentations part two: 15:15 - 17:30
Emily King (curator, GB)
Max Lamb (designer, GB)
Michael Young (designer, GB/CN)
Podiumsdiskussion mit Heinz Hofer-Wittmann (Managing Director Wittmann Möbelwerkstätten), Robert Stadler (designer, F) und Markus Peschl/Thomas Fundneider (theLivingCore, Wien, A)

Friday, 9 October 2009
12.30: Accreditation
13:00 to 18:30: Lectures, panel discussions (including breaks),
with the opportunity for informal discussions afterwards
Pratersauna
Next Citybike Vienna station


Information and contact: office@neigungsgruppe-design.org

Subsequently, in the same building, the departure Look/Book Release Party will take place. A most cordial invitation is extended to all participants in the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK Talks.

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The VIENNA DESIGN WEEK Talks are kindly supported by impulse/austria wirtschaftsservice and the Austrian Furniture Industry.

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