Category Archives: Design
Designing Modern Germany
some considerations on the role of museums
Designing Modern Germany by Jeremy Aynsley, published this year, is a text full of information and based on an important set of sources and references. The study is lead by the will of the author to understand and make clear how «cultural difference can be acutely perceived through design» (ibid., p. 22). Concluding the Introduction, [...]
Research on interactive exhibits
The Research on interactive exhibits, organised by the ScienceCenterNetzwerk, was held at the Technisches Museum Wien on May 25 and 26, 2009.
Download the Programme.
Just some notes on some lectures given on May 25.
The symposium opened with Ian Russell, from Interactive Science, who brought his practical experience proposing some considerations on Interactivity: «Where does “interactivity” start? [...]
Victor Margolin, Design for the 21st Century #1
… and a case study from Italy
Victor Margolin, Design for the 21st Century
Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 19.05.2009
discussion panel moderated by Steve Diskin
oraganisation by Petra Cerna Oven
«Design 21st Century, this is a very trendy title, but I did it on purpose. [...] Often you meet designers, and they want to talk about heavy theory, etc., and what the [...]
