Category Archives: Museums
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, [...]
Multiple voices
Vienna, MAK
Discourses and voices on design are multiplying. Museums are no exceptions.
Consider for instance one European capital city like Vienna, where the MAK - Museum für Angewandte Kunst is acknowledged and renowned as a museum of design, but where other institutions – the Design Forum at Museum Quartier, the Möbel Museum, the Wien Museum and the [...]
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? [...]
The Ultimate Machine
Technisches Museum Wien
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Davide Moises (1973-), The Ultimate Machine nach Claude E. Shannon,
Die Sammlung David Moises, Multimediale Installation, 2009
Technisches Museum Wien
This installation by David Moises is part of a series of art works which has been created to celebrate [...]
