What happens if you try to rewrite design-history and transfer it into new media? Which are the relevant objects representing our heritage of consumer goods? We try to ask provocative questions, we hope to get explanations by experts: what qualifies an object as a design-classic? How strong is the i…
IDRV Institute of Design Research Vienna
Circle 00001 (r=5) - What happens if you try to rewrite design-history and transfer it into new media? Which are the relevant objects representing our heritage of consumer goods? We try to ask provocative questions, we hope to get explanations by experts: what qualifies an object as a design-classic? How strong is the influence of reissuing producers, museums, critics, collectors or the designers themselves on canonicalization? Who are the protagonists creating cultural identity and which are the processes behind it? Guests: Penny Sparke, Askan Quittenbaum, Fritz Hrusa ,Gerda Breuer, Harald Gruendl