Lecture | Oh Void 2”, how to avoid the void in technology. Netta Krumperman Abstract | In 2004 The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam acquired an “Oh Void 2” chair, designed by Ron Arad. It is one of a limited edition of 6. This particular design was one of the results of the cooperation of Arad with [...]
Lecture | Realising lost histories: The three dimensional visualisation of Ib Kofod Larsen drawings for G-Plan Jake Kaner Abstract | This paper focusses on the work of Ib Kofod Larsen (b.1921) who was commissioned to produce technical drawings for furniture design and manufacture in the UK by GPlan (between 1961 and 1967). The High Wycombe [...]
Lecture | Surface matters – The difference between creating and recreating Johanna Hoffmann Abstract | Apart from the obvious differences between creation and recreation, conservators dealing with Contemporary Art often have to inpaint, imitate and sometimes recreate entire surfaces that were originally industrially produced or do not show any traces of the artist’s hand. Like [...]
Lecture | Growing out of shape. An interpretation of the (contemporary) history of two sculptures by Bogomir Ecker. Analytical studies and concept of presentation Elena Gómez-Sánchez, Nathalie Kesik Abstract | Bogomir Ecker (born in 1950) created the multiple piece work of art „Prototypen II“ in 1991. Consisting of 163 objects gathered in 86 prototypes, the composition [...]
Lecture | An AEG-Fan Model VEA 25. Aesthetical problem of the restauration of design objects including rubber Franziska Bergmann Abstract | The lecture deals with the conservation of an AEG-Fan Model VEA 25. The project is based on a bachelor thesis that has been evolved from the KUR-Projekt at the HTW-Berlin. The fan posses a [...]