Thursday 22.10.09

08.00 – 09.00 | Registration
09.00 – 09.30 | Welcome
Florian Hufnagl, Director, Die Neue Sammlung, The International Design Museum Munich, Germany
Tim Bechthold, Head of Conservation Department, Die Neue Sammlung, The International Design Museum Munich, Germany

The first section will be chaired by Tim Bechthold
09.30 – 10.00 | Lecture
A condition survey methodology and database for plastic objects at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Kate Moomaw, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
10.00 – 10.30 | Lecture
Meeting the needs of contemporary design: A new survey methodology
Barbara Schertel, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, United States
10.30 – 11.00 | Short presentations of posters
11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee
11.30 – 12.00 | Lecture
Aging of plastics – What can we do about it?
Andreas Holländer, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research, Potsdam, Germany
12.00 – 12.30 | Lecture
Miniaturized atmospheric plasma to improve the bondability and coatability of plastics in modern and contemporary art and design
Anna Comiotto, Berne University of Applied Science, Berne, Switzerland
12.30 – 13.00 | Lecture
Plastic bags. Research into polyethylene bags of the series ‚Bicycles’ by Andreas Slominski
Katharina Haider, Thea B. van Oosten, Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
13.00 – 14.30 | Lunch

The second section will be chaired by Friederike Waentig
14.30 – 15.00 |Lecture
The price of pristine PMMA
Yvonne Shashoua, National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
15.00 – 15.30 | Lecture
Evaluating a suitable bonding strategy for stress crazing suspectible poly(methyl methacrylate)
Anna Comiotto, Berne University of Applied Science, Berne, Switzerland
Marc Egger, Berne University of Applied Science, Berne, Switzerland
15.30 – 16.00 | Short presentation of posters (part2)
16.00 – 16.30| Coffee |
16.30 – 17.00 | Lecture
Mending broken pieces
Investigation into a suitable method for adhering damaged works of art made of transparent unsaturated polyester
Anna Lagana, Dr. Thea B. van Oosten, Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
17.00 – 17.30 | Lecture
Work in progress – Practical experience in the conservation of high-gloss polyester resin and flexible PVC based on exemplary cases
Susanne Graner, Die Neue Sammlung, The International Design Museum Munich, Germany
19.00 – 22.00 | Evening reception at Cafe King and Coconami live
Müllerstrasse 3

Friday 23.10.09

The third section will be chaired by Yvonne Shashoua
9.00 – 9.30 | Lecture
Caring for design objects: Daily practice and advanced analytical tools
Lucia Toniolo, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Triennale Design Museum, Milan, Italy
9.30 – 10.00 | Lecture
Working title: Conserving GDR plastics
Friederike Waentig, University of Applied Science Cologne, Germany
10.00 – 10.30 | Lecture
Stiletto. Double-sided problems with a self-adhering flexible PVC film
Tim Bechthold, Die Neue Sammlung, The International Design Museum Munich, Germany
10.30 – 11.00 | Coffee
11.00 – 11.30 | Lecture
Cold war fashion – The analysis, treatment and preparation of a group of costume objects for an exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum
Roisin Morris, Victoria and Albert Museum London, England
11.30 – 12.00 | Lecture
Cold war furniture – Globe Chair , adhesion and cohesion: an interior problem
Dana Melchar, Victoria and Albert Museum London, England
12.00 – 12.30 | Lecture
Pedicures for Pesce’s ‚Il Piede’
Regina Fröhlich, Technische Universität München, Germany

12.30 – 14.00 | Lunch
The fourth section will be chaired by Brenda Keneghan
14.00 – 14.30 | Lecture
Turn it on: Turn it off
Lighting in MOMA’s collection of architecture and design
Roger Griffith, MOMA Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
14.30 – 15.00 | Lecture
Ti3d by Marcel Breuer – an exposure with surprises
Deliah Mueller-Wuesten, University of Applied Science Cologne, Germany
15.00 – 15.30 | Coffee
15.30 – 16.00 | Lecture
Artists create their artwork with design objects and ready-made decoration accessories.
Conservation challenges within an installation by Isa Genzken
Kathrin Kessler, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
16.00 – 16.30 | Lecture
Characterization and degradation of fluorescent colours in works of art: preliminary studies
Alain Colombini, Centre Interrégional de Conservation et Restauration du Patrimoine Marseille, France
16.30 | Apero