News

2013, 12 June, 10am - Talk and Discusson
'How Things Don't Work': The Politics of Design. James Hennessey
University of Applied Arts Vienna, Postgasse 6, 2nd floor Seminarroom

2013, 13 June, 6pm - Archive Talks
Nomadic Furnitue Revisited. James Hennessey and Alison J. Clarke
MAK, Stubenring 5, 1010 Vienna
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2013, 14-15 November - Victor J. Papanek Foundation Symposium
Alternative and Emerging Economies of Design
University of Applied Arts Vienna
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Archive

2013, 2 March - Symposium Design Studies
The Present-day turn towards Design Anthropology. Alison J. Clarke
Parsons The New School for Design, New York
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2013, 10 January -
Lecture
Gadgets, Gizmos and Gimmicks, Anti-Advertising Discourse & 1970s Design Activism. Alison Clarke
Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Universität Graz

2012, 14 - 18 November - AAA Annual Conference
Design for the Real World - But which world? What Design? What Real?
American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, USA
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2012, 18 October - Lecture
Actions Speak Louder - Victor Papanek and 1970s Design Activism
Alvar Aalto Akatemia, Helsinki, Finnland
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2012, 20 September -
Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design Symposium
Design for the Real World
Royal College of Art, London, UK


2012, 20 June, 6:30pm - Lecture Series Design as Politics/Politics as Design
The War of Times and Places. Ezio Manzini
University of Applied Arts Vienna
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2012, 9 June - Round table talk Anthropology in the World
Critical Pathways in Design Anthropology. Alison J. Clarke
Royal Anthropology Institute, London, UK
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2012, 22 May, 6:30pm - Lecture Series Design as Politics/Politics as Design
The Art of Activism. Stephen Duncombe
University of Applied Arts Vienna
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2012, 11 -12 May - Conference Spaces and Places: British Design 1948-2012
A Design Anthropology of the 21st Century Ideal Home. Alison J. Clarke
V&A Museum London, UK
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2012, 28 March, 6.30pm - Lecture Serie Design as Politics/Politics as Design
Designing Social Space. Ruedi Baur
University of Applied Arts Vienna, HS 2
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2011, 12 November - 25 March 2012 - Exhibition Volkskundemuseum
FAMILIENMACHER - Vom Festhalten, Verbinden und Loslassen
WWTF-Project by University of Applied Arts and University Vienna
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2012, 16 March, 6.30pm - Lecture Serie Design as Politics/Politics as Design
Notes on Fields and Forums. Eyal Weizman
University of Applied Arts Vienna, HS 2
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2011, 10-11 November, 2pm - Victor J. Papanek Foudation Symposium
Anti-Design: "Prescription for Rebellion?"
Alison J. Clarke, Anthony Dunne, Jamer Hunt, Felicty D. Scott, John Thackara
University of Applied Arts Vienna, Exhibition Centre Heiligenkreuzerhof
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2011, 9 November, 7pm - Inaugural Lecture Victor J. Papanek Foundation
Inverting the pyramid: The new geometry of design. John Thackara
University of Applied Arts Vienna,
Exhibition Centre Heiligenkreuzerhof
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2011, 8 November, 7pm - Expert Network Creative Industries
Creative Transformations: Design as a Force for Social Innovation. A. Clarke
Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU in Brussel
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2011, 7-10 September - Design History Society Conferece
Design Activism and Social Change, Alison J. Clarke
Universitat de Barcelona and Foment de les Arts Decoratives, Barcelona
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2011, 14-16 June - Conference
Urban Materiality Workshop:
Materiality, Agency and Collecting, Alison J. Clarke

Field Museum and DePaul University, Chicago, USA
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2011, 3 March - RCA/V&A History of Design and Material Culture Seminar
Design Anthropology: Commodity Critique from Victor Papanek to Superstudio, Alison J. Clarke
Royal College of Art, London
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2011, 10-12 February - Design Theory Symposium
Making/Crafting/Designing. Perspectives on Design as a Human Activity
Akademie Schloss Solitude Stuttgart, Germany
Co-organised by Björn Franke
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2010, 11 November, 6pm - Round table discussion & Book launch
Design Anthropology - Object Culture in the 21st Century. Alison Clarke
University of Applied Arts Vienna
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2010, 21 - 22 October - Conference
Fashion Media: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrwo. Alison Clarke
London College of Fashion, UK

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2010, 1 March - 31 October, Virtual Exhibition
Arno Gisinger. Souvenirs
Start Gallery, Design History and Theory, University of Applied Arts Vienna
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2010, 21 June, 7pm - Round table discussion
London as a Hub for Fresh Fashion Talent. Alison Clarke
freiraum quatier 21 International, Museumsquatier Vienna
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2010, 2 June, 2pm - Lecture
Kem Weber and the Rise of California Modern Design.
Christopher Long
University of Applied Arts Vienna, Seminarroom Postgasse
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2010, 19 May, 2pm - Lecture
Arno Gisinger. Erinnerungsstücke/Souvenirs
University of Applied Arts Vienna, Seminarroom Postgasse
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2009, 1 November - 2010, 28 February, Virtual Exhibition
Andreas Duscha. Places of Worship
Start Gallery, Design History and Theory, University of Applied Arts Vienna
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2009, 4 October - 2010, 14 February, Exhibition
Unresolved Matters: Social Utopias Revisited
Utrecht Manifest 2009, 3rd Biennial for Social Design, Centraal Museum
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2010, 14 January, 5pm, Lecture
Designing Non-Spaces - Andreas Duscha/mahony
University of Applied Arts Vienna
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2009, 4 November - 12 December, Exhibition
Der Traum einer Sache. Social Design zwischen Utopie und Alltag
University of Applied Arts Vienna
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2009, 20 November, 7pm, Discussion
The Pathology of Collecting
Vienna Art Week, MUMOK Lounge, Vienna
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2009, 11-12 November,
Workshop
Ethnography Creativity Design
National University of Ireland, Ireland

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2009, 5 November, 7pm, Discussion
Was kann Social Design und was soll es? (What is social design good for?)
University of Applied Arts Vienna
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2009, 28 October, Lecture
Papanek Revisited: Human Ecology and Social Change
Civic City. The Role of Design in the Social City
Design2Context, Institut für Designforschung, Züricher Hochschule der Künste
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2009, 22 October, Film Screening
Karriereleiter – (K)eine Anleitung zur Designarbeit!
ArtDesign Feldkirch, 06 - 08 November 2009
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2009, 10 October, Book Presentation
Look Book 2009 - Brown is not the new Black by Alison J. Clarke
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2009, 1 March - 31 October, Virtual Exhibition
Elisabeth Czihak. Absence
Start Gallery, Design History and Theory, University of Applied Arts Vienna
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2009, 5-10 October, Film Screening
Object Desire, A Film Series
Stadtkino Vienna
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2009, 1-11 October, Festival
Vienna Design Week 2009
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2009, 25 September, Symposium
Histories of Home
Mass Observation Archive
University of Sussex, UK

2009, 7 May, Lecture
Michael Horsham, TOMATO London
University of Applied Arts Vienna
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2009, 20-25 March, Seminar Series
Motherhoods, Markets and Consumption
ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council)
University Keele, UK
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2009, 23 March, Interview
Rock around the Bunker, Paul Virilio on Design, War & Society
DAMn magazine issue 21, www.damnmagazine.net
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2008, 4-10 October, Film Screening
Design  Dystopia. A Film Retrospective
Film Archiv Austria, Vienna
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2008, 7 October, Open Lecture
The Making of Reel Fashion
Film Archiv Austria, Vienna
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2008, 2-12 October, Festival
Vienna Design Week 2008
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2008, 19 September, Open Talk
Come to my Place
Experimenta Design Amsterdam 2008
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2008. 1-5 June, Film Screening
Fashion Power - Fashion and Power in the Movies
Film Archiv Austria Vienna
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2008, 24 May, Symposium
Design Revue Austria

DMY Design Symposium, Berlin
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2008, 10-11 May, Conference
Cultures of Commodity Branding
Archaelogical and Anthropological Perspectives
UCL Institute of Archaelogy, London
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2008, 01 May, Discussion
Encounters between Anthropology and Art
Martian Musuem of Terrestrial Art ( 2008, 06 March - 18 May, Exhibition)
Barbican Art Gallery, London
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2008, 24 April, Conference
WOHNBAU 2008 - Wohnen im Typus
Atelierhaus der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien
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2007, 08-09 October, Conference
DESIGN 07 – Die Mitte: Dialogues about Design
University of Applied Arts Vienna
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2007, 22-23 June, Symposium
The Death of Taste: the Future of Fashion
MAK – Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Arts Vienna
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2006, 24-25 November, Symposium
The Death of Taste: The Future of Fashion
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
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2006, 28 May, Book Presentation and Panel Discussion
Banal Militarism: Zur Veralltäglichung des Militärischen im Zivilen
University of Applied Arts Vienna and Künstlerhaus Wien
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2006, 09-10 October, Conference
DESIGN 06 – Zeitzonen: Dialogues about Time and Design
University of Applied Arts Vienna
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2005/06, 05 December – 23 January, Public Lectures and Workshops
CUTS: fashion/graphics/theory
University of Applied Arts Vienna
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2005, 24-25 November, Symposium
Interior Insights: Design Ethnography and the Home
Royal College of Art and Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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