Ringvorlesung Architectural Research 2019

Vortragsreihe

Claudia Mareis 
Creativity, Methods and Post-War Period
FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel

Claudia Mareis, Prof. Dr., has a background in visual communication, design research and cultural studies. Since 2013 she has been the Director of the Institute of Experimental Design and Media Culture at FHNW Academy of Art and Design in Basel, and also the founder of Critical Media Lab. Furthermore, she acts as a PI in the Cluster of Excellence “Image Knowledge Gestaltung” at the Humboldt University of Berlin, and is a member of eikones – Center for the Theory and History of the Image at the University of Basel. Her research interests are design as epistemic culture, design and crisis, intersections between design, media and science research, as well as the history of creativity and problem-solving techniques. Recent publications include: Designing Thinking. Angewandte Imagination und Kreativität um 1960. München 2016; Manifestationen im Entwurf. Design – Architektur – Ingenieurwesen, with Schmitz, Thomas; Häußling, Roger; Mareis, Claudia; Groninger Hannah, Bielefeld 2016, Poetics and Politics of Data. Ambivalenz des Lebens in der Datengesellschaft, with Sabine Himmelsbach, Basel 2015; Theorien des Designs zur Einführung, Hamburg 2014; Design als Wissenskultur. Interferenzen zwischen Design- und Wissensdiskursen seit 1960. Bielefeld 2011.