The iphiGenia Gender Design Award – or “iphi” – for outstanding gender-sensitive design will be presented on 25 November 2021 at the Cologne Museum of Applied Arts (MAKK). The award ceremony at the MAKK will be livestreamed at 7:00 pm … Weiterlesen
Uta’s general thoughts about the importance of gender in design, even and in particular in times of crisis.
This video is part of a series of exciting video statements, initiated by the international Gender Design Network / iGDN. Videos … Weiterlesen
For the second time UB is a member of the jury for the Saxonian State Award of Design in 2020/21.
We are thrilled to announce that Robert Franken will be speaking at the awards ceremony for the international Gender Design Award /iGDA, taking place on 8 November 2018 at the Cologne Museum of Applied Arts. Robert Franken is a consultant … Weiterlesen
As of now, the international Gender Design Network/iGDN will be accepting entries for the iphiGenia Gender Design Award 2018.
Entries will be accepted from all areas of design: product design, typography, orientation systems, public design, lighting design, new digital and … Weiterlesen
6th & 7th September 2018: Uta Brandes will be a jury member for “Sächsischer Staatspreis für Design” (Saxonian State Award for Design), Dresden (Germany), presented by the Saxon State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport.
5th November 2018: … Weiterlesen
Lecture Folkwang University Essen (Germany), 5 June 2018: The Power of Gender in Design… Weiterlesen
The point is to finally acknowledge that the category of gender is also important in the context of design: every product, sign and service we encounter in everyday life, be it by necessity or by choice, will always speak to … Weiterlesen
Lecture, HAWK of Hildesheim (Germany), 28 March 2018:
Places – Spaces – Gender. Undulations between the Interior and the Exterior
Focusing on the different significance of a range of spaces with regard to their gender-related (in)accessibility. The talk will be … Weiterlesen
“Designed and Maltreated Bodies: Gender-Enhancements by and through Design”
Gendered bodies are everywhere, each individual has and owns one. Manifold factors deeply influence our bodies, social standards conflict with social reality: desirable vs. despised bodies, social constructions of beauty vs. … Weiterlesen
