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STADTARBEIT TEN YEARS OF DESIGN FEATURING THE CITY Authors ChrisDerconisacuratorandtheatrescholarandthecurrentdirectorofTateModerninLondon.Sincetheearly1980s,theBelgiumnativehasbeenresponsibleforpioneeringandfrequentlytransdisciplinaryexhibitions,andhehasheldleadingpositionsatinternationalexhibitionvenuessincethelate1980s.HeservedasprogrammedirectoratthecontemporaryartinstitutionMoMAPS1inNewYorkbeginningin1988,hebecamedirectorofRotterdam’sWittedeWithCenterofContemporaryArtin1990,and1996sawhimassumedirectorshipofMuseumBoijmansVanBeuningeninRotterdam.From2003to2011,heledMunich’sHausderKunst,thecontemporaryartfocusofwhichheexpandedbyarchitecture,design,fashion,film,andphotography.2017willseeChrisDerconsucceedFrankCastorfasartisticdirectorofthetheatreVolksbühneBerlin.
LilliHolleinisdirectorandco-founderofVIENNADESIGNWEEK.SheholdsadegreeinIndustrialDesignfromtheUniversityofAppliedArtsViennaandhasworkedasacurator,journalist,architectureanddesigncriticsince1996.ShehasbeenpublishedwidelyindailynewspapersandmagazinesathomeandabroadandactedascommissioneroftheAustriancontributionfortheSaoPauloArchitectureBiennial2007.Sheisaseekedlecturerandjurymemberonseveralboardsandinstitutionsinthefieldsofarchitecture,designandartinpublicspace.VIENNADESIGNWEEK,thatshefoundedtogetherwitTulgaBeyerleandThomasGeislerin2007hasbecomeAustriasmostimportanteventforcreativeindustrieswithmorethan36.000visitorseachyear.ViennanativeAmelieKlein(néeZnidaric)hasworkedattheVitraDesignMuseuminWeilamRhein,GermanysinceAugust2011.ShemostrecentlycuratedMakingAfrica–AContinentofContemporaryDesign,whichopenedattheVitraDesignMuseuminMarch2015andthenwentontourwithstopsincludingtheGuggenheimMuseuminBilbaoandtheKunsthalinRotterdam.KleinstudieddesigncriticismattheSchoolofVisualArtsinNewYork.Beforethat,shehadworkedasajournalistforpublicationsincludingtheViennesedailyDiePresse,themagazinesMetropolisandAbitare,andtheonlinemediaDomusandStylepark–fromwhichstandpointsheobservedthebirthandgrowthofVIENNADESIGNWEEKfromtheverybeginning.
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AliceRawsthornwritesaboutdesignintheInternationalNewYorkTimesandfrieze.ShespeaksondesignatglobaleventsincludingTEDandtheWorldEconomicForum’sannualmeetingsatDavos,Switzerland.BasedinLondon,AliceischairoftrusteesoftheChisenhaleGalleryandthecontemporarydancegroupMichaelClarkCompany,andatrusteeoftheWhitechapelGallery.HerlatestbookHelloWorld:WhereDesignMeetsLifeexploresdesign’simpactonourlives.ShewasawardedanOrderoftheBritishEmpire(OBE)forservicestodesignandthearts.DorisRothauerisaneconomistwithpostgraduateculturalmanagementtrainingandisalsoacertifiedsystemicconsultant.Shehas15yearsofexperienceintheartbusinessasaculturalmanager,servinginpositionsincludingasdirectorofKünstlerhausWien.SheisfounderandgeneralmanageroftheconsultingandprojectmanagementagencyBürofürTransfer,specialisedinstrategicconsultingandprojectdevelopmentintheculturalfield,inthecreativeindustries,andattheinterfacetobusiness.SheisaboardmemberofVIENNADESIGNWEEK’ssupportingassociationandadvisesthefestivalonbothstrategicdevelopmentandprojectmanagement.DeyanSudjicisDirectoroftheDesignMuseuminLondon.Beforejoiningthemuseumin2006,DeyanwasDeanoftheFacultyofArt,ArchitectureandDesignatKingstonUniversity,visitingprofessorattheRoyalCollegeofArtandtheUniversityofAppliedArtinViennaandtheObservernewspaper’sdesignandarchitecturewriter.In1999,hewasDirectoroftheGlasgowUKCityofArchitectureandDesignprogrammeandin2002hewasDirectoroftheVeniceArchitectureBiennale.HewasEditorofDomusmagazineandFoundingEditorofBlueprintmagazineandhaswrittenmanybooksondesignandarchitecture.In2004,hewasawardedtheBicentenaryMedaloftheRoyalSocietyofArtsforthepromotionofdesignandwasmadeanhonoraryfellowoftheRoyalInstituteofBritishArchitects.HewasmadeanOBEin2000.TinaThielisaVienna-andEdinburgh-trainedsociologistandpublicistspecialisedindesignandmuseums.SheworksasawriterandeditorforleadingdesignmuseumssuchastheVitraDesignMuseuminWeilamRheinandtheMAK–MuseumofAppliedArts/ContemporaryArtinVienna,andshealsoauthorsandeditsspecialisedtextsonappliedartsanddesign.FromVIENNADESIGNWEEK’sfoundingin2007upto2014,Thieloversawitsmediaoutput,andshehassincemaintainedherclosetiestothefestival.
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ChristopherWurmdoblerspent15yearsas“Stadtleben”[CityLife]editorattheVienneseweeklyFalterandnowwritesforthemagazineNews.