Lecture
Friday, May 6, 2005, 2 PM

Frithjof Bergmann, Matali Crasset, Heinz-Jürgen Gerdes, Sevil Peach, Marion von Osten

Neue Werte? – LEBENSGESTALTUNG

Moderation: Max Borka (B), Matthias Kross (D)

Worldwide, the conditions for life and work are changing. As the world’s traditional industrial nations undergo radical transforma- tion, our collective values also change. While jobs are being cut back in the industrial sector, people are simultaneously experien- cing a desire to be more in control of their lives and do more for their self-development. How can designers help shape our living and working conditions? And how can every individual become an active designer of his own life?

FRITHJOF BERGMANN (USA)
Professor of Philosophy at the University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor and founder of the Center for New Work

MARION VON OSTEN (D)
Video- and installation artist, writer and curator Zurich / Berlin

MATALI CRASSET (F)
Industrial designer and interior designer, graphic artist and exhibition designer, Paris

SEVIL PEACH (UK)
Interior designer. Sevil Peach Gence Accociates, London

HEINZ-JÜRGEN GERDES (D)
Board Chairman of Bremen Design GmbH, which is patron of Bremen Design Center and Bremerhaven Design Laboratory