Conference Convenors:
Meret Ernst, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel
Monica Gaspar, HSLU Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Convenors’ advisory board:
Claudia Mareis, Dept. Cultural History and Theory, Humboldt University of Berlin
Gabriele Oropallo, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
Michael Renner, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel
Sandra Bischler, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel
Tania Messell, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel
Robert Lzicar, Bern University of Arts (until Dec. 2019)
Programme coordinator
Tania Messell, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel
Scientific Committee
Zoy Anastassakis, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Fiona Anderson, Freelance Lecturer, Researcher and Curator, Edinburgh, UK
Sandra Bischler, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel, Switzerland
Isabel Campi, FHD Design History Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
Tai Cossich, RCA Royal College of Art, London, UK
Maddalena Dalla Mura, IUAV, Venice; Italy
Paola De Martin, Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland
Monika Dommann, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Meret Ernst, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel, Switzerland
Kjetil Fallan, University of Oslo, Norway
Priscila Farias, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Marta Filipova, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Elizabeth Fischer, HEAD Geneva University of Art and Design, Switzerland
Elena Formia, Alma Mater University, Bologna, Italy
Davide Fornari, ECAL Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne, Switzerland
Monica Gaspar, Lucerne School of Art and Design, Switzerland
Annette Geiger, University of the Arts, Bremen, Germany
Katherine Hepworth, Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Ben Highmore, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
Rebecca Houze, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, USA
Sabine Junginger, Lucerne School of Art and Design, Switzerland
Yulia Karpova, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Elizabeth Kramer, University of Northumbria, Newcastle, UK
Agnes Laube, Lucerne School of Art and Design, Switzerland
Yunah Lee, University of Brighton, UK
Grace Lees-Maffei, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
Sarah Lichtman, Parsons–The New School, New York, USA
Robert Lzicar, Bern University of the Arts, Switzerland
Franca Lopez Barbera, Designer and researcher, Berlin, Germany
Claudia Mareis, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Alvise Mattozzi, Faculty of Design and Art, Free University, Bolzano, Italy
Harriet McKay, London Metropolitan University, UK
Tania Messell, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel, Switzerland
Alexandra Midal, HEAD Geneva University of Art and Design, Switzerland
Nicolas Nova, HEAD Geneva University of Art and Design, Switzerland
Claire O’Mahony, University of Oxford, UK
Nan O’Sullivan, Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka, New Zealand
Maya Ober, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel, Switzerland
Gabriele Oropallo, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, DE Berlin
Artun Ozguner, RCA Royal College of Art, London, UK
Jane Pavitt, Kingston University London; UK
Judy Peter, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Tony Presland, Historic England, Swindon, UK
Megha Rajguru, University of Brighton, UK
Michael Renner, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel, Switzerland
Livia Rezende, UNSW Art & Design, Sidney, Australia
Denise Ruisinger, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Penny Sparke, Kingston University, London, UK
Dagmar Steffen, Lucerne School of Art and Design, Switzerland
Katharina Tietze, Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland
Jane Tynan, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Fedja Vukic, School of Design, Faculty of Architecture, Zagreb, Croatia
Elli Michaela Young, University of Brighton, UK
Christina Zetterlund, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden
DHS Student led events (pre-conference programme)
Tai Cossich, Sandra Bischler and members of the DHS students forum
DHS publishing workshops (pre-conference programme)
Fiona Anderson and Elli Michaela Young, DHS Teaching and Learning Officers
Book fair coordination
Sarah Klein, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel
Graphic design, website and social media
Aubrey Pohl, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel
Samuel Hanselmann, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel (until September 2020)
IT and Conference Platform
Graziano von Allmen, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel
Digital Event Team
Stefanie Rohrer (Lead), Françoise Payot, Edward Mickonis, Suresh Surenthiram, Marco Mastrogiacomo, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel
Digital Conference Manager
Katharina Kemmerling, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel
Backstage Zoom Chairs
Giorgia Bandiera, Gabriela Bertin, Annika Berger, Marta Carrer, Manuel Derheim, Giovanna Leon, Dixit Prarthana, Leony Schmidig, Sabrina Trevisan
Logistics and registration
Nuria Barceló, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel
Special thanks to:
Corinne Gisel and Nina Paim for supporting the conceptual phase in its early stage
Benedikt Jäggi for curating the competition of the conference’s CI as part of the International Master of Design UIC/HGK (MDes/MAS), won by Aubrey Pohl
Michael Renner, Marion Fink and Fabian Kempter for establishing the Virtual Visits-Workshop with BA students of Visual Communication, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel
DHS executive board for its advice and continuous support
Netzwerk Designgeschichte / Design History Network for supporting the conference
For inquiries please contact info@memoryfull2021.org
Photo credits:
Portrait Alexandra Midal: © Felipe Ribon
Portrait Jussi Parikka: © Moritz Wehrmann