Uta Brandes
General Information
Occupation: Professor
Date of Birth: January 01, 1949
Birth City: Hannover
Birth Country: Germany
Resident City: Cologne
Resident Country: Germany
Sources: "Uta Brandes Vita." Be Design Profile. Be Design. 17 July 2008 http://www.be-design.info/frame_ub_vita.htm
Specialties
Subject: Gender and Design
Subject: Qualitative Design Research
Jobs
Employer: Koln International School of Design (KISD)
Title: Professor for Gender and Design
City: Cologne
Country: Germany
Start Date: January 01, 1995
Employer: National Swiss Design Center
Title: Consultant
City: Langenthal
Country: Switzerland
Start Date: January 01, 1991
Employer: Musashino University
Title: Guest Professor
City: Tokyo
Country: Japan
Start Date: January 01, 1997
Employer: Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Title: Guest Professor
City: Hong Kong
Country: China
Start Date: January 01, 1997
Employer: Shanghai Institute of Design
Title: Guest Professor
City: Shanghai
Country: China
Start Date: January 01, 2000
Employer: Shih Chien University
Title: Guest Professor
City: Taipei
Country: China
Start Date: January 01, 2001
Employer: University of Western Sydney
Title: Guest Professor
City: Sydney
Country: Australia
Start Date: January 01, 2001
Collaborators
Name: Michael Erlhoff
Project: co-author of various books and essays on design and gender
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
No awards on record
Exhibitions
No exhibitions on record
Notable Projects
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Education
Institution: University of Hannover
Department: English language and literature, political sciences, sociology and psychology
Degree: M.A. in sociology and psychology
End Date: January 01, 1973
Institution: University of Hannover
Degree: Dr. Phil
End Date: January 01, 1983
Licensing
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Professional Affiliations
Organization: Woman and Society Research Institute
Role: Vice-director
Organization: Hessian Commissioner for Women Affairs, Weisbaden
Role: Senior Legal Secretary and Head of Department
Start Date: January 01, 1987
End Date: January 01, 1988
Organization: Forum of the Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn (Art and exhibition hall of the federal republic of Germany)
Role: Director
Start Date: January 01, 1992
End Date: January 01, 1994
Organization: St. Moritz Design Summit
Role: Co-organizer
Start Date: January 01, 2000
Publications By
Title: Design als Gegenstand. Der neue Glanz der Dinge (Design as Object. The New Shine of Things)
Co-author: Rolf-Peter Baacke, Michael Erlhoff
Publisher: Frölich & Kaufmann
City: Berlin
Country: Germany
Date Published: January 01, 1983
Title: Unternehmenskultur und Stammes-Kultur (Corporate Identity and Tribal Culture)
Co-author: Richard Bachinger, Michael Erlhoff
Publisher: Verlag der Georg Büchner Buchhandlung
City: Darmstadt
Country: Germany
Date Published: January 01, 1988
Title: Dieter Rams, Designer. Die leise Ordnung der Dinge (Dieter Rams, designer. The silent order of things)
Publisher: Steidl
City: Göttingen
Country: Germany
Date Published: January 01, 1990
Title: Rolf Fehlbaum, Vitra. Vom Umgang mit Design, Gegenwart und Ökonomie (Rolf Fehlbaum, Vitra. About the acquaintance with design, presence and economy)
Publisher: Steidl
City: Göttingen
Country: Germany
Date Published: January 01, 1991
Title: Hartmut Esslinger & frogdesign
Publisher: Steidl
City: Göttingen
Country: Germany
Date Published: January 01, 1992
Title: Ferdinand Alexander Porsche. Damit das Denken am Leben bleibt (Ferdinand Alexander Porsche. In order that thinking stays alive)
Publisher: Steidl
City: Göttingen
Country: Germany
Date Published: January 01, 1992
Title: Richard Sapper – Werkzeuge für das Leben (Richard Sapper – tools for life)
Publisher: Steidl
City: Göttingen
Country: Germany
Date Published: January 01, 1993
Title: Andrea Branzi / Michele de Lucchi / Ettore Sottsass – Citizen Office
Publisher: Steidl
City: Göttingen
Country: Germany
Date Published: January 01, 1994
Title: Kurt Weidemann. Das Nachbild auf der Netzhaut (Kurt Weidemann. The aftervision on the retina)
Publisher: Steidl
City: Göttingen
Country: Germany
Date Published: January 01, 1996
Title: Design ist keine Kunst. Kulturelle und technologische Implikationen der Formgebung, (Design is not Art. Cultural and Technological Implications of Design)
Publisher: Lindinger + Schmid
City: Regensburg
Country: Germany
Date Published: January 01, 1998
Title: Design Calendar 1998-2002
Co-author: Michael Erlhoff, Claudia Neumann
Publisher: DuMont
City: Köln
Country: Germany
Date Published: January 01, 1997
Title: From Here to There. Maleness as a Fluctuating Gender
Publication: Material Man. Masculinity, Sexuality, Style
Publisher: Abrams
City: New York
Country: United Kingdom
Date Published: January 01, 2000
Title: Vieni qui. In: 4:3 – 50 Years of Italian and German Design
Publisher: Hatje/Cantz
City: Stuttgart
Country: Germany
Date Published: January 01, 2000
Title: Alltäglich und medial: NID – Non Intentional Design
Publication: Umordnungen der Dinge (Rearrangement of Objects)
City: Königstein
Country: Germany
Date Published: January 01, 2000
Title: Dazwischen. Design und Geschlecht (In Between: Design and Gender)
Publication: Das undisziplinierte Geschlecht (The Undisciplined Sex)
Publisher: Leske+Budrich
City: Opladen
Country: Germany
Date Published: January 01, 2000
Title: Die Digitalisierung des Büros (The Digitalization of the Office)
Publication: Der digitale Wahn (Digital Mania)
Publisher: Suhrkamp
City: Frankfurt
Country: Germany
Date Published: January 01, 2001
Title: Designing Gender: Das Drama der Geschlechter in Logo-Gestaltungen
Publication: Werbung, Mode und Design (Advertisement, Fashion and Design)
Publisher: Westdeutscher Verlag
City: Wiesbaden
Country: Germany
Date Published: January 01, 2001
Title: (Concept) for Raymond Loewy Foundation International
Co-author: Michael Erlhoff, Claudia Neumann
Publication: St. Moritz Design Summit
Publisher: Arnoldsche
City: Stuttgart
Country: Germany
Date Published: January 01, 2002
Title: Gendered Products
Publication: Zeitschrift für Frauenforschung & Geschlechterstudien (Periodical for Women and Gender Studies)
City: Bielefeld
Country: Germany
Date Published: January 01, 2003
Title: Ge- und Mißbrauch (Use and misuse)
Publication: Design – ein Zwischenfall: Annäherung an Theorie und Praxis
Publisher: Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich, Institut für Theorie der Gestaltung und Kunst
Date Published: January 01, 2003
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