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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