Institute for Design Research
The Institute for Design Research (IDF) at the Department of Design at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences is a platform for cooperative, interdisciplinary and scientific research and development projects in the field of design theory and practice.
It promotes scientific and design-related issues and their integration into teaching and studies. The focus is on contemporary phenomena of everyday culture, e.g. design and sustainable development, design and gender or design and public health. Another focus is on the critical reflection of design methodology, theory and history. In these contexts, the influence of cultural, social, historical, philosophical and psychological aspects on design and the resulting interactions are explored.
Vision, daring and common sense
Conversations about design
An event of the 'Institute for Design Research' Darmstadt.
Department of Design at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences
Olbrichweg 10, 64287 Darmstadt.
Friday May 23, 2025 10:00 - 18:00.
In this context, the role of intuition and imagination in different design processes, the role of conception and planning, but also craftsmanship and tools - not least AI - and how we can be sure that a work has succeeded will be discussed transdisciplinarily. You can find more information here .
With contributions from:
Carl Auböck V, architect and craftsman, Vienna
Ruedi Baur, communication designer, Paris
Vera Baur, cultural scientist, Paris
Camilo Bornstein, composer, Frankfurt
Uwe Brückner, scenographer, Stuttgart
Oswald Egger, writer, Neuss
Christian Gänshirt, architect, Milan
Gert Hasenhütl, design theorist, Vienna
Friederike Kluge, architect, Basel
Aylin Langreuter, artist, Neukirchen
Jörg Petruschat, design theorist, Berlin