Lecture
Saturday, May 7, 2005, 4 PM

Gerd Gerken, Shaheen Merali, Basil Rogger, Frank Ruff, Ezri Tarazi

Perfekte Menschheit? – MENSCHENGESTALTUNG

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

Landscapes, cities and products are no longer the only things
to be created on the drawing board. The human body has also become an object for design, and TV shows publicly flaunt body styling. What is the shape of the perfect person? Who will design it? What are the limits?

FRANK RUFF (D)
Senior Manager of Social Environment and Trend Research at the Society and Technology Research Group of DaimlerChrysler

BASIL ROGGER (CH)
University of Applied Science and Arts School of Design Zurich (HGKZ), establishes the new majorfield „Style&Design study area” (Future Design and Design Development)

GERD GERKEN (D)
Institute for Future Research and Founder of NOESA.COM, Berlin/New York

EZRI TARAZI (IL)
Industrial Designer and chair of the Master Programme in Industrial Design (M.Des) – Bezalel Academy for Art and Design Jerusalem

SHAHEEN MERALI (UK/D)
Artist, curator and lecturer. Director of the Department of Fine Arts, Film and Media at „The House of World Cultures”, Berlin