Institute for New Technical Form
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| place | Darmstadt |
| opening | 1952 |
The Institute for New Technical Form ( spelling : INTeF ) is an institute , archive and museum on Friedensplatz in Darmstadt .
history
The Institute for New Technical Form was founded in 1952 by the city of Darmstadt and Prince Ludwig of Hesse and near the Rhine as the first German design institute. The impetus for this was provided by the Darmstadt conversation entitled “Man and Technology”, whose patron was the then Federal President Theodor Heuss . In the course of this event, the desire arose for a permanent institution that takes care of the presentation and clarification of important issues of the time in the area in which technology and society mutually influence one another. From 1952 to 1975 Gotthold Schneider headed the Institute for New Technical Form. Prince Ludwig von Hessen und bei Rhein was first chairman until his death in 1968, his successor was Moritz Landgrave von Hessen . From 1975 until his death in June 2016, Michael Schneider was the director of the institute.
Self-image
The Institute for New Technical Form sees itself in the city with scientific, cultural and technical-industrial demands as a link that communicates knowledge between experts and presents it to the interested public. In the Design House design drafts, experimental proposals, workshop reports, unpublished product ideas and examples of industrial performance on the central topic of industrial design are presented. In exhibitions, the institute presents the work of creative personalities and the results of collaboration between progressive industrial companies and designers. The institute also presents training centers to give young designers a chance to publish and discuss, and to establish contacts with companies. With the aim of promoting good design, the institute has several hundred exhibitions and competitions - such as the "Braun Prize", the "Schwarzkopf Award" (1992 and 1994) or the "Maggi Edition European Design - Competition for Kitchen and Tableware" ( 1995) and implemented numerous workshops , initiated expert panels and made a name for itself internationally. It also houses an archive with product collections from the companies AEG , BBC , Braun , Arzberg , Rosenthal , WMF as well as slides, photographs, posters, sound carriers, magazines, drawings, drafts, sketches and models.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jörg Stürzebecher: Obituary for Michael Schneider at form.de. July 2016, accessed August 29, 2020 .
- ^ Stadtlexikon Darmstadt, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, p. 429 f.
Coordinates: 49 ° 52 ′ 27.5 " N , 8 ° 39 ′ 14.5" E