Institute for Transportation Design

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Institute for Transportation Design
founding 2007
place Braunschweig
state Lower Saxony
country Germany
director Stephan Rammler
Employee 15th
including professors 3
Website www.transportation-design.org

The Institute for Transportation Design (ITD) is an institute of the Braunschweig University of Fine Arts (HBK).

history

The Institute for Transportation Design was founded in June 2007 by Stephan Rammler . It is based on the ARTmax site of the former Braunschweiger Blechwarenfabrik. The institute, which consists of fourteen scientists, deals with the post-fossil future of mobility . Michael Grasshoff is the managing director. The facility emerged from the research focus Transportation Design & Social Sciences, which has existed at the Braunschweig University of Art since 2002 .

Research and Teaching

The transdisciplinary scientists from the social sciences , psychology , engineering and design deal with the research and design of sustainable mobility products, systems and services. Going beyond the pure product design , their individual and social acceptance is examined. The Institute for Transportation Design aims to combine classic transportation design with science.

The institute is a project partner of the electromobility showcase in the Hanover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg metropolitan region .

Since the summer semester 2010, the ITD has been able to complete a Master of Arts degree in Industrial Design / Transportation Design.

organization

The Institute for Transportation Design combines the disciplines of social sciences , design sciences and engineering .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Report on the establishment of the institute on braunschweiger-zeitung.de . Retrieved September 25, 2012
  2. This is the design for the cars of the future on braunschweiger-zeitung.de . Retrieved September 25, 2012
  3. Master of Arts Industrial Design / Transportation Design ( Memento of the original from November 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on hbk-bs.de. Retrieved September 25, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hbk-bs.de

Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 22 "  N , 10 ° 30 ′ 44"  E