“Finnish Design: National and/or International?” – Pekka Korvenmaa

18 OCT | 19:00 HRS | SALÓN DE ACTOS

En el marco del «4to Encuentro Internacional de Políticas Públicas & Diseño» tendrá lugar el próximo viernes 18 de octubre la conferencia «Finnish Design: National and/or International?» a cargo de Pekka Korvenmaa, Vicedecano de la Escuela de Arte y Diseño de la Universidad Aalto de Helsinki.

4to Encuentro Internacional de Políticas Públicas & Diseño

Pekka Korvenmaa (CV en ingles)
Mr. Pekka Korvenmaa, PhD/Art History,  (b. 1954) is Vice  Dean at the  Aalto University School of Art and Design and professor of Design and Culture,  Department of Design at the same university.  In this field he has led several research projects and teams and supervised doctoral studies in Finland and abroad as well as organized a multitude of international conferences. Korvenmaa has published extensively on Finnish architectural and design history both in Finland and internationally since 1981. His other key area is in the politics of design.  There  Korvenmaa has written, consulted and lectured on design related to national systems of innovation at several locations such as Iceland (2003), Rio de Janeiro (2004), Tokyo (2006), Chile (2007), Mexico City (2008) and Murcia, Spain (2010).  Recently he was in the planning group of the international Research Assessment Exercise of the becoming Aalto University and 2010 he was  Panel Chair in evaluating Danish design research for the Ministry of Culture of Denmark. Currently he is also Chairman of Board at Finnish Designmuseum  – His most recent book is  Finnish Design – A Concise History (2009) and article A Bridge of Wood in the book Aalto and America (2012).

Publicado por aipuche | 14 de octubre de 2013 - 14:42 | Actualizado: 22 de octubre de 2013 - 13:38 | PDF