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The Conservation Department

Die Neue Sammlung - The Design Museum

is pleased to announce its 5th edition of the FUTURE TALKS conference series:

FUTURE TALKS 017

The silver edition

VISIONS.

INNOVATION IN TECHNOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF THE MODERN

Duration October 11 to 13, 2017

Organiser Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum

Location Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany

Registration https://dnstdm.de/en/anmeldung/

Conference fee (3 day-ticket)

The registration fee is graduated.

Please note there is a higher fee if you register after July 31,2017.

Early bird

(booking and payment until July 31,2017) : € 250,00

after July 31, 2017: € 350,00

Students

Early bird (booking and payment until July 31, 2017): € 150,00

after July 31, 2017: € 250,00

Evening reception (October 12, 2017): € 50,00

(includes interesting people, open buffet and free drinks)

Payment must be transfered to Die Neue Sammlung bank account not later than September 30, 2017 (early bird: July 31, 2017). Numbers for the conference are limited and early registration is advised. Register as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Day passes are not available.

Please note that registration and timely payment is required to participate.

FUTURE TALKS 017

The silver edition

VISIONS.

INNOVATION IN TECHNOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF THE MODERN

Duration October 11 to 13, 2017

Organiser Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum

Location Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany

After an overwhelming response to our last four FUTURE TALKS conferences (2009 – 2015) with almost 900 participants from 25 nations we are eagerly looking forward to our 5th anniversary:

The Silver Edition - the FUTURE TALKS 017 conference!

FUTURE TALKS is a groundbreaking platform for interdisciplinary discussions and exchange of experiences in the conservation of modern materials. With the focus on an increasing number of contributions related to technologies and modified analysis techniques, our goal is to improve the decision-making processes in the conservation of modern materials.

FUTURE TALKS helps to raise public awareness to the fact that even serial products are faced with a gradual degradation process of material which can result at worst in a loss of cultural identity and history.

FUTURE TALKS 017 will be yet another extensive three day congress on international research projects and case studies both on active conservation treatments of modern materials in design and modern art and on related material and technology science.

TOPIC

In 2016 our museum has bought the FUTURO house, designed 1968 by the Finnish architect Matti Suuroonen. From May 2017 on, this UFO-like mobile home will be presented at the outdoor area of the Pinakothek der Moderne for one year. An accompanying programme highlights different perspectives dealing with visions in design.

Given the highly visionary potential of the FUTURO house, a broad range of exciting and interesting topics opens up for FUTURE TALKS 017!

Accordingly FUTURE TALKS 017 is focussing on the evolution and role of new technologies and conservation practices, the visions and innovations both in the fields of investigation and research and its practical application.

Recent advancement in this field regarding technology, design and production processes of modern materials, new and innovative treatment methods for degrading plastics as well as current research and ongoing projects will be presented. During the three day conference experts from all over the world will share their experiences and knowledge in this field.

Knowing very well that the conservation of modern materials is not only limited to design objects, a part of the programme is dedicated to conservation projects on modern and contemporary works of art.

Social events and opportunities to visit local conservation studios, research labs, plastic producers and design studios will accompany the conference programme.

The conference and the associated publication will be in English language.

The detailed conference programme will be posted in the next days.

ORGANISER

Conservation Department

Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum

Die Neue Sammlung houses the world’s largest and most important collection of industrial design. The large number of objects reflects the technologies and materials developed in the course of the 20th and 21st century, attesting in particular to the use of plastics. However, unlike most traditional materials these are subject to a dynamic ageing process and after only a short time often already bear irreversible traces of their age. Corresponding types of damage can hardly be reconciled with the respective designer’s original intentions and are often problematic in terms of conservation. Since its founding in 2002, the Conservation Department has become an important hub for the conservation and maintenance of modern design objects, through research into the deterioration and preservation of the collections, the development of new conservation processes and the knowledge of its original technology. It also plays an active role in networking and information sharing and takes part in national and international research projects in the conservation of design.

Beyond the participation at international conferences with numerous lectures on the conservation of plastics we hold lectureships at the University College of London (UCL) in Doha, Qatar and the Technische Universit?t in Munich (TUM).

Both knowledge and network expanded to FUTURE TALKS – an international platform initiating an intensive and profound discourse on practical conservation treatments of modern materials.

The Conservation Department of Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum. (www.die-neue-sammlung.de)

CONTACT

Tim Bechthold [Dipl.Rest.Univ.]

Head of Conservation

[email protected]

Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum

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