Michael Renner
Conférence en anglais
Michael Renner is head of the IDCE The Basel School of Design at the FHNW Academy of Art and Design in Basel, Switzerland. He experienced the digital revolution first-hand working for Apple Computer and The Understanding Business in California, just after completing his education at the Basel School of Design. Renner’s practical, pedagogical, theoretical and research-oriented design activities explore the meaning of images in the context of today’s digital communication channels. By gaining knowledge through the creation of images, he positions the design process itself as both central research theme and methodology to gain knowledge. Renner was member of the board of “eikones,” the Swiss National Center of Competence in Iconic Research (2005 – 2013), member of the European Research Network “What Images Do” (2013 – 2017) and Co-applicant of the Sinergia Project “Swiss Graphic Design and Typography Revisited” (2016 – 2020). He is visiting professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and member of AGI