Das BCSSS vergibt den ersten Sonderpreis für ‚Action on Climate Change‘ in Zusammenarbeit mit IIID
Im Frühjahr 2020 rief das International Institute for Information Design (IIID) den IIID Award aus, eine große Wertschätzung dessen, was Informationsdesigner zur Gesellschaft beitragen. Sie wenden Kreativität und Design Thinking an, um komplexe Kommunikationsprobleme zu lösen und um jeden Aspekt des menschlichen Lebens zu verbessern. Wenn wir reisen, helfen uns…
Aufruf zum Mitmachen! Special Design Award für ‚Action on Climate Change‘ von IIID & BCSSS
Aufruf zum Mitmachen! Special Design Award ‚Action on Climate Change‘ Der IIID Awardist eine großartige Würdigung dessen, was Informationsdesigner zur Gesellschaft beitragen. Sie wenden Kreativität und Design Thinking an, um komplexe Kommunikationsprobleme zu lösen und um jeden Aspekt des menschlichen Lebens zu verbessern. Im Rahmen des IIID Award 2020 hat…
Wissenschaft trifft Kunst – eine Konvergenz, Phantasie und neue Perspektiven auf eine Geschichte und ihre Zukunft
Das Künstlerduo MUELLER-DIVJAK zeigt derzeit eine Ausstellung mit dem Titel „77.000 GENERATIONS – Berta says: We need to find a new conception of man„. Für diese Veranstaltung und für eine neue Generation der systemwissenschaftlichen Kommunikation entwarfen BCSSS-Vorstandsmitglied Jeanette Müller und BCSSS-Mitglied Paul Divjak eine neue Konzeption der Person und des…
New lecture series by BCSSS visiting scholar Cadell Last on ‚Systems Science and Subjectivity‘
Cadell Last, a philosopher and host of the School of Thinking at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium worked with the Bertalanffy Center for an extended period of time in 2019 as one of the first early career researchers the Center intends to support with its Next Generation Program. He…
Delegation from the Art Academy of Latvia show interest in systems science principles for design
On May 5, Master’s students from the Functional Design Department of the Art Academy in Riga, Latvia requested to visit the Bertalanffy Center for an introduction to systems science and design. They spent an internship of two months at hi-pe.at, design partner of the BCSSS, where they worked on pedestrian…
BCSSS partner IIID shares news about events on producing and visualizing knowledge
How can we make sense of the ubiquitous information and data in our every day lives, in business and in science? Our partner organisation, the International Institute for Information Design (IIID) has shared news on two promising events that are dealing with this challenge. The 26th Biennal of Design (BIO…
Research Group System Science and Pattern Literacy – 2018 Activity Report
The Group’s Objectives and Organization The BCSSS Research Group System Science and Pattern Literacy was launched in October 2017 by Maria Lenzi and Helene Finidori to bring together researchers and practitioners from different fields interested in the connection between patterns and systems. Our research is dedicated to the development of socio-technical…
General Systems Theory & McLuhan. Ernest A. Hakanen visits the BCSSS
Next April the Bertalanffy Center welcomes Ernest A. Hakanen, PhD, Professor of Communication at the Graduate Faculty of Communication, Culture and Media, Drexel University, Philadelphia. His current research focuses on the relationship between General Systems Theory and McLuhan’s Media Theories as well as his Legacy Theories, such as Media Ecology and…