Head: Univ.-Prof.
Dr.phil. dr.littD.h.c. MA (RCA) Alison Jane Clarke
Design theory and history is playing
an ever-greater role in the art and design education sector and covers a major aspect of the range of doctorate studies, where
interdisciplinary approaches in aesthetics, design, technology, the social sciences and history are linked. In the light
of the enormous historical reputation of the “Angewandte” in this sector, new teaching and, in particular research accents,
have been established with regard to critical-analytical design theory and design culture, whereby the social and economic
functions, and the mechanisms of design receive special attention. The Department sees its most important task as being the
national and international networking of design competence and the consolidation of its positioning at the Vienna location
to a greater extent than in the past. A special emphasis is placed on the intensification of publicity activities in the theory
and history of design area.