Thank you, Michael

We are shocked and saddened. We have lost an ingenious, inspirational and cheerful friend, a brilliant thinker and iGDN co-founder Prof. Dr. Michael Erlhoff 1946–2021

Gender Design Education

Sign our call: #GenderDesignEducation – No Design without Gender: For Gender Studies and Gender Research in Design

#iphi2021 iphiGenia Gender Design Award

Call for Entries As of now, the international Gender Design Network/iGDN will be accepting entries for the iphiGenia Gender Design Award 2021 / #iphi2021. Entries will be accepted from all areas of design: product design, typography, orientation systems, public design, lighting design, new digital and media developments, fashion design, exhibition design, service design etc. But also innovative design and advertising campaigns as well as...

Claudia Herling – Gender must become part of our design education (Video)

Claudia Herling asks: "How can design education contribute to gender equality and diversity?" See her giving some answers in her videostatement.

Ina von Rumohr – Behind the scenes of the iphiGenia Award (Video)

Ina von Rumohr introduces the idea and the personalities behind the scenes of the international iphiGenia Gender Design Award. Dipl. Des. Ina von Rumohr, German designer, entrepreneur and university teacher in Cologne, Germany. Co-founder of moculade Design Cologne, designstudio for print and digital media. Corporate Design, Communication Design and UX expert. Board member at iGDN. Jury member for the iphiGenia Gender Design Award. (for...

Prof. Dr. em. Uta Brandes – Please join the international Gender Design Network (Video)

Prof. Dr. em. Uta Brandes emphasizes the necessity of talking about Gender and Design especially in these times of crisis and change. As chair of iGDN she gives insights into the work of the international Gender Design Network. Prof. Dr. Uta Brandes is a German design expert, theoretician and author. She is co-founder of the international Gender Design Network/iGDN and the chair of iGDN...

Milena Mussi – How are you today? (Video)

We are happy to host Milena Mussis statement on the COVID-19 situation. Thank you Milena, for your very personal insights. It clearly points out the inevitable need to keep on calling out the iphiGenia Gender Design Award. Milena Mussi started her career as marketing and communication manager in the fashion business. Since 1995 she is Managing Director of Iosa Ghini Associates, an internationally known...

Kajsa G. Eriksson – Design and technology promise to make things better while forgetting the problems created in the process. (Video)

Thank you to Kajsa G. Eriksson for pointing out the importance of Gender and Design to preserve and enforce equality. Kajsa G. Eriksson is a Professor of Visual Art with specialization in Forms of Visual Art at the HDK-Valand Academy of Art and Design, Gothenburg University, Sweden. She holds a PhD in Design and runs the independent collaborative arts-based research studio Vague Research Studios....

Griselda Flesler – We must think about who is inside or outside of our categories when we design. (Video)

Thank you to Griselda Flesler for a moving and intense statement on Gender and Design. Griselda supports iGDN as RCi member (iphi Research Committee international). Griselda Flesler is professor of the Department of Design and Gender Studies at FADU, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina; she also is a researcher at the American Art Institute of the University. It was her who initiated and founded the...

Miles Min Chen – Because of the virus I’ve thought of changing life. (Video)

Watch our third video statement by RCi member (iphi Research Committee international)  Miles Min Chen (Hangzhou, China). Miles Min Chen is multi-disciplinary designer; he designs from objects to technological products and interior architecture. He works for both Chinese and Western companies. He studied in Cologne, Germany, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and Milan, Italy. He lives and works in Hangzhou, China. The iphiGenia Gender Design Award 2020 #iphi2020 was...