Tenured associate professors | Design & Communication (theory, history)
Short bio
Hans Leo Höger (Ph.D.) is tenured professor for Theory and History of Design and Communication (SECS 08/C1 - SSD: ICAR/13). Besides his academic activities he has been working as consultant of strategy, research and communication for companies and design offices, focusing on design topics in the context of economics, culture and society. Clients include Siemens, Olivetti, Swiss Re, Poste Italiane, Airport Cologne, Michele De Lucchi, intégral Ruedi Baur et associés, Sergio Calatroni Artroom. He has been appointed Commissioner of the German participation at XIXth Milan Triennale (‘Identity and Differences: The Future of Urban Environments’) and was responsible for the program ‘Attitudes for the New Millennium' within the IDCA conference in Aspen/Colorado (USA) dedicated to 'Gestaltung: German Design'.
97115 · ICAR/13 · Bachelor in Design and Art - Major in Design · DE
97166C · M-FIL/05 · Bachelor in Design and Art - Major in Design · EN
- Cultural Engineering (interdisciplinarity and transversality as references for design research in the context of design process setting): design as relational working field
- Convergence Phenomena in Postindustrial Societies
- Design & Politics
- Design Thinking (contextualization of design culture)
FDA research cluster: make
Hans Leo Höger has had teaching assignments, before his professorship in Bozen I Bolzano, at: Zurich University of the Arts, City College of New York, Bocconi University (Milan), Saar University of the Arts (Saarbrücken), University of Applied Arts Würzburg, Istituto Europeo di Design (Milan), Kent Stat University (Ohio). As author and researcher he investigates topics of design in relation to business, culture and society. His books and texts have been published by Lars Müller, Birkhäuser, Hatje Cantz, Wasmuth, Pyramid Éditions, DuMont, Vieweg, Bozen I Bolzano University Press, Bruno Mondadori, Edition Axel Menges, Abitare Segesta, Corraini, Springer, Allemandi und für Magazine wie domus, Abitare, Interni, form, DIID, Design Report.