Prof. Dr. Marion Godau

Academic and professional career

• Professor of Design, Cultural and Art History at the FHP since 2012
• Since 2007, together with Prof Dr Johannes Kirschenmann, initiation and project management of the internet platform https://www.designwissen.net
• 2005-12 Research and artistic assistant at the University of Vechta in the field of design education / creative work
• 2003-07 Co-founder and co-organiser of the Berlin festival DESIGNMAI
• 1993-2005 Freelance design and PR consultant and author
• 2000/01 Representative of the Chair of Design Science and Theory, Department of Design and Media, FH Hannover
• 1990-2002 employed, later freelance for the IDZ Berlin and other Berlin institutions: Conception and organisation of qualification programmes for designers, managers and art educators
• 1990-99 Teaching assignments at the Berlin University of the Arts, Department of Aesthetic Education, Art and Cultural Studies (elective subject design)
• 1987-95
  Socio-cultural research projects at the HdK Berlin, e.g. on the cultural history of living in the 20th century and on the lifestyle of skilled workers

Academic education

• 1988-91 Studied sociology at the Free University of Berlin
• 1981-88 Studied Industrial Design at the Berlin University of the Arts

Lectures and workshops

• among others at the International Design Centre Berlin
• at the University of Wuppertal
• the Berlin University of the Arts
• for the writing instrument manufacturer Lamy (management and sales)
• the Association of German Art Educators
• the University of Osnabrück and the Zurich University of the Arts
• Workshops on behalf of the Lower Saxony State Education Authority and the Bremerhaven Teacher Training Institute, among others

Exhibitions

• 2002 "Sylvan Space" at stilwerk Berlin. Contribution to the World Congress of Architects UIA (12/07/ – 11/08/2002)
• 2003 "Produktdesign". Hanover, Bremen, Stuttgart, Ludwigshafen
• 2007 "Design entdecken. Der Werkbund macht Schule". Berlin (19th - 30th of September 2007)
• 2007/08 "Von Sinnen. Eine Reise durch die Welt der Wahrnehmung". Vechta 04/ – 12/10/2007, Dinklage 12/11/ – 18/12/2007, Cloppenburg 12/01/ – 11/02/2008