NADD x interCHANGES: Digital Futures of ArchivingNADD x interCHANGES: Digital Futures of Archiving

Look around you. Imagine if, in 50 years, there will be no trace of the work of the designers during DDW, or there will be fragmented parts that are impossible to find. What would we lose if we had no access to that knowledge? And, on the flip side, allow yourself to dream about what the ideal archives of the future could look like. How can we use design thinking to come up with creative solutions for preserving this vital heritage? Speculate on the futures of design archives in this interactive session with Annemartine van Kesteren and the Archive Doctors.

How can we work together to preserve digital artworks for future generations? And what does it really mean to preserve digital works when the technology is rapidly changing? In this short workshop session, Sanneke Huisman and Joost Dofferhoff introduce participants to tools for working with and preserving digital art, drawing on their experiences as a curator and conservator working with LI-MA’s vast collection of artworks as well as the collections of museums around the world. They will also introduce two projects that embody LI-MA’s approach to preservation: creating a collaborative infrastructure together with a network of museums and collectors; and sharing knowledge on digital care.

How can Wikidata provide new knowledge and resources for designers? In this one-hour workshop, dive into the world of Linked Open Data (LOD) and Wikidata with Hay Kranen and Bibi Bodegom. Learn how these powerful tools are being used to map our collective design memory, and gain practical skills in querying data to uncover insights about designers worldwide.

In this talk, Loma Doom (aka Femke Dekker) and Alice Twemlow present a work in progress that seeks to activate the archive of Dutch graphic designer Fre Cohen through a sonic mapping of aspects of her life and work in early 20th-century Amsterdam onto the lives and work of researchers in the city today and in the future.