March 15, 2013
The City of Graz, with a population of 250,000 is the second largest city in Austria, and like Nagoya is an accredited member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in the design category.
Every May, Graz hosts Designmonat Graz [Graz Design Month]. Among the nearly 60 events held around the city in 2012 was an exhibit presenting another UNESCO design city: Buenos Aires. Showing considerable interest in Nagoya’s activity as well, Graz has offered to mount a Nagoya exhibit in 2013.
Based on this proposal, it has been determined that a project by students at FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Science, to be launched during the opening session of Designmonat Graz, will also highlight Nagoya. For that reason, the Graz students will visit Nagoya in March 2013 to explore its charms and learned about its history, culture and landscape.
The GRANAG Project comprises the cooperation of students from five Nagoya universities* in the FH students’ research, helping to identify a perspective portraying the creative design city of Nagoya for the May exhibition.
*Daido University, Nagoya University of Arts, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya City University, Nagoya University
Please refer to the report page for the detail.
Please refer to the Designmonat Graz 2013 for the detail.
FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Science
FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Science is well known as an educational institution committed to quality and oriented towards the future, promoting a passion for creativity and innovation. By making use of their close contact with creative industries, they invite as freelance teachers professionals from a wide a range of disciplinary fields to share their practical expertise with students. Through courses like Information Design (Bachelor), Exhibition Design (Master) and Communication, Media and Interaction Design (Master), the University offers a program that focuses on practical experiences including obligatory internship semesters and work placement in the creative industries.
http://www.fh-joanneum.at
Participating Educational Institutions
Graz : FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Science
Nagoya : Daido University, Nagoya University of Arts, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya City University and Nagoya University
Schedule
July 2012 through March 2013:
Nagoya students hold regular meetings once or twice monthly and carry out information sharing with Graz students
December 7, 2012:
Joint meeting with Karl Stocker, Professor at FH JOANNEUM
March 2013:
Welcome exhibition at clas, the Nagoya University Project Gallery
Collaborative survey by students from Graz and Nagoya (lasting about a week)
March 2013 through May 2013:
Producing deliverables for Designmonat Graz (Graz × Nagoya)
May 2013:
Nagoya presentation at Designmonat Graz
| Organizer: | Granag | Graz and Nagoya Collabo Project [Creative Design City Nagoya Organizing Committee, FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Science, Daido University, Nagoya University of Arts, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya City University and Nagoya University] |
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