Call for papers--Technology and conservation of modern materials in design

Call for Papers
Future Talks 011
Technology and Conservation of Modern Materials in Design
Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, Germany.
October 26-28, 2011

The Conservation Department, Die Neue Sammlung--The International
Design Museum Munich--is pleased to announce the subsequent event
last year's, very enthusiastically received, international
conference Future Talks 009:

Because of the great response to the first event
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countries), Future Talks 011 will discuss technology and
conservation of modern materials over three days.

On the first day the conference will focus on technology, design and
production processes of modern materials and their consequences on
ageing, degradation and failure of design objects. The following two
days will highlight the state-of-the-art
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research and focuses on practical treatments in the conservation of
design objects made of modern materials.

Organiser: Die Neue Sammlung, The International Design Museum Munich
(<URL:http://www.die-neue-sammlung.de> houses one of the world's
largest and most important collection of industrial design. The
large number of objects reflects the technologies and materials
developed in the course of the 20th century, attesting in particular
to the use of plastics. However, unlike most traditional materials
these are subject to a dynamic aging process and after only a short
time often already bear irreversible traces of their age.
Corresponding types of damage can hardly be reconciled with the
respective designer's original intentions and are often problematic
in terms of conservation. The Conservation Department at Die Neue
Sammlung has for years focused on the conservation of  degraded
modern materials. Both knowledge and network expanded to the FUTURE
TALKS, an international platform, initiating an intensive and
profound discourse on practical conservation treatments of modern
materials.

The conference and associated publication will be in English.

There will also be social events and opportunities to visit local
conservation studios.

Topics: Papers outlining recent advances in this field, addressing
technology, design and production processes of modern materials, new
or innovative treatment methods for topics like cleaning,
consolidating, retouching or material improvements are welcome.
Preference for oral presentation will be given to papers dealing
with current research. To cross-link conference participants to
highly topical research, ongoing projects where final results have
not necessarily been obtained are very welcome.

Knowing full well that the conservation of modern materials is not
only limited to design objects, presentations of conservation
projects on modern/contemporary works of art are very welcome, too.

Abstracts should include:

    The full title of the paper

    The full names, postal addresses and e-mail addresses of all
    authors

    A summary of the paper in  no more than 500 words. It should not
    include graphs, pictures, tables or references.

    Papers for the conference should be tailored to a 25-minute
    presentation time frame.

The deadline for submission of abstracts is 31 March 2011 and
authors will be notified of the result by 15 April 2011.

Papers will be assumed to be offered for either oral or poster
presentation unless otherwise stated. We will publish proceedings of
the meeting. Authors will be required to submit a final paper to the
organisers during the conference. As far as possible, communication
relating to the meeting will be conducted by e-mail. Please provide
an e-mail address when registering interest in the meeting or
submitting an abstract.

Abstracts should be sent to:

    Tim Bechthold
    Dipl.Rest.Univ.
    Head of Conservation
    Die Neue Sammlung I
    The International Design Museum Munich
    bechthold<-at->die-neue-sammlung<.>de


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