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Subject: New book on conservation of modern materials
New book: Future Talks 009. The Conservation of Modern Materials in Applied Arts and Design Edited by Tim Bechthold Proceedings from the first Future Talks conference, organised by the Conservation Department of Die Neue Sammlung. The International Design Museum Munich, October 22-23, 2009. With 27 conference papers this volume highlights current scientific research. It presents a comprehensive compilation of innovative practical conservation treatments of degraded plastics worldwide, including continuative information on materials and authors. Contributions among others by Thea van Oosten, Yvonne Sahashoua, Friederike Waentig and museums such as MOMA NY, The International Design Museum Munich, SF MOMA, V&A London, Triennale Design Museum Milan and many more (see below). Contents: Collecting Plastics Identification of plastics Cleaning and consolidation of plastics Tim Bechthold is Head of Conservation at Die Neue Sammlung. The International Design Museum Munich. In 2002 he set up the Conservation Department. Since that time there is a strong focus on the conservation of degraded modern materials. Through the research into the deterioration and preservation of the collections, the development of new conservation processes and the knowledge of original technology, the Conservation Department has become an important hub for the conservation and the maintenance of modern design objects. It also plays an active role in networking and information sharing. and takes part in national and international research projects in the conservation of design. Tim Bechthold has initiated and organised both the Future Talks 009 in October 2009 and the Future Talks 011 in October 2011. ISBN 978-3-9813755-1-0 Euro: 29,80 Paperback 255 pages, 28 f/c and 194 b/w photos Order via: conservation<-a t->die-neue-sammlung< . >de or your (online) bookstore. List of Contributors Silvana Annicchiarico Director Triennale Design Museum, Milan, Italy Mauro Bacci Head of Research Institute of Applied Physics "N. Carrara" National Research Council (IFAC-CNR), Florence, Italy Nigel Bamforth Senior Furniture Conservator Victoria & Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom Tim Bechthold Head of Conservation Die Neue Sammlung, The International Design Museum Munich, Germany Reinhard Bek Head of Conservation Tingely Museum, Basle, Switzerland Arturo dell'Acqua Bellavitis Conservation Scientist Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy Eva Brachert Paintings Conservator Direktion Landesmuseum Mainz, Germany Stefan Bruggerhoff Conservator Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Germany Oscar Chiantore Conservation Scientist Universita degli Studi di Torino, Dipartimento di Chimica I.F.M.,Torino, Italy Alain Colombini Conservation Scientist Centre Interregional de Conservation et Restauration du Patrimoine Marseille, France Daniela Comelli Researcher and lecturer Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy Anna Comiotto Associate Professor Bern University of Applied Science, Bern, Switzerland Costanza Cucci Conservation Scientist Institute of Applied Physics "N. Carrara" National Research Council (IFAC-CNR), Florence, Italy Elke Cwiertnia Modern and Contemporary Art Conservator Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Margo Delidow Mellon Teaching Fellow Conservation Center IFA-NYU, New York, United States of America Marc Egger Associate Professor Bern University of Applied Science, Bern, Switzerland Regina Frahlich Modern and Contemporary Art Conservator Technische Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany Giorgio Galleani Head of Collections Triennale Design Museum, Milan, Italy Elena Gomez-Sanchez Conservation Scientist Rathgen Forschungslabor, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany Susanne Graner Head of Collections Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany Roger Griffith Associate Conservator MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States of America Stephanie Grossmann Research Assistant University of Applied Science Cologne, Germany Katharina Haider Modern and Contemporary Art Conservator Free University of Berlin, Germany Ursula Haller Professor Academy of Fine Arts Dresden, Germany Minna Hakkarainen Professor Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Andreas Hollander, Senior Researcher Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research, Potsdam, Germany Ruth Keller Professor HTW Berlin, Modern Materials and Industrial Heritage, Germany Kathrin Kessler Head of Conservation Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany Lars-Christian Koch Head of Department Museum of Ethnology, Berlin, Germany Anna Lagana Researcher of Modern Materials Cultural Heritage Agency (RCE), Amsterdam, The Netherlands Marinella Levi Professor Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy Dietmar Linke Associate Professor HTW Berlin, Modern Materials and Industrial Heritage, Germany Marie-Anne Loeper-Attia Conservator Musee de la Musique, Paris, France Dana Melchar Furniture Conservator Victoria & Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom Kate Moomaw Assistant Conservator for Modern and Contemporary Art Denver Art Museum, Denver, United States of America Roisin Morris Textile Conservator Victoria & Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom Delia Muller-Wusten Student University of Applied Science Cologne, Germany Austin Nevin Researcher Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy Roberto Olmi Senior Researcher Institute of Applied Physics "N. Carrara" National Research Council (IFAC-CNR), Florence, Italy Thea B. van Oosten Senior Researcher (retired) Cultural Heritage Agency (RCE), Amsterdam, The Netherlands Anja Liss Petersen Conservator The National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark Virginia Pellicori Conservation Scientist Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, University of Ferrara, Italy Marcello Picollo Researcher Institute of Applied Physics "N. Carrara" National Research Council (IFAC-CNR), Florence, Italy Rebecca Ploeger Post-doctoral research fellow National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States of America Esther Rapoport Modern and Contemporary Art Conservator University of Fine Arts Dresden, Germany. Barbara Schertel Modern and Contemporary Art Conservator, Berlin, Germany before: Advanced Fellow in Conservation of Contemporary Art San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, United States of America Manfred Schreiner Conservation Scientist Institute of Natural Sciences and Technology in Art, Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Austria Yvonne Shashoua Senior Researcher The National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark Stefan Simon Director Rathgen Forschungslabor, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany Barbara Sommermeyer Head of Conservation Hamburger Kunsthalle, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Hamburg, Germany Maxie Tafelski Conservator Filmmuseum Potsdam, Germany Francesca Toja PhD student Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy Lucia Toniolo Associate Professor Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy Claire Valageas Researcher Centre Interregional de Conservation et Restauration du Patrimoine Marseille, France Roberta Verteramo Modern and Contemporary Art Conservator Turin, Italy Friederike Waentig Professor University of Applied Science Cologne, Germany Christoph Wenzel Research Assistant University of Applied Science Cologne, Germany Shuya Wei Conservation Scientist Institute of Natural Sciences and Technology in Art, Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Austria Qunxi Zhang Conservation Scientist Shaanxi History Museum, Shaanxi, China *** Conservation DistList Instance 25:24 Distributed: Sunday, November 13, 2011 Message Id: cdl-25-24-008 ***Received on Friday, 11 November, 2011