The "Spiegelkabinett" lecture series launched at the School of Design by the Chairs of Cultural and Media Theory and Art and Design Theory goes into the next round: On Wednesday, November 30, contemporary historian David Kuchenbuch will speak in an evening lecture on the media history of globalism. Using the example of the American constructor, designer and thinker Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983), Kuchenbuch will use biographical notes and artifacts to outline how Fuller effectively presented planetary themes in the media and thus became a mastermind of the ecological movement and an enthusiast of progress who wanted nothing less than to create a better world for all with his global planning tools. The lecture is based on Kuchenbuch's habilitation thesis "Welt-Bildner. Arno Peters, Richard Buckminster Fuller and the Media of Globalism, 1940-2000," which will be published by Böhlau-Verlag in 2021. PD Dr. David Kuchenbuch has been working for about 15 years in various positions on the history of European and transatlantic modernity, currently as scientific coordinator of the Leibniz Prize Research Group "History and Theory of Global Capitalism" at the Institute of History of the Justus Liebig University Giessen.

In the "Spiegelkabinett" format, Prof. Dr. Evelyn Echle and Prof. Dr. Thomas Hensel regularly invite internationally renowned academics and decision-makers from the fields of design and art to provide insights into their research and work. The innovative format allows design, art and science to enter into a dialogue, symbolized in the title "Spiegelkabinett".
The event on November 30 in the auditorium of the Faculty of Design at Holzgartenstraße 36 will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Admission is free. Lecture will be held in German.

Photos of Buckminster Fuller and his work from the State Archives of North Carolina Raleigh, NC, USA.