E.E. (Esther) Cleven
Bauhaus-Museum Weimar
As of January 2011 Esther Cleven will be working at the Bauhaus-Museum in Weimar, Germany. To get in contact, please call +49 (0)3643 545 397 or mail to e.e.cleven@uva.nl.
Bauhaus-Museum
Klassik Stiftung Weimar
Esther Cleven is an art historian interested in the production and function of non-artistic imagery and objects, especially in the context of the modern, highly organized, commercial and technological society. Her research is focused on the historiography of art and design history, the history of design and media, 'Mentalitätsgeschichte' as well as socio-economic history of the 19th and 20th century.
The last decade Cleven has been investing in the development of design research infrastructure and talent in the Netherlands, and involved actively in the management of the Design Heritage. From 2001-2010 she has been a full-time curator at the Graphic Design Museum in Breda. Cleven has been developing and implementing the museums mission, position and policy until the opening in 2008, and has been acting as a curator collections and research. The effect of the museum on the designobject has her special museological attention.
At the Universiteit van Amsterdam Cleven has been Honorary Professor of Modern Typography and Graphic Design (2004-2010). Her research there has been revolving around the role of the medium, the effect of the democratization of mass-media in visual communication and the development of a Creative Industry, especially after World War II. Furthermore, she established the inter-institutional 'Grade - Network for beginning graphic design historians' in order to enable young researchers to connect, broaden their view and develop a more professional research practice.
Cleven acts regularly as an adviser for institutions, foundations and researchers in the field of (graphic)design heritage, history and education.
Graphic Design Museum
June 11, 2008: Graphic Design Museum geopend door koningin Beatrix (video)
BNO
Book History at UvA
Art History at UvA
EstherCleven on LinkedIn
Advisory functions & Memberships (current)
Programma adviesraad History & Heritage, Premsela (Amsterdam)
2005-2010, Adviescommissie Lectoraat Visuele Retorica, Avans Hogeschool (Breda, 's-Hertogenbosch)
2010, Jury Theater Affiche Prijs, TIN (Amsterdam)
Member ICOM
Member Vereniging Nederlandse Kunsthistorici
Member Verband Deutscher Kunsthistoriker
Member Dutch Postgraduate School for Art History
Member Design History Society
Member Designgeschiedenis.NL
Member Gesellschaft für Designgeschichte
Member Deutsche Gesellschaft für Designtheorie und -forschung
History and Heritage
Lectoraat Visuele Retorica
Dutch Postgraduate School for Art History
Designgeschiedenis.NL
Design History Society
Vereniging Nederlandse Kunsthistorici
ICOM
Theater Affiche Prijs
Gesellschaft für Designgeschichte
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Designtheorie und -forschung
Verband Deutscher Kunsthistoriker