Prof. Michael Götte

Appointed to the Department of Fundamentals of Design and Media Design in March 1997. Studied communication design at the University of Design, Schwäbisch Gmünd and visual design at the State Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart.

1990 – 1997 Academic assistant in the basic principles and the rectorate at the Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Art and Design. 1990 – 1997 Lecturer in the fundamentals of design in the communication and product design programmes at the Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Art and Design. 1992 and 1993 Lecturer for the basics of design in the design department at the Dresden University of Applied Sciences. 2002 – 2006 various teaching assignments at the University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg, Austria in the "Intermedia" department. Since 1999 basic principles speaker at the Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Art and Design. 2000 – 2006 Head of the German university participation in the development aid project "Lincos" with project developments in the co-operation between the MIT MediaLab Boston, Havard University Boston, the Instituto Técnologico de Costa Rica and the Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd.

2003 – 2009 Vice-Rector at the Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Art and Design. 1992 – 2002 Co-founder and managing director of "thema gestaltung münchen", together with Birgit Binner. Project focus in the field of didactic communication with the conception and design of various exhibitions and publications for the German Museum, the National Museum of American History (Smithonian Institution) Washington D.C, the German Historical Museum Berlin, the Lenbachhaus Munich, the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Hermann von Helmholtz Association, the University of Bonn, the Society for Human Genetics Munich, Bayer Leverkusen as well as for book and music publishers such as Siemens AG/Medienservice Wissenschaft, Av-Edition Ludwigsburg, ECM Munich and ConBrio Regensburg. In the cultural sector, CI, publication and event design for Bayerischer Rundfunk, the City of Munich, the German Music Council, the Federal Youth Orchestra, the Richard Strauss Conservatory Munich, Ludwig Musical Munich, eikon film Munich and BMW AG Munich. Exhibition stand design for companies such as Texas Instruments Munich, Caterpillar Dallas, Bayern Zement Munich, Bosch Reutlingen and Bosch Karlsruhe.

Since 2004 concept, consulting and design activities in the field of exhibition design for tg2b, San Francisco, for institutions and companies such as "The Tec Museum", San José California, the Nevada Discovery Museum and Chopard, Genève, Switzerland.

Publications:
2007 "The world of signs", av edition
2009 "beobachten und formulieren", basic course with exercises, based on a film script by Josef Albers, Edition ZKM, Hatje Canz.