Prof. Michael Renner

    Institutsleiter IDCE / Leiter MA Digital Communication Environments

    Tätigkeitsbereich

    Prof. Michael Renner ist verantwortlich für das IDCE und Mitglied der Hochschulleitung der HGK Basel FHNW. Er leitet das Masterprogramm Digital Communication Environments, die Weiterbildungsangebote des IDCE und das von swissuniversities finanzierte Projekt «Incubator for Design Cultures» zur Förderung des doppelten Kompetenzprofils. Er ist Mitglied des FHNW Steuerungsausschusses Lehre 2025.

    Institute Digital Communication Environments 
    MA Digital Communication Environments
    Incubator for Design Cultures 
    International Master of Design UIC/HGK (MDes/MAS) 

    Prof. Michael Renner, 1961,experienced the digital revolution first-hand when he went to work for Apple Computer Inc. and The Understanding Business in California in 1986, just after completing his diploma as Graphic Designer at the former Basel School of Design. Research and reflection upon the meaning of images in the context of digital tools became the central theme of Renner’s practical, pedagogical and theoretical design activities. Since 1990, he has his own design Studio in Basel with corporate and cultural clients. He started teaching in 1990 in the Visual Communication Institute of Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW with an emphasis on Information Design, Interaction Design and Design Research. In 1999 he was named chairman of the institute. From 2005 until 2013 he was member of «eikones», the Swiss National Center of Competence in Iconic Research, and from 2013 until 2016 he was member of the European research network «What Images Do». His approach to develop research activities in the field of design is based on the aim to further develop existing competencies of image creation. With this approach of gaining knowledge through the creation of images the design process becomes the central research theme and a methodology at the same time. He has been applicant and co-applicant of several research projects funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. He is visiting professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has lectured and taught workshops in Europe and abroad, is member of the advisory board of Visible Language and member of the Aliance Graphique Internationale (AGI).

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    2017
    Renner M.: Practice-led Iconic Research; Towards a Research Methodology of Visual Communication, in: Langkilde K. (ed.), Poetry of the Real, Basel 2017, pp. 135 – 159.
    2016
    Renner M.: Word to Image – Image to Word. The Contribution of Visual Communication to Understanding and Dialog, in: P. Lloyd & E. Bohemia, (eds.), Proceedings of DRS2016: Design + Research + Society – Future-Focused Thinking, Volume 3, pp. 1073 – 1088, DOI 10.21606/drs.2016.
    2015
    Boehm G., Budelacci O., Renner M. (eds.): Face and Identity, München 2015
    2014
    Renner M.: Ornamental Images and their Digital Occurences, in: Aaron Marcus (ed.), Proceedings HCII 2014 Conference. Design, User Experience, and Usability. Theories, Methods, and Tools for Designing the User Experience, Vienna 2014, pp. 663 – 674.
    2011
    Renner M.: Image, Imagination, Innovation: How Can We Overcome the Common Ground in the Processes of Visual Design? in: Aaron Marcus (ed.), Proceedings HCII 2011 Conference. Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS), Vienna 2011, pp. 285 – 294.
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    2009–2013        
    Co-Leitung des eikones Moduls „Bild und Entwurf“ in Zusammenarbeit mit Prof. Dr. Nicolaj van der Meulen
    2012–2014        
    Projektleitung des SNF DORE geförderten Projektes „Campus +“ (Neue Strategien für die Visualisierung von städtebaulichen Veränderungsprozessen) (13DPD3_136756)
    2012–2014        
    Projektleitung des SNF DORE geförderten Projektes „Visual Search +“ (New Approaches to Content Based Image Retrieval) (13DPD3_136840)
    2016–2019­
    Mitantragsteller des SNF Sinergia-Projektes „Swiss Graphic Design and Typographie Revisited“ (CRSII1_160825). Verantwortlich für den Cluster „Principles of Education“ in Zusammenarbeit mit Prof. Dr. Arne Scheuermann, Prof. Dr. Sarah Owens und Prof. Dr. Peter Schneemann
  • Institute Digital Communication Environments (IDCE)

    Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
    Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel
    Institute Digital Communication Environments (IDCE)
    Hochhaus: D 5.03

    Freilager-Platz 1

    4002 Basel