Lectures “Approaches and prac­­tices to archive design from French-speak­­ing Switzer­­­land”

One such approach is mudac’s acquis­i­­tion policy, which aims to include tech­n­ical draw­ings and proto­­types by design­ers in its collec­­tion. These initi­at­ives go beyond the simple conser­­va­­tion of objects, they capture the essence of the research that goes into the creation of these works. In this way, the museum focuses on a design­er’s design and produc­­tion process, from the genesis of his or her research to the final product. These archives docu­­ment the evol­u­­tion of projects and create poten­­tial narrat­ives around the works in the collec­­tion.

At the same time, initi­at­ives to improve the access­ib­il­ity of archives have recently emerged in certain fields of design, such as watch design and graphic design. Meet­ings are already planned to present the progress of certain areas of research in French-speak­­ing Switzer­­­land.

This approach raises funda­­mental ques­­tions for Archives du Design Romand, such as: how far should the museum go in archiv­ing the history of design in French-speak­­ing Switzer­­­land? What elements should be preserved as a prior­ity to ensure a complete collec­­tion? Are there new archiv­ing processes that avoid the accu­mu­la­­tion of arte­­facts? How can we estab­l­ish the vari­ous selec­­tion criteria neces­sary for a mission such as this? And could all this take the innov­­at­ive form of group­ing together centres of exper­t­ise?

• Round table moder­ated by Constance Dela­madeleine, Project Manager of Panor­ama, Archive digitale du graph­isme suisse romand, Sarah Burkhal­ter, Head of the Antenne romande and member of the Board of the Swiss Insti­tute for the Study of Art (SIKISEA) and Frédéric Kaplan, Professor at the Collège des Human­ités (CDH) and Director of the Digital Human­it­ies Labor­at­ory (DHLab).
• Round table discus­sion moder­ated by Jean­nette Frey, Director of the Lausanne Cantonal and Univer­sity Library, Frédéric Noyer, Digital Arch­iv­ist at Photo Elysée – Plate­forme 10 and Beate Schlichen­maier, Director of the SAPA Found­a­tion (Swiss Perform­ing Arts Archives).
• Confer­ence co-direc­ted by Basma Makhlouf Shabou, asso­ci­ate professor, and Aurèle Nicolet, scientific collab­or­ator in the Inform­a­tion Science Depart­ment at the HEG (Haute école de gestion).