Contributeurs

Ory Bartal is the head of the Department of History
and Theory at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in
Jerusalem, Israel, focusing on Japanese Visual Culture
and Contemporary Design research. Ory earned his
PhD in Cultural Studies from Tel Aviv University, et
also holds an MBA from Aoyama Gakuin University
in Tokyo, Japan. In addition to his academic experi-
ence in Japanese commercial design aesthetics, Ory
is an expert in Japanese marketing and business
pratiques, with over ten years of experience in senior
positions at leading technology companies active in
the Japanese market.

Füsan Erdoğanlar Bengisu is currently working for
STFA as project control architect for the Izmir subway
construction. She participates in research on nine-
teenth century glass. She is the co-author of Witnesses
of Daily Life and Customs in the 19th Century Ottoman
Society: Beykoz Glassware 4T Conference (Izmir, 2010).

Murat Bengisu is a Professor at Izmir University of
Economics, Department of Industrial Design. He con-
ducts research in the fields of glass and ceramics. Il
is the author of Engineering Ceramics (Heidelberg, 2001)
and author or co-author of 23 peer-reviewed articles.

Gökhan Ersan is a visual communication designer,
design historian, and educator based in Chicago. Il
earned his doctoral degree in the history of art and
design at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).
He holds a BS in Statistics, a Masters in Cultural
Études, an MFA in Visual Communication. Son
writing explores the relationship between technology
and design in shaping material culture. He has taught
visual communication design at the School of the
Art Institute of Chicago since 2001, on topics ranging
from book design to information design. He is a
Fulbright scholar.

Maria Mackinney-Valentin holds a PhD from the
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Design School
where she is currently a Senior Research Fellow.
Her research focuses on trend mechanisms and how
they relate to issues of class, gender and age. Elle a
published in Multi: The Journal of Plurality and Diversity
in Design; Catwalk: The Journal of Fashion, Beauty and
Style; and Berg Encyclopedia of World Fashion and Dress.

Victor Margolin is Emeritus Professor of Design
History at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is a
founding editor and now co-editor of DesignIssues.
Professor Margolin has published widely on diverse
design topics and lectured at conferences, universities,
and art schools internationally. He is currently work-
ing on a three-volume World History of Design to be
published by Berg in London.

Thomas Markussen holds a MA in Comparative
Literature and Semiotics and a PhD in Interaction
Design. He is an associate professor at the Department
of Communication Design at Kolding School of
Design, Denmark. Markussen’s research interests
lie within design activism, new media art, et
interaction design.

David Mindell is Dibner Professor of the History of
Engineering and Manufacturing and Professor of
Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT. He is the author
of Iron Coffin: War Technology and Experience aboard the
USS Monitor (Johns Hopkins, 2012) and Digital Apollo:
Human and Machine in Spaceflight (AVEC, 2008). Ce
article is based on his history of control systems,
Between Human and Machine: Feedback, Contrôle, et
Computing before Cybernetics (Johns Hopkins, 2002).

Karen Myers is the cover designer for DesignIssues 29,
Non. 1 (Hiver 2013). She is a Cleveland-based art
director, graphic designer and illustrator. Her work
has been honored with numerous awards by the
following organizations: the ADDY’s, Art Direction
Magazine, American Corporate Identity, Curious and
Potlatch Papers, American Advertising Federation,
Graphic Design USA, and both the regional and
national AIGA. Her piece “The Grand Old Game”
earned a spot in AIGA’s national “The Cover Show”
permanent collection.

Fernando Secomandi is a doctoral researcher at
the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft
University of Technology, The Netherlands. He holds
a bachelor’s degree in industrial design and a MSc
in strategic product design. His previous publications
on the topic of service design have appeared in
DesignIssues and Touchpoint.

Dirk Snelders is associate professor at the Depart-
ment of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of
Technologie, The Netherlands, and visiting professor
at the International Design Business Management
program at Aalto University, Helsinki, Finlande. Il
received his PhD in 1995 and previously worked at
the Business School of the University of Namur in
Belgium, and Delft University of Technology in The
Netherlands. Dirk Snelders’ research focuses on the
importance of design for processes of competition and
innovation. Earlier work focused on aesthetic product
judgments and the role of novelty and branding in
such judgments. His articles have, entre autres,
appeared in DesignIssues, Design Studies, The Journal of
Product Innovation Management, and British Journal of
Psychologie.

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