Catherine Geel, Claire Brunet. Design: History, Concepts, Conflicts

Claire Brunet is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Paris-Saclay University and a specialist in the theory and history of design of the second half of the twentieth century. She is the translator into French of Absorption and Theatricality (1976) and Manet’s Modernism: Or, The Face of Painting in the 1860s (1996) by the American art historian and contemporary art theorist Michael Fried. Brunet is currently engaged in research at the Design Research Center of Paris-Saclay University and at the National School of Industrial Design.

Catherine Geel is a design historian, curator, and publisher. A specialist in design theory and history, she is the head of Problemata.org. Her research focuses on American contemporary criticism, the Italian Radical movement, designers’ practice, and the historiography of design at the Design Research Center of Paris-Saclay University, the National School of Industrial Design, and the School of Architecture of Nancy. She was the curator of the French Pavilion at the 23rd International Exhibition Triennale Milano (2019).