CreativeEconomies

Non-papers I, II, III

Being the KKKW’s (Kompetenzzentrum Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft des Bundes) research partner, over the course of 2018/19 the CreativeEconomies research venture created a three-pieced series of non-papers. Those non-papers are dedicated to explore state-of-the-art perspectives on important phenomena, puzzles, developments and controversies related to the creative economies. The focus lies on the global debate. The translation and interpretation of the non-papers for the German context was jointly realised with the KKKW and in close interactions with multiple actors in the creative economies and beyond.

Hong Kong Panel 2019

Taking place on the 25th and 26th of March, the international workshop «Mapping Creativity» will explore narrative strategies for the advancement of the creative ecologies in Hong Kong and at a global scale. The event is acknowledged as an associated partner programme of Art Basel Hong Kong 2019.

Lake Constance Region’s Creative Economy

Available now! The report includes a wealth of analyses, facts, portraits, figures, comparisons and mappings, through which it draws a multi-faceted picture of this multi-sector complex in the border region of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The regional significance of the creative economies in the Lake Constance region is thus demonstrated for the first time and placed in its European context.

This research was made possible by the International University of the Lake Constance (IBH), which funded the project and resulted from a close cooperation between Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), the CreativeEconomies research venture as well as HTWG Konstanz – University of Applied Siences. The Statistical Office Canton of Zurich contributed to the project as a field partner.

Co-Curators: Christoph Weckerle, Simon Grand / Contributors: Cyril Kennel, Lara Leuschen, Katharina Nill, Roman Page, Janine Schiller, Tatjana Thimm / Editor: Janine Schiller / Graphics: Lea Pfister, Ursina Landolt

International Conference on Creative Impact

Set up as a collaboration between Kompetenzzentrum Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft des Bundes (Germany) and the CreativeEconomies Research Venture of ZHdK, the Conference will discuss creative impact as a matrix between innovation and creativity.

The conference will take place in Berlin, October 30th.

Creative Economy Report 2018

Which strategies do artists and designers pursue in search of a “positive economy”? How do they interlink contents and contexts in different entrepreneurial settings? What characterises the creative economies in Switzerland? How are the country’s creative industry submarkets developing? This report explores the dynamics of Switzerland’s creative economies. Based on analyses, facts and figures, portraits and mappings, it presents a multi-faceted picture of this industry complex beyond buzzwords like “business” and “creativity.” It thus contributes to understanding new emerging business models.

Co-Curators: Christoph Weckerle, Simon Grand / Contributors: Frédéric Martel, Roman Page, Fabienne Schmuki / Editor: Janine Schiller / Graphics: Lea Pfister, Ursina Landolt

Critical Thinking: The Future of Judgment

Symposium on the power of judgment in the age of digital networks

London Panel 2016

Set up as a collaboration between Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design London and Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK, this Panel will discuss the particularities of the Cultural and Creative Industries in or between London and Zurich.

Creative Economy Report 2016

“Von der Kreativwirtschaft zu den Creative Economies – Kreativ­wirtschaftsbericht Schweiz 2016”: This report provides new approaches to the Creative Economy in Switzerland along defined submarkets of the Creative Industries. Furthermore it focuses on national and global key issues such as value creation, modes of cooperation, processes of creation, practices and processes of the involved actors.

The report is currently available in German. Parts of the report are also available in English.

Authors: Christoph Weckerle, Roman Page, Simon Grand

Graphics: Lea Pfister, Ursina Landolt