Made in China, Designed in California, Criticised in Europe

About the Author

Mieke Gerritzen is founder of The Image Society in Amsterdam. She was director of MOTI, Museum of the Image in Breda. As designer in the early 90s, she was involved with digital media initiatives like Waag Society and VPRO Digital. She belongs to the Dutch new media pioneers. Gerritzen is fascinated and critical on developments that involves technology and influences the world of art and design. She published 10 books and organised conferences and events, like Me You And Everyone is a Curator in 2011. Gerritzen was head of the design department Sandberg Institute from 2002-2009, the master course connected to Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. www.miekegerritzen.com Geert Lovink is a media theorist, internet critic and author of Networks Without a Cause (2012) and Sad by Design (2019). Since 2004 he is researcher at the School for Communication and Media Design at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA), where he is the founding director of the Institute of Network Cultures. His institute has recently organised conferences and research network events around topics such as: the politics and aesthetics of online video, urban screens, Wikipedia, the culture of search, digital publishing strategies and alternatives in social media. www.networkcultures.org