About

Artemis Yagou (she/her)

Άρτεμις Γιάγκου

PhD
Historian of design and technology

e-mail: artemis@yagou.gr

a.yagou@deutsches-museum.de

ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2508-70888

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Born in Athens, Greece; lives in Munich, Germany.

Research Associate, Deutsches Museum, Munich

Author of Products, Users, and Popular Luxury in Early Modern Greece

Editor of Technology, Novelty, and Luxury

Author of Fragile Innovation: Episodes in Greek Design History

(Greek version: Εύθραυστη Καινοτομία: Επεισόδια από την Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Ντιζάιν)

Main research interests

Design Studies, Design History, Design Pedagogy, Cultural history of technology, Museums, Digital Humanities, Horology, Construction toys, Greek material culture (18th–21st c.)

Research Projects:

2022–2023: Timekeeping in Motion: Technology and Design of 18th c. Portable Clocks from European Museum Collections

2016–2021: How they played: Children and construction toys (c. 1840-1940), funded by the DFG

Affiliations

Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, The Design Journal

ICOM – The International Council of Museums

International Committee for the History of Technology

International Toy Research Association

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FULL CV