About

Theo Deutinger tdeutinger@the-department.eu

Theo Deutinger (*1971) works in the fields of spatial science, urban planning, architecture and curation. He is founder and head of The Department (TD), a practice that combines visual analytics, with design and research. Deutinger is co-founder and artistic director of the art and architecture biennial minus20degree. He is known for his theoretical works on global culture and its transformation, with publications such as ‘Handbook of Tyranny’, ‘ultimate atlas’ and ‘Joy and Fear’. Deutingers work has been shown at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (Netherlands, 2017), Storefront for Architecture in New York (USA, 2019), and the Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel (Switzerland 2020) among others.

Theo Deutinger lives and works in Austria.

Pia Prantl  pprantl@the-department.eu
Leads The Department of architecture and spatial planning. Pia Prantl gained experience in architecture offices like Brandlhuber+, Stadtlabor and Snøhetta but is also experienced in landscape design and exhibition design. She graduated with her master thesis at the University of Innsbruck.

Mona Swiczinsky mswiczinsky@the-department.eu

Barbara Krajcar bkrajcar@the-department.eu

Niko Görge ngoerge@the-department.eu

Collaborators (former and/or present)