Viviane Stappmanns is a Curator at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany, where she has curated exhibitions with and about a number of contemporary designers and is currently working on an international survey on women in design. Prior to her current role, she worked as a writer, researcher and publisher on the subjects and architecture and design. She has taught at the School of Architecture and Urban Design at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, where she previously graduated with degrees in Interior Design and Journalism. Ongoing research interests pertain to curatorial practice in design and architecture, as well as transdisciplinary approaches to consider issues around housing and the design of living environments. Viviane currently holds a Guest Professorship at the University of the Arts and Design in Karlsruhe, Germany.