Sigrid Bürstmayr

Sigrid Bürstmayr, Mag. (FH), M.A., is a designer and teaches exhibition design and sustainable design at the Institute of Design and Communication at FH JOANNEUM in Graz. She sees design as a responsible discipline with an impact on society and the environment. She has presented her research findings at several conferences, most recently in Valencia, Mexico City and Istanbul.

Selection of publications
Empowering Change Through Design Education
mit Bettina Gjecaj Beitrag in: Lessons on change. 15 creative minds share their stories | Hedin, C./ Kauper, S./Stocker, K. | Birkhäuser 2025

Die strategische Rolle des Designs als Treiber für zukunftsweisende Entwicklungen Beitrag in: Kreativatlas | Lebensraum Tirol Holding GmbH | 2024

Mythos Trinkflasche
Beitrag in: Mythen des Alltags – heute | Höger, H., Freie Universität Bozen | 2024

Designing for a better world
Beitrag in: EME Magazine, Experimental Illustration, Art & Design | UniversitatPolitècnica de València | Num. 11 | 2023

Designen fürs Gemeinwohl
mit Bettina Gjecaj Beitrag in: Playbook Klimakultur | Lurz, B./Schlag, W./Wolkinger, T. | 2021

Designing Sustainable Cities. Manageable approaches to make urban spaces better
Co-Editor: Karl Stocker | Birkhäuser 2020

Design strategies that would not hurt and make life better
Beitrag in: Design and Arts For Future Now | ESAD College of Art and Design, Porto, Portugal | 2020


Selection of exhibitions
Wir Klauberinnen – Das Leben. Die Geschichte. Die Topografie. Das Gestein.
mit Annabell Spötl
Kulturquartier Leoben, Leoben | 2024
Museum für Geschichte, Graz | 2023
Galerie Freiraum, Eisenerz | 2021

100 Jahre Frauenwahlrecht in Österreich
Steiermärkische Landesbibliothek | Atelier Thümmel | 2018

Käthe Recheis: Unter Wölfen – Literatur und Politik
Atelier Thümmel
Kulturzentrum Hörsching | 2018
Adalbert-Stifterhaus Linz | 2017

Mittelalterliche Silberstadt Oberzeiring
Atelier Thümmel
Schaubergwerk & Museum | 2017


Selection of teaching at (inter)national universities
ESA St. Luc, Brüssel | Erasmus Blended Intensive Programme
Monument Valley. A River Surrounding Heritage | 2025

Hasselt University, Belgien
Retail Design. Sustainable store of the future | Summer School | 2024

University of Ljubljana, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Slowenien
Subversive Realities | Summer School | 2024
Para Intelligence | Summer School | 2023
Co-Habitation | Summer School | 2022

Politecnico di Milano, Piacenza Campus | Erasmus Blended Intensive Programme
Observe and Act. How to study public live and create interventions
mit Anke Strittmatter, Christoph Neuhold | 2024

Faculty of Fine Arts Cetinje, University of Montenegro
Fluid Urban Identitiesmit Birgit Bachler, Fluid Design Conference | 2023

Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Abteilung Visuelle Kultur
Ausstellungsdesign: Geschichten erzählen im Raum | 2022
Erzählen mit Dingen – Künstlerische Konzepte von Themenausstellungen | SS 2023

Hochschule für Medien Stuttgart, HdM und Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, HvA | Erasmus Blended Intensive Programme
Liveable Cities Lab Berlin | 2022

Faculty of Design, Technology and Communication, IADE, Lissabon, Portugal
The Future is now: Designing the world for the bettermit Karl Stocker | International Week Lisbon | 2021


Selection of conference papers
SDG 9 – Sustainable Digitalisation
Design Award Exhibition, Hangzhou, China | 2023

Responsible Design – Creative Resilience
Ars Electronic Festival Linz, Creative Resilience for a Planet B | 2022

Nachhaltiges Ausstellungsdesign
Museumstag Graz, Museumsbund | 2021

How to contribute to the SDGs through communication design
European Creative Industries Summit | 2021