Lilli Hollein

Lilli Hollein has been General Director and Artistic Director of the MAK – Museum of Applied Arts Vienna since September 2021. The design expert studied industrial design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and cofounded the internationally renowned VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Austria’s largest curated design festival, of which she was also the director until 2021. In her role as a curator, she was responsible for a number of architecture and design exhibitions and in 2007 she was appointed commissioner of Austria’s entry to the Architecture Biennale of São Paulo. As a design and architecture critic, she has published in national and international media and specialist magazines, including Der Standard, ORF, Domus, blueprint, Ottagono, FRAME, and MARK. From 2010 to 2013 she was president of the jury of KÖR – Kunst im Öffentlichen Raum Wien (Public Art Vienna) and from 2015 to 2019 she was president of ADN – Austrian Design Net. Since 2022 she has been an honorary professor at the NDU (New Design University St. Pölten) and since 2023 a member of the University Council of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.