Ben Lignel

Ben Lignel is Professor of Design Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg and concurrently serves as a visiting professor at the same institution. His affiliations include visiting lectureships at Alchimia (Florence) and HDK Valland (Gothenburg), along with prior core faculty membership in Warren Wilson College's Critical Craft Studies MA program.

With 25+ years in jewelry and design, Lignel's research spans:

• Ceramic tableware production
• Critical jewelry studies
• Exhibition curation
• Art publishing methodologies
• Cross-disciplinary craft theory

His curatorial portfolio features landmark exhibitions at institutions including Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris and Munich's Pinakothek der Moderne. As former editor of Art Jewelry Forum, he pioneered critical discourse through 350+ publications and foundational texts on jewelry exhibition design.