Ulrike TSCHABITZER
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Ulrike Tschabitzer
Andreas Bergbaur
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has worked as freelance curator in the field of fashion and its crossover to architecture, new media, photography and electronic music since 1992. In her projects she has cooperated with artists from a variety of fields. Together with Erwin K. Brauer she invited Austrian artists, architects and musicians to develop a visual environment for each evening of her Star Stop (1993), an event series that took place every Sunday at the Vienna Maxim. For the New Yorker Downtown Arts Festival she created the event program Moving Star. Together with Christian Muhr she curated the exhibition fast forward - fashion in the media of the 90s at the k/haus - Vienna K�nstlerhaus in 1999, an exhibition of highest international reputation. fast forward was also shown in a new arrangement at the CCAC Institute in San Francisco.
Together with Andreas Bergbaur, Ulrike Tschabitzer is responsible for the strategic conception of Unit F b�ro f�r mode and is, together with Nicole Adler, chief editor for SpringSummer FallWinter - The All Season Fashion Paper.
   
Andreas BERGBAUR
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has been a member of the fashion design team SemiDei, whose collections have been shown internationally, for five years. 1994 he began to work in the field of fashion history and fashion theory, specialising in contemporary fashion. He has worked as a freelance journalist for various newspapers, magazines and articles in exhibition catalogues like fast forward, Work & Culture and 90-50-90. His work has also brought him to the FIT and the Costume Institute in New York, where he did research for the exhibition Rudi Gernreich - Steirischer Herbst 2000. Since 1998 he is teaching at the Fashiondepartment at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, where he is also heading the departments project conceptualisation and organisation.
Andreas Bergbaur together with Ulrike Tschabitzer is responsible for the concept as regards to the contents of Unit F b�ro f�r mode.
   
Andreas OBERKANINS
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After working in advertising and public relations (client and press service), he was working in the field of production and project management with the Internationale Modetage Wien. From 1998 until 2000 he was working in the exhibition management at the Vienna k/haus - K�nstlerhaus Wien starting in 1998. There he was in charge of the realisation and organisation of exhibitions such as fast forward - fashion in the media of the 90s and sounds&files; as well as the take-over of the exhibition fast forward by the CCAC Institute, San Francisco. He is also frequently volunteering for the Vienna Life Ball as backstage director (for designers such as Ferré, Missoni, Moschino, Cavalli, Lacroix, Westwood und Rabanne).
Andreas Oberkanins works as general and project manager for Unit F b�ro f�r mode.
   
Nicole ADLER
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founded her own label Machu Piccu in 1986, which she has been able to establish over ten years with big success in her own shop in Vienna as well as on the international fashion market. Since 1998 Nicole Adler is responsible for fashion and cover production as fashion director of the Austrian fashion magazine Diva.
Nicole Adler together with Ulrike Tschabitzer is chief editor of The All Season Fashion Paper.
   
Katharina BERAN
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completed her studies at the Academy for advertising at WIFI Vienna after an excursion to studies of journalism and theatre sciences. Three years later she passed a training course for sales in the music business at ebam in Munich.
After collecting professional experience in advertrising and PR (a.o. LOWE GGK, Direct & More, Aigner PR) she worked as a website conceptionist for Nofrontiere and as online-project manager at defcom webdressing.
During a stay in Berlin Katharina Beran specialised in event production for Red Onion and in the music department of Podewil, Zentrum für aktuelle Kunst. Back in Vienna she worked as curator (Musikfestival Dialog 03 in Winterthur/CH), as booker for musicians from Germany and Croatia and organised a radio-play festival („Hörspiel hören, Schafe sticken“).
After her assistance in production of the Austrian Fashion Week 2004 and a short term activity at Engholm Engelhorn Galerie Katharina Beran is now responsible for Unit F press relations and is desk editor for The All Season Fashion Paper.

   

Maria FUCHS
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graduated in International Business Administration at the Vienna University of Economy and Business Administration. In the course of her studies she was
awarded for an scholarship in Neaples, Italy. She gained working experience inter alia at the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York and in the field of Art Design Consulting.
Maria Fuchs is responsible for all matters of designer ~SUPPORT at
Unit F and takes care of cooperations with companies from the private
sector. Moreover she does the conception and coordination of the Austrian
Designers archive which will be launched in March 2006.
   
Katrin SEILER
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passed her German studies and studies of history and political sciences before going to Munich to attend AMD Academy of Fashion & Design. There she graduated in fashion journalism/media communication, a course of study combining journalism, costume history and fashion design with visual communication, marketing and PR. During her studies she worked in the research team of Prof. Wippermann at Trendbüro Hamburg, a consulting company for societal changes. Working for Madame, a Munich based glossy magazine, she could gain experience in editorship.
Since January 2004 she has been working for Unit F's fashion paper SpringSummer FallWinter and is meanwhile responsible for conception and coordination of the CFA - Contemorary Fashion Archive as well as shortcuts - the bimonthly Unit F newsfeed.
   
Michaela SPRINGER
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credits
Alex Kellas corporate design
   
Boris Kopeinig web design, http://boris.kopeinig.net
   
Rataplan architecture
   
Didi Bischof furniture
   
Guido Wachernig°°°°  metal construction
   
Alois Bernsteiner building contractor
   
Otto Arnold rendering/architecture
   
Gertraud Oberzaucher support
   
Daniel Haaksmann support
   
Gus Beumer support
   
  Special thanks to:
Erika Kaufmann, Olga Okunev and Boris Marte