Publications and downloads
Publications and downloads
Publications and materials for download
As a university collection, the STAK is involved in a wide range of teaching, learning and research projects. There are also regular exhibitions in which collection objects on various topics are shown. Smaller publications or other materials for download are also produced on a regular basis: For example, magazines, zines, dress-up dolls, postcards and much more. Here we give you the opportunity to download the results of this exploration of the STAK, its objects and their biographies. Feel free to browse through them and share your discoveries with us and with other people!
Radio interview on the subject of 'Vintage'
In August, Dr Klara von Lindern gave an interview to the radio station oldenburg eins on the subject of 'vintage'. The conversation with Tim Dickbertel centred on the differences between vintage and retro, the trade in second-hand fashion between trend and sustainability movement and what object biographies have to do with vintage clothing. The interview was broadcast on 13 August 2025 and can be listened to in the media library.
Materia - Magazine of the Textile Everyday Culture Collection
During the summer semester of 2024, students worked with Dr Klara von Lindern on a seminar project to produce their own fashion magazine using items from the STAK’s collection. We invite you to discover the STAK and its artefacts from new perspectives – in keeping with the magazine’s subtitle: ‘More than just fabric!’
Traditional costume on display! Student perspectives on the early traditional costume of Schaumburg
During the 2024/25 winter semester, students worked with Dr Klara von Lindern in a project seminar to develop strategies for (museum) outreach on traditional costume. The seminar took place in co-operation with the Bückeburg Museum of Local History and Schaumburg-Lippe Regional History (Dr Anke Twachtmann-Schlichter / Nadine Werel M.A.) as part of the research project ‘Early Schaumburg Traditional Costume: A Fashion Cosmos of Its Own ’, which was jointly proposed with the Institute of Material Culture and funded by Pro*Niedersachsen. The museum provided original artefacts for the seminar, which the students used to develop educational approaches and presentation concepts. The results are available for download in this magazine.
Clothing history(ies) = University history(ies): 12 collection postcards
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Carl von Ossietzky University, Dr Klara von Lindern and collection staff Veronika Dawydow and Elisa Geisler have designed 12 collection postcards featuring objects from the STAK. Each month, they take an artistic approach to the selected objects and their biographies - an important piece of university history!
Accessories in the STAK: 15 creative object postcards
Accessories are more than just fashion accessories. Students explored this topic together with Dr Klara von Lindern during the summer semester of 2025 as part of a seminar. The seminar focused, amongst other things, on questions relating to accessories and embodied knowledge, as well as examining gender attributions. Do accessories serve a function, or are they purely decorative – and do they also have aesthetic and decorative functions? How are buttons made, what do marks on the object tell us about the processes of manufacture and wear, and which accessories are no longer part of our everyday lives? What role do animal-derived materials play, why are accessories so well-suited as travel souvenirs, and what individual meanings do we ascribe to them? Based on these questions, 15 postcards featuring accessories from the STAK collection were created, which explore these themes in a creative way.
Accessorise!
Stickers and temporary tattoos to print out
To accompany the exhibition 'Accessorise! Accessories and their supporting fashion roles' in the collection showcase, Veronika Dawydow has designed stickers and temporary tattoos as wearable and adhesive accessories that can be used to (temporarily) beautify outfits, laptops and co. Download the print template here.
Zine for the exhibition Blüten(t)raum
Collection member Veronika Dawydow has designed a zine as part of the exhibition Blüten(t)raum - ein interdisziplinärer Blick auf Florales. You are welcome to download the template - it is suitable both for making at home and as a poster!
Dress-up mannequin for the exhibition Tracht on Display?!
Veronika Dawydow, a member of the collection staff, has designed a dress-up doll for the exhibition Tracht on Display? Trachtengeschichte(n) from the Textile Everyday Culture Collection. She was inspired by the objects on display - the result is an unusual version of this well-known format, which can be downloaded in colour and as a black and white version for self-design.