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Awards & press

askd:Magazin portrait of Marilena Tumler
A beautiful portrait by askd:Magazin about Marilena Tumler.
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ARS Electronica 2022
In 2022, the tours Brigantium and Barockbaumeister were exhibited at the ARS Electronica.
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Smart City Dornbirn 2022
In 2022, Marilena received the Smart City Dornbirn award with the winning project i.appear.
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Ars Electronica 2021 Garden Vorarlberg
Hist.appear at the symposium at vorarlberg museum as part of the Ars Electronica 2021 Garden Vorarlberg.
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Digital In&Out vorarlberg museum
A feature on the Digital In&Out project in collaboration with the vorarlberg museum.
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Redesign funded by prize money
We applied and won! Many thanks to the jury! The prize money was invested in the redesign of i.appear.
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i.appear in the classrooms
i.appear is moving into Vorarlberg's classrooms: media literacy and media ethics.
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Florence 2023 - Future of Education
Talk and publication at the international conference 'The Future of Education' in Florence 2023.
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ORF Vorarlberg video
Video feature by ORF Vorarlberg on i.appear in school lessons, including a walking tour in the city.
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Innovation Call Tourism 2025
In addition to the Innovation Call prize, i.appear received the 'Digital Innovations in Tourism' award. Hooray!
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VN 'Heads of tomorrow'
An honour from VN: Marilena was named one of the 'Heads of tomorrow'. A really cool award!
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Marke Vorarlberg portrait
A wonderful portrait of Marilena Tumler as a pioneer in tech. Big thanks to Marke Vorarlberg.
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Bombings of Feldkirch
Book and app presentation on the bombings of Feldkirch in 1943. A school project in i.grow.
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Master's thesis ethics
Master's thesis on the use of immersive learning environments in ethics teaching: i.appear as a case study.
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Master's thesis history
Master's thesis in history: the scientifically grounded side of i.appear.
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VN Oktobertag Feldkirch
A VN article on the student project i.grow in Feldkirch (Ein Oktobertag). VN accompanied us!
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UX redesign development process
A cool way to revisit the i.appear development process through UX redesign.
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First article 2022
One of the first articles about i.appear from 2022. A lot has happened since – in the world and with the app.
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ISTD winning project Stadtspuren
We're proud that the Stadtspuren app tour was part of the ISTD winning project. Congrats to Saegenvier!
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Bludenz talk - 'gen Z'
In Bludenz, Marilena Tumler spoke on the interface between teaching, entrepreneurship and value culture - 'gen Z'.
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Schafferei dream job
A great format: Schafferei offers interested people a lunch with their dream job. (12 November 2025)
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Panel discussion PH Vorarlberg
Panel discussion: digital competences in the tension between child protection and Artificial Intelligence.
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Background, project updates and stories from our work.
Frauenspuren Dornbirn – Visibility, diversity and a new perspective on a city
A digital walking tour makes the invisible half of Dornbirn’s city history visible – from May 2026.
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How an i.grow project works – from the first conversation to the published tour
Students don’t become consumers, but authors of digital walking tours.
Mandatory subject Media and Democracy from 2027/28 – What AHS upper secondary schools need to know
What the reform of AHS upper secondary education means – and which experience schools can already draw on today.
What is a digital walking tour? Definition, examples and practice from Vorarlberg
What a good tour needs, how the format has evolved – and how i.appear works with 10 tours across Vorarlberg.