German Design Graduates - Promotion of young design talents

GDG supports young designers

GDG presents the most relevant projects internationally

Photo: Michael Braun, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

GDG provides information about renowned German universities

GDG connects talents with industrial and cultural experts

GDG Creates space for discussionS

NEWS

Call for Entries & FAQ

This year’s Call for Entries for German Design Graduates 2025 runs from 14 April – 19 May 2025. We are particularly pleased about this – for the first time, final theses from related design disciplines can also take part. We have compiled the most frequently asked questions and answers so that you can prepare yourself optimally.

Call for Entries
FAQ

Extended categories and new opportunities

In order to do justice to the growing interdisciplinary design practice, we are expanding our content focus: In addition to product and industrial design, work from the fields of textile and fashion design, communication and digital design can also be submitted from 2025. In addition, all submitting graduates are automatically qualified to participate in the German Design Award 2026 – Newcomer. The four finalists of the German Design Award – Newcomer will each receive €2,500 in prize money, while the winner will be awarded €15,000.

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GDG Supported By

2024, we were able to realize exciting formats such as an exhibition in the MAGAZIN store in Stuttgart, student workshops at the Museum Angewandte Kunst and various professionalization workshops.

Overview of the formats from 2024

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German Design Graduates, funded by the German Design Council Foundation, is the only nationwide initiative with the purpose of promoting young graduates in product and industrial design, textile and fashion design, communication and digital design as well as the presentation of renowned German universities, art colleges and universities of applied sciences.