NEWS
GUte Idee. (GOOD IDEa.)
19.02. – 28.02.2026
Design schools are places where visions of the future are born. Together with MAGAZIN, we celebrate this free, unconventional approach to design and create an international stage for graduates in product and industrial design.
Form Follows Friendship 2026 – Co-Design as a democratic practice
Are you involved in or looking for a German-Dutch design collaboration? Then we are looking for you!
The GDG Year 2025
This year, we received around 400 submissions in the fields of product and industrial design, communication and digital design, and fashion and textile design from 25 participating universities.
ProgrammE
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.
Platform
Museum EXhibition
Festival Exhibition
Trainings
Cooperations
German Design Award – Newcomer
Timeline
April
Registration
Schools
May – June
Call for Entries
German Design Graduates
AUGUST
Publication
Graduates Platform
June 14 – June 28
Form Follows Friendship
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main
OCTOBER 15 – November 29
Museum Exhibition
Dare to Design
Neue Sammlung, München
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