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GDG 23 – THE JURY

With diverse perspectives and a broad range of expertise, this year’s top-class, nine-member GDG expert jury selects in a multi-stage process around 45 exhibits for the GDG Exhibition at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, as well as the four winners for the GDG Awards, which have the potential to shape change.

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GDG SUPPORTED BY

Every year, exciting partners from design, culture and industry offer exciting support formats for selected graduates. In our Supported By section, you can learn more about implemented demand formats from the GDG class of 2022.

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We are the only national initiative aimed at supporting young graduates from the fields of product and industrial design as well as presenting renowned German universities, art academies, and technical colleges.

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SCHOOLS

GDG SHOW 22

SCHOOLS

University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf

Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design

TU Dresden

University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt

Hochschule Pforzheim

Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg

University of Applied Sciences Berlin

Bauhaus Universität Weimar

HAWK Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen

weißensee academy of art and design berlin

University of Applied Sciences Potsdam

Berlin University of the Arts

Hochschule für Bildende Künste Saar

Kunsthochschule Kassel

Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg

Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart

Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach

University of Applied Sciences Hannover

Folkwang University of the Arts Essen

Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle

Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design Kiel

TIMELINE

UNTIL 15 APRIL

Registration Schools

15 APRIL – 15 MAY

Call for Entries

JUNE

Jury Meeting GDG Exhibition
Curation GDG Interconnected

31 AUGUST

Opening GDG Exhibition
@ MK&G Hamburg

1 September – 08 OCtoBER

GDG Exhibition
@ MK&G Hamburg

21 – 29 OCTOBER

GDG Interconnected
@ Dutch Design Week

GDG SOCIAL

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