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GERMAN DESIGN GRADUATES Interconnected @ DUTCH DESIGN WEEK

To mark the occasion of the 70th anniversary of their sponsor, the German Design Council, the GDG 2023 has initiated an additional exhibition format to present the graduates of German universities in a broader European context.

Under the title Making Noise: Suggestions for a Complex World – Graduates attitudes and attempts towards the transformation of the world, German Design Graduates is showing 25 exciting works at the Dutch Design Week from 21.10 – 29.10.2023 in Eindhoven. The exhibition was curated by Jana Scholze and Amelie Klein.

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GDG EXHIBITION 2023 @ MK&G Hamburg

Outstanding graduation projects from the fields of product and industrial design, created by graduates of the most renowned German art and design colleges, were presented from September 1 to October 8, 2023 by the German Design Graduates initiative and its sponsor, the German Design Council, in cooperation with the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg.

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Graduates of the participating universities can submit their theses annually. Unfortunately, the deadline for 2023 has already passed. Further information on formalities and funding formats can be found in the GDG Call for Entries 2023.

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

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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

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