GDG Exhibition 23
01.09 – 08.10.2023
Exhibition, Awards and Talks at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Outstanding graduation projects from the fields of product and industrial design, created by graduates of the most renowned German art and design colleges, will be 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.
Approximately 45 works will present perspectives on pressing questions and current challenges at the intersection of culture, society, research, technology, and sustainability during the exhibition.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a discursive programme in the museum space. Graduates and experts in the field will discuss the future of design and perspectives for young talents during presentations, workshops, and talks.
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
The Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (MK&G) is one of the foremost institutions for design in Germany. The museum regards itself as an institution for discourse and considers the designing of our world as one of the most significant issues of our time.



© Henning Rogge
Exhibition Location
Museum für Kunst & Gewerbe Hamburg
Duration: 01 September – 08 October 2023
Opening Hours
Monday
closed
Tuesday – Sunday
10 am – 6 pm
Thursday
10 am – 9 pm

Foto: MK&G Hamburg
Jury Awards & EXhibition
The jury’s selection is characterized by a wide range of topics as well as differentiated design attitudes. The selected projects respond intelligently and in a forward-looking way to challenges at the intersection of culture, society, research, technology and sustainability. On the day before the opening of the exhibition, four award winners will be selected from among the exhibitors in a jury round, who will particularly impress the jurors with their outstanding work.
The graduation projects will be evaluated with individual weighting in the areas of innovation & impact, design & construction, and presentation & communication. In addition, specific selection criteria are added that relate to Sustainability & Circular Thinking, Society & Community, and Research & Transfer.

© Christof Jakob
Design Talks
Friday, 1 September 2023, 3-6 p.m.
15–16 Uhr After the Product Designer, the Social, the Critical and Speculative Designer. Now the Bioregional Design Practice?“
A lecture in English by Jan Boelen on aspects of his multi-faceted career and the interdisciplinary design and research laboratory “Atelier LUMA” in Arles, where he is artistic director.
16–17 Uhr Der Anfang der Zukunft
Impulse lectures with selected designers from the exhibition “Dare to Design” about their projects and what has become or not become or could still become of them.
17–18 Uhr brand.eins Talk
A talk with Susanne Schäfer (editor of brand eins) and Berlin-based Designers Anna Koppmann and Marie Radke.
Important information
Photographs and film footage taken at events on behalf of the German Design Council will be used by the German Design Council exclusively for documentation, reporting and advertising purposes. By registering, the applicant agrees to this use. This consent can be revoked informally at any time (e.g. by e-mail to the address presse@gdc.de or in writing to the German Design Council).
The German Design Council reserves the right to cancel the event shortly before it takes place. If the event cannot take place or cannot take place in full as a result of force majeure, this shall not give rise to any claims on the part of the applicant.