Dare to design – Spaces of Care
September 04 – October 12
The annual exhibition Dare to Design – Spaces of Care by the German Design Council Foundation showcases the most innovative work by design graduates from German universities. Despite their diversity, the projects are united by a collective consciousness and a determination to bring about change in response to urgent questions and ongoing crises. They all understand design as a collective practice and an act of care. As part of the German Design Graduates initiative, curators select projects and concepts from several hundred submissions that reflect the breadth of innovation among design talents. The exhibition features 45 works from the fields of product and industrial design, communication and digital design, as well as textile and fashion design.
The exhibition design, conceived and realised by Cologne-based Studio für Gestaltung, relies on locally borrowed materials from the construction industry in order to minimise the use of materials and CO₂ emissions. Supporter: Druckerei Kettler, Berberich Papier, Fassbender Tenten Baustoffhandel.
MAKK
MAKK – Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln
An der Rechtschule 7
50667 Köln
Opening hours
Tuesday to Sunday: 10 am – 6 pm
1st Thursday of the month: 10 am – 10 pm except on public holidays
Closed on Mondays except public holidays
© Detlef Schumacher
Exhibitors
Maren Hinze
BBQ Street
Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg
Jonathan Haller
Personal Fit Socket
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg
Duowen Ji
Pod
Hochschule Darmstadt
Emilia Funke
NotBook & NotApp
Hochschule Darmstadt
Lena Ringel
Fragments
Fachhochschule Potsdam
Martha Remus
Heute gab es Fruchtjoghurt
Hochschule Trier
Carolina Bonfert
Artgerächt
Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Ravensburg
Jonathan Kuhlmann
Pop up FIXation
Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach
Michel Schneider, Luca Schreiber
BROKEN=GOOD
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Ony Yan
Nessie
Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin
Lilly Rosa Krämer
Wenn ich muss, dann muss ich halt
Universität der Künste Berlin
Dominik Bärenz
Diskurs & Form
Folkwang Universität der Künste Essen
Sebastian Stege
Hyperuniformity
Technische Universität Dresden
Milan Stein
Holobiont
Kunsthochschule Kassel
Helena Tiare Herre
Trink_Wasser
Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach
Eva Grünebaum
Inclusive Perspectives
Hochschule Pforzheim
Moritz Bendl
Learning by Using
Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd
Zixuan Zhou
How to stay cool?
Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart
Aaron Siermann
Ideologien visualisieren
Hochschule Anhalt
Mareen Baumeister
FLOCK
Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin
Poras Dhakan
A Gift or a Theft
Hochschule Trier
Miriam Johnston
Sich verändernde Farben
Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle
Paula Holzhauser
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Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle
Marc Schade, Adrian Jans, Sarah Müller
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Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmün
Marvin Kasper
Take A Seat
Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle
Florian Temmler
Nothing to see here
Hochschule Hannover
Gregor Jahner
Queering Bathrooms
Universität der Künste Berlin
Helen Eisen
Perfect World
Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin
Florian Zeibig
HEK_01
Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden
Christian Johannes Schmidt
TubeSlicer
Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar
Marlene Metschies
Denkt. Einfach mal
Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd
Maria Kleinschmidt
Farbe im Designstudium
Fachhochschule Potsdam
Mirja Werner
Auf der Suche nach Glück
Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen
Samira Lohmann
Luk Kreung
Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Ravensburg
Lukas Klein
Block to Blob
Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe
Clara Schmelter de Escobar
Carbogem
Universität der Künste Berlin
Maria Tafler
Rausgeschrieben Umgeschrieben Zugeschrieben
Hochschule Düsseldorf
Wiebke Lendewig
I’ve found something to pour into the cracks of my brittle heart
Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle
Sarah Kinzer
Still Time to Play
Folkwang Universität der Künste Essen
Tim Reimann, Linn Zahn, Amelie Ruess
Conversations with Strangers
Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd
Christopher Nguyen
Aberration archetypischer Schmucktypologien
Hochschule Düsseldorf
Marie Hagenbruch
Konzeption neuartiger Greifsysteme
Technische Universität Dresden
Sandra Holzinger
Vestigo
Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen
Jorin Frenzel
Teron° – Cooling Workwear
Hochschule Hannover
Jing Ye
MindCo – Stroke Recovery Together
Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal
SPotlights
With their wide-ranging expertise, this year’s GDG mentors will select projects from the ranks of exhibitors that are characterised by excellence – in the originality of the idea, in their transformative character, in their formal and functional execution of design and construction, through specific achievements in the areas of society, sustainability and circularity as well as research and knowledge transfer.
- Meike Harde, Founder and Director, Studio Meike Harde
- Johannes Voelchert, Innovation Design Lead, On AG
- Lukas Cottrell, CEO & Managing Partner, Peter Schmidt Group
- Ingolf Heinsch, Designer Customer Experience
- Isa Glink, Creative Director, Kvadrat Residential
- Marte Henschel, Co-CEO VORN – The Berlin Fashion Hub und Professorin BSP Business & Law School
- Juni Sun Neyenhuys, German Design Award 2025 – Newcomer, Co-Founder and Material Experience Designer at mujō
- Barbara Lersch, Chief Programme Officer at World Design Capital Frankfurt RheinMain 2026
- Viktoria Lea Heinrich, Design historian & curator
Programme
Workshops for adults (in german)
In cooperation with the Museum Service at the MAKK
Time in each case: 12:00 – 15:00
Price each: € 21.00 | Material: € 4.00
Speakers: Gradutes tba
BROKEN=GOOD: Refining broken porcelain
Michel Schneider and Luca Schreiber
Graduates of the Bauhaus University Weimar
Sunday, September 7
Registration until September 01
Everyone can play: Inclusive game design
Eva Grünebaum
Graduate of Pforzheim University
Sunday, September 14
Registration until September 08
Typographic design: Handwriting as a tool for experimental design
With Florian Temmler
Graduate of Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Sunday, September 21
Registration until September 15
Zine-Making
With Amelie Ruess, Linn Zahn, and Tim Reimann, graduates of the Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Design
Sunday, September 28
Registration until September 22
Guided tours for adults (in german)
In co-operation with the Museum Service at the MAKK
Sunday, 7 September
11:00 – 11:30
Guide: Graduierte tba
Tuesday, 16 September
16:30 – 17:30
Guide: Museum Service
Tuesday, 30 September
16:30 – 17:30
Guide: Museum Service