Be part of the movement! Submit design ideas!
We are pleased about the numerous submissions that reached us by the deadline of 10 January. The many different impulses will be included in the final draft of the application for Frankfurt RheinMain as World Design Capital 2026, which will be submitted to the World Design Organization in Canada at the end of March. All design ideas will flow into the movement! We expect initial feedback from the WDO jury in May 2023 and a final decision on the World Design Capital 2026 award at the end of this year. We will be happy to keep you up to date - subscribe to our newsletter (at the bottom of the page).
Tour through the region 2022
Design for Democracy was on the road for 7 weeks in Frankfurt RheinMain
As part of the application, a tour of the entire RhineMain region took place from 8 September to 23 October 2022. A workshop van stopped at up to 20 stations. Young designers offered workshops for schoolchildren and open, participatory offers on site. In addition, numerous actors and initiatives participated in the individual tour locations with programmes on the topic of Design for Democracy.
Sponsorship
The sponsors who initiated the application Frankfurt RheinMain. World Design Capital 2026 are the City of Frankfurt under the leadership of the Department of Culture and Science and the Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain - which includes the cities of Wiesbaden, Darmstadt, Offenbach and Hanau as well as the districts of Offenbach, Hochtaunus, Main-Taunus, Rheingau-Taunus and municipalities in the region - as well as the State of Hesse, represented by Prime Minister Boris Rhein.