21-23.10.2022: Final at the Book Fair
Our goal is to work with citizens, students, scientists, architects and designers to advance design ideas for social, urban and cultural developments and thus strengthen the sustainable design of our region. We would like to use the application year 2022 to start the discourse on "Design for Democracy" on different levels, to focus on citizen participation and to incorporate ideas from young people. Therefore, we travelled for six weeks with our red workshop van through the entire region in order to exchange ideas directly on site in the cities and municipalities.
Special project 'Print your opinion!' of the German Design Museum Foundation
Pocket print with favourite democracy word.
Harald Welzer in conversation with Design for Democracy
Matthias Wagner K talks to Harald Welzer about his book 'Too Late for Pessimism'.
On 21 October at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Harald Welzer spoke with Matthias Wagner K, director of the Museum Angewandte Kunst and head of the Frankfurt RheinMain application for World Design Capital 2026, about the book Zu spät für Pessimismus. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the FUTURZWEI Foundation, the handbook, edited by Dana Giesecke and Harald Welzer, gathers creative strategies for persevering and continuing to fight for a better future. The talk was followed by a moderated discussion on shaping the future, among others with the crew of the Design for Democracy Tour 2022.