Walbaum Wochenende 2025

Mark your calendars—on September 27–28, 2025, Pavillon-Presse invites you to Weimar for the 12th Walbaum Wochenende, a two-day conference dedicated to exploring the evolving relationship between visual communication and design standards. With a full program of talks and a hands-on workshop, this year’s theme—Standards, Inclusion, Legibility—promises timely insights and critical debate.

In design, norms and standards can be powerful tools. They help create clarity, improve readability, and make communication more inclusive. But they can also limit flexibility and creativity, raising the question: where do helpful frameworks end and rigid constraints begin?

Walbaum Wochenende 2025 takes a closer look at that tension—between order and openness, rule and interpretation—across the fields of type, image, and layout. What do today’s standards demand from designers? Who benefits, and who gets left out?

Hosted by Pavillon-Presse, the conference offers a platform for discussion, learning, and reflection for anyone working with or studying visual communication. Whether you’re interested in typography, accessibility, or the broader social impact of design systems, this weekend in Weimar is not to be missed.

When?
September 27–28, 2025

Where?
Pavillon-Presse
Scherfgasse 5
99423 Weimar
Germany

Further information here.