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Recap: ADC Design Conference 2026
Change the World with Design
On October 5, the Haus der Wirtschaft in Stuttgart became a meeting point for designers, creatives, and people interested in design. For…
Unicode Technology Workshop 2026
Unicode in the World
How do you search for a flamingo emoji in your language? How does software know how to sort names, display bidirectional text,…
Meet HfG Karlsruhe’s New Rector
Interview with Dr. Andreas Vogel
In April 2026, Dr. Andreas Vogel took office as rector of the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG Karlsruhe). Trained in art…
What’s next in Seoul Design?
Essay by Chanwoolee
Coming back to Seoul marked the end of my first semester teaching in Korea. Designing designers was not an easy task. It’s…
The Forward Festival Berlin 2026 once again turned Haus der Kulturen der Welt into a temporary creative campus. On August 27th and…
Captcha is a design festival for watching, participating, and discussing. For everyone who wants to understand design not just as a finished…
Forward Festival Vienna 2026
Reimagined
On October 1–2, 2026, Forward returns to Vienna’s Gartenbaukino for two days of ideas, exchange, and creative energy. More than 1,500 creatives…
KkomKkom
Interview with VISANG
How can typography help children learn to write—both on paper and in an increasingly digital learning environment? With KkomKkom, VISANG has developed…
Made by Our In-House Design Team
An Essay by Annekathrin Kohout
When I first visited South Korea in 2022, I was walking unsuspectingly through Gangnam when I entered a store and suddenly found…
DesignThinkers 2026 in Toronto, Canada
Bringing the design community together
Design and creative professionals, consider this your sign to set your OOO. DesignThinkers returns to Toronto, Canada on October 20–21 for its…
Indiecon 2026
Independet Publishing Festival
Compression or Compassion? Indiecon shows how to deal with pressure—on paper and in real life From September 4 to 6, the Gleishalle…
A miscellany of ampersands created for clients, from studio projects and workshops over the last ten years. These are interspersed with naturally…
With its 32nd issue, komma—the design magazine of the Technical University of Applied Sciences Mannheim—takes a different approach. Created, designed, and produced…
Abschlussmagazin
Final Theses and Projects of the HfG Offenbach of 2023 and 2024
The graduation magazine from HfG Offenbach brings together the diploma projects of 93 graduates from the years 2023 and 2024. Across 368…
Beyond the Photograph
Visual Identity by dipshop for the 9th Triennial of Photography Hamburg 2026
What happens when the visual identity for a photography festival is built without photographs? For the 9th Triennial of Photography Hamburg 2026,…
Mein Morgenstern. Ein Buch zum 111. Todestag von Christian Morgenstern
Traveling Exhibition Gutenberg-Museum Mainz
With the traveling exhibition “Mein Morgenstern. Ein Buch zum 111. Todestag von Christian Morgenstern,” the Gutenberg-Museum Mainz presents an extraordinary collaborative book…
Hot Printing 2026
Offenbach Print Festival, 22 and 23 August 2026
It’s set to be another colourful and diverse weekend: For the third time, the Hot Printing Festival in Offenbach will bring together…
Forward Festival Berlin 2026
Forward Festival Continues in Berlin with Two Days of Creative Inspiration
Following its successful premiere in Frankfurt as part of World Design Capital 2026, Forward Festival continues its 2026 season in Berlin. On…
Dafi Kühne: Constructing Posters
Exhibition at Ginza Graphic Gallery [ggg], Tokyo, Japan
From July 14 to August 26, 2026, the Ginza Graphic Gallery (ggg) in Tokyo presents Constructing Posters, a solo exhibition by Swiss…
New New Typography
Adventures in Transborder Typography
Are we stuck with the established typographic principles of the 20th century? 100 years after the proclamation of the so-called “New Typography”…
HfG Karlsruhe Rundgang 2026
Annual Exhibition
From 16–19 July 2026, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG Karlsruhe) opens its doors for the annual Rundgang, presenting around 100…
WOMEN* & TYPE
FLAGS WITH A MESSAGE
The museum moves into the streets, while the streets enter the museum. Typography is everywhere and shapes the way we perceive written…
Hot Summer Werkschau Design 2026
Graduation Show Peter Behrens School of Arts
At the end of the summer term 2026, the graduates of the Design departments of the Peter Behrens School of Arts at…
Upcoming Events
15.11.2026
Inside Aardman: Wallace & Gromit and Friends
Young V&A, London
20.10.2026 –
21.10.2026
DesignThinkers 2026 in Toronto, Canada
Toronto
20.10.2026 –
23.10.2026
Unicode Technology Workshop 2026
Nancy
24.10.2026 –
25.10.2026
Dysarium 2026
!FESTrepublic. Lviv
30.10.2026 –
01.11.2026
Paper Print Festival 2026
IBKK Design und Kunstzentrum, Bochum