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Under the guidance of artist and comic illustrator Helena Baumeister, creative people of all ages are invited this Sunday to create a lively Where’s Wally-style illustration together. Families in particular are warmly welcome to join the first two workshops, which are part of the participatory workshop series Democratic Favourite Places in Frankfurt, organised by Amelie Persson. The first workshop starts at 11.30 am, followed by a second session at 2 pm.

There is space for 25 participants per session. Just drop by and join us in creating, experimenting with exciting materials, and exploring your creativity.

Participation is free of charge.

The Okeanos Foundation has developed a method for teaching cooperative interaction and collective teamwork while the team is on a sailing trip. Our quality of life and the future development of democracy depend not only on the preservation of ecosystems – fundamentally sustained by the global ocean. How we, from the perspective of the Main River, keep the sea and its demands on us in view is conveyed by design students from the Hochschule Darmstadt, accompanied by greenD and supported by the Okeanos Stiftung. They are developing and testing new sustainable, cooperative, and self-empowered forms of living together and will make them tangible at the WDC Campus.

The workshop will be held in German. Free entry.
More information and registration at: WDC 2026

Without registration. Included in the admission price.
The tour will be held in German.

The course is suitable for all levels. Please bring your own mat.
No registration required. Free Admission.

On 18 February 2026, the City of Frankfurt’s Smart City Office and the NODE association opened the new space for digital innovation, “display,” in the heart of downtown.

Without registration. Included in the admission price.
The tour will be held in German.

This workshop demonstrates the design thinking methodology in three phases. With Prof Markus Weisbeck and Vera Kunz, students develop design-thinking processes in three phases, moving from individual approaches to collective results. Visual experiments, exchange, and teamwork lead to works with shared authorship and present design as an open process of shaping the future.

The workshop will be held in German. Free entry.
More information and registration at: WDC 2026

Without registration. Included in the admission price.
The tour will be held in German.

The course is suitable for all levels. Please bring your own mat.
No registration required. Free Admission.

As part of the exhibition In the Mode of Seriality. Difference, Variation, and Repetition in Architecture and Design, the Frankfurt-based foundation urban future forum e.V. – the exhibition’s initiator and conceptualizer – invites the public to several accompanying lecture and discussion events. The so-called Serial Parliaments are each dedicated to an overarching thematic block and invite architects, manufacturers, politicians, and citizens to present their thoughts and positions on serial planning and production and to discuss them with the audience. The goal is to demonstrate how the (supposed) contradiction between mass production and good design can be resolved and to use examples to show that quality is compatible with the methods of industrial manufacturing.

The first Serial Parliament takes place at the exhibition opening on 23 July.

Moderation:
Prof Helmut Kleine-Kraneburg, Stiftung urban future forum e.V., Frankfurt am Main

Guests:

• Dr Kraemer-Zain, Head of Division BII4, Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building, Berlin
• Ines Fröhlich, State Secretary, Hessian Ministry of Economics
• Dr Matthias Alexander, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Without registration. Free entry.

With Tobias Trübenbacher, Andreas Lang and Studio ttal.
The workshop takes place vom 9–12 am and from 2–5 pm.
Free entry.

For 168 years, the Frankfurt Zoo has shaped the cityscape and served as an oasis of biodiversity. The traditional center for nature and species conservation is being modernized. The first step is the new Africa area, inviting visitors on a journey through the Serengeti. The public area of a zoo serves many purposes. Design and furnishings consider aspects such as immersive animal experiences, quality of stay for individuals and groups, accessibility, climate, education, information, and furniture.

The planned savannah area at Frankfurt Zoo includes an animal house and an outdoor area of about 24,000 m². Different species are housed together wherever possible. The visitor path stretches over 1,000 m, leading to hippos, giraffes, flamingos, and more.

Immersive zoo design visually connects the habitats of animals and visitors. Visitors move along clearly defined paths through the new habitats, with the path becoming a central architectural element: it guides movement, creates visual connections, and enables varied encounters between visitors and animals.

In cooperation with Mainz University of Applied Sciences, Department of Architecture, this topic was explored as a project task.

The workshop will be held in German. Free entry.
More information and registration at: WDC 2026

With curator Dr Konstanze Runge.
No registration required. Included in the admission price.
The tour will be held in German.

The course is suitable for all levels. Please bring your own mat.
No registration required. Free Admission.

Without registration. Included in the admission price.
The tour will be given in German.

With Prof Dr Kai Vöckler, Prof Peter Eckart and the Offenbach Insititute for mobility design.

With curator Anna Scheuermann and graphic designer Sandra Doeller.
Without registration. Included in the admission price.
The tour will be given in German.

With curator Prof Axel Sowa.
Without registration. Included in the admission price.
The tour will be given in German.

As part of the exhibition In the Mode of Seriality. Difference, Variation, and Repetition in Architecture and Design, the Frankfurt-based foundation urban future forum e.V. – the exhibition’s initiator and conceptualizer – invites the public to several accompanying lecture and discussion events. The so-called Serial Parliaments are each dedicated to an overarching thematic block and invite architects, manufacturers, politicians, and citizens to present their thoughts and positions on serial planning and production and to discuss them with the audience. The goal is to demonstrate how the (supposed) contradiction between mass production and good design can be resolved and to use examples to show that quality is compatible with the methods of industrial manufacturing.

Moderation:
Günseli Güler, Stiftung urban future forum e.V., Frankfurt am Main

Guests:

• Prof. Silke Langenberg, ETH Zürich
• Prof. Angelika Mettke, Uni Cottbus
• Prof. Manfred Grohmann, Bollinger & Grohmann Ingenieure, Berlin
• Julian Biermann, Informationszentrum Beton, Berlin
• Anja Knura, Company Goldbeck, Bielefeld

With the curators of the artist group finger.
Without registration. Included in the admission price.
The tour will be given in German.

Without registration. Included in the admission price.
The tour will be given in German.

Without registration. Free entry.

How do citizens and politicians interact in a democracy, and what stands in the way of that interaction? The project The In-Between explored this question through a design process spanning several months. Together with citizens, elected officials, and experts from academia and the communications field, the project analyzed problems, identified patterns, and developed concrete approaches.

On 22 August, from 2 to 5 pm, Gestaltungszentrale Politik e.V. and Raamwerk e.V. will present the results of this process at the WDC Hub and invite attendees to discuss them.

No registration required. Free admission.

Without registration. Included in the admission price.
The tour will be given in German.

With curator Dr Jonas Deuter.
Without registration. Included in the admission price.

Right-wing thinking has once again become hegemonic in society. Material culture plays a decisive role in this. It has gained enormous significance for political socialization. Academic discourses that attribute to objects a constitutive effect on the political subject and its cultural practices are meeting with a growing desire to bring about a transformation of society through design, architecture, theater, or art.

In his book, Frieder Bohaumilitzky examines the connection between right-wing thinking and objects. He documents how the ambivalent idea of political subjectivation through objects has come to be realized as a comprehensive dispositif—ranging from the abstract arguments of contemporary philosophers to concrete right-wing cultural practices of the present. In doing so, he demonstrates that essentialist patterns of thought and authoritarian yearnings were present in these discourses from an early stage, how this way of thinking was made productive, and how it was ultimately applied to civil society through right-wing metapolitics. He no longer locates right-wing thinking solely on the margins of society but shows how it emerged at its supposed center.

No registration required. Free admission.
The event will be held in German.

Without registration. Free entry.

The Museum Angewandte Kunst once again invites you to the music and culture festival EL BARRIO DE EUROPA, offering the best of cuisine, live music, and DJ sets in the Metzler Parc surrounding the museum.

3–8 pm: Anti-Fascist Bouncing
Bouncy castle by Frieder Bohaumilitzky at the WDC Hub.

3–8 pm: WDC 2026 x Brompton Special Edition

6–10 pm: Food court in the museum’s courtyard

6–12 pm: DJ terrace

7–12 pm: Live stage

10.30pm–4am: Club night

More detailed information about the program will follow.

The Museum Angewandte Kunst once again invites you to the music and culture festival EL BARRIO DE EUROPA, offering the best of cuisine, live music, and DJ sets in the Metzler Parc surrounding the museum.

10am–8 pm: Anti-Fascist Bouncing
Bouncy castle by Frieder Bohaumilitzky at the WDC Hub

10am–8 pm: WDC 2026 x Brompton Special Edition

12am–6pm: Walk in workshop
Buchdesign am Main – Gestalte dein schönstes Buch

12am–10 pm: Food court in the museum’s courtyard

12am–12 pm: DJ terrace

12am–12 pm: Live stage

4–4.30 pm: Spotlight tour
In the Mode of Seriality: Difference, Variation, and Repetition in Architecture and Design

5–5.30 pm: Spotlight tour
Eagle, Cross of Merit, Ballot Box. Redesigning Democratic Representation

6–6.30 Uhr: Spotlight tour
On Display. How Graphic Design Shapes Us

10.30pm–4am: Club night

More detailed information about the program will follow.

The Museum Angewandte Kunst once again invites you to the music and culture festival EL BARRIO DE EUROPA, offering the best of cuisine, live music, and DJ sets in the Metzler Parc surrounding the museum.

10am–6 pm: Anti-Fascist Bouncing
Bouncy castle by Frieder Bohaumilitzky at the WDC Hub

10am–6 pm: WDC 2026 x Brompton Special Edition

12am–6pm: Walk in workshop
Buchdesign am Main – Gestalte dein schönstes Buch

12am–10 pm: Food court in the museum’s courtyard

12am–10 pm: DJ terrace

12am–10 pm: Live stage

4–4.30 pm: Spotlight tour
In the Mode of Seriality: Difference, Variation, and Repetition in Architecture and Design

5–5.30 pm: Spotlight tour
Eagle, Cross of Merit, Ballot Box. Redesigning Democratic Representation

6–6.30 Uhr: Spotlight tour
On Display. How Graphic Design Shapes Us

More detailed information about the program will follow.