CreateCreate Education Programme

The tour will be given in German. Included in the admission price. Please register at info@kgv-frankfurt.de.

Building on the exhibition On Display: How Graphic Design Shapes Us, this workshop invites participants to explore graphic design hands-on. During the session, participants will collect, cut, draw, print, combine, and reassemble elements. The focus is less on “correct” design and more on experimenting with different visual languages and exploring what emerges when we step away from familiar ways of seeing and designing.

The workshop combines inspiration from the exhibition with ample time for hands-on work. Various analog techniques – such as collage, drawing, printing, and the combination of images and text – will be introduced and can be further developed individually. Participants are welcome to bring their own themes and materials or draw inspiration from the exercises and the exhibition.

Cost: 8 euros plus admission
Registration at create.angewandte-kunst@stadt-frankfurt.de or 069 212 38522.

Christian Dell (1893–1974), silversmith, master craftsman at the Bauhaus, head of the metal workshop at the Frankfurt Art School and a key figure in the New Frankfurt movement, and designer of well-known lamps, including several Kaiser-Idell fixtures. He influenced a generation of artists, including Marianne Brandt and Wilhelm Wagenfeld. Nevertheless, he ranks among the lesser-known designers of the 20th century and deserves a reassessment. This comprehensive publication presents Dell’s high-quality silverware, innovative plastic designs, and lamp designs (with a catalog).

Featuring, among others, Michael Siebenbrodt, founding director of the Bauhaus Museums in Weimar and Dessau, and other authors.

Following the event: a book table and refreshments in the Grüner Salon.

The event, organized by the Kunstgewerbeverein Frankfurt, will take place at the Historic Villa Metzler.

Registration at info@kgv-frankfurt.de. Admission for non-members: 5 euros

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

Featuring Jonathan Radetz, designer, and Grit Weber, Deputy Director and Curator of Design, Art, and Media at the Museum Angewandte Kunst. On the occasion of the pop-up exhibition Shifting Objects – Shifting Values at the WDC-Hub.

The Hessian Design Award honors the work of Hessian craftspeople and designers who stand out for their exceptional design expertise. The award seeks innovative objects that bring forward-thinking ideas to life and are crafted with appropriate materials and functionality. The prize is awarded every two years by the Working Group of Hessian Chambers of Crafts (ARGE) and is financially supported by the Hessian Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transportation, Housing, and Rural Affairs. In 2026, a special edition of the Hessian Design Award will take place, organized by the Frankfurt-Rhein-Main Chamber of Crafts in cooperation with World Design Capital Frankfurt RheinMain 2026. As part of this special edition, designers are now eligible to participate for the first time.

With art educator Hana Spijkers.
Without registration. Included in the admission price.
The tour will be given in German.

Under the guidance of artist and comic illustrator Helena Baumeister and urban sketch artist Sibylle Lienhard 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 workshops, which are part of the participatory workshop series Democratic Favourite Places in Frankfurt, organised by Amelie Persson.

The Open Studio takes place from 2.30 to 5.30 pm. You can join at any time, depending on availability. Feel free to drop in spontaneously and join our collage workshop, explore our material and enjoy the experiment.

No ticket needed. The workshop is free and takes place at the WDC Hub on the ground floor of the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

We highlight special icons from our collection from a theological, cultural and art historical perspective. We warmly invite you to learn more about the stories, meanings and messages of icons in our time. Icon evenings at the Icon Museum take place once a month on Wednesdays from 6 to 7 pm.

With pastor Dr Harmjan Dam.
Without registration. Included in the museum admission price.
The event will be held in German.

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

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

Throughout his life, journalist and writer Jörg Stürzebecher was a champion of design criticism and ambitious design journalism. On the occasion of the book launch for Jörg Stürzebecher – Design Reportagen, invited guests will discuss where these can be found today.

Participants include Ursula Wenzel (editor of Jörg Stürzebecher – Design Reportagen); Rike Felka (Brinkmann&Bose Publishing, Berlin); Stephan Ott (former editor-in-chief of the magazine form and longtime colleague of Jörg Stürzebecher); and Julia Kahl (co-founder and editor-in-chief of the magazine and media company Slanted). The discussion will be moderated by Jonas Deuter (curator of graphic design at the Museum Angewandte Kunst) and Grit Weber (deputy director and curator of design, art, and media at the Museum Angewandte Kunst).

The panel talk will be held in German.

Young people are exploring public spaces and developing their own ideas for how to design them. The exhibition Urban Space Research Frankfurt offers insights into the project process, showcases selected results and invites visitors to try their hand at creative experimentation.

Public space is more than just streets and squares – it is a place for encounters, movement and personal engagement. Starting with an exploration of Frankfurt, pupils from the Georg-August-Zinn-Schule and the Aktive Schule Frankfurt examined their surroundings using product design methods and performative approaches.

Through observations, spatial experiments and creative tasks, new perspectives on urban space emerged. From these diverse experiences, ideas, models and fragments developed, highlighting possibilities for shared coexistence in public space. The works invite us to take a fresh look at Frankfurt from the perspective of young people and to develop our own visions of the city.

studio gross klein, in collaboration with the August Zinn School in Griesheim and the Aktive Schule Frankfurt.

This September’s Satourday is entirely dedicated to the theme WRITING & LETTERS.
Writing and letters shape our everyday lives in many different ways. Various museums offer different perspectives on this – from design and art to history and communication. This allows us to experience how writing conveys information, provides guidance and serves as an expression of ideas and culture.

At the workshop at the Museum Angewandte Kunst, we’ll be creating giant letters together! Families with children will build letters out of cardboard and decorate them. This makes writing a playful and creative experience, even for the youngest children.

Free workshop for families with children aged 6 and over.
Registration at create.angewandte-kunst@stadt-frankfurt.de or 069 212 38522.

This September’s Satourday is entirely dedicated to the theme WRITING & LETTERS.
Writing and letters shape our everyday lives in many different ways. Various museums offer different perspectives on this – from design and art to history and communication. This allows us to experience how writing conveys information, provides guidance and serves as an expression of ideas and culture.

At the workshop at the Museum Angewandte Kunst, we’ll be creating giant letters together! Families with children will build letters out of cardboard and decorate them. This makes writing a playful and creative experience, even for the youngest children.

Free workshop for families with children aged 6 and over.
Registration at create.angewandte-kunst@stadt-frankfurt.de or 069 212 38522.

Young people are exploring public spaces and developing their own ideas for how to design them. The exhibition Urban Space Research Frankfurt offers insights into the project process, showcases selected results and invites visitors to try their hand at creative experimentation.

Public space is more than just streets and squares – it is a place for encounters, movement and personal engagement. Starting with an exploration of Frankfurt, pupils from the Georg-August-Zinn-Schule and the Aktive Schule Frankfurt examined their surroundings using product design methods and performative approaches.

Through observations, spatial experiments and creative tasks, new perspectives on urban space emerged. From these diverse experiences, ideas, models and fragments developed, highlighting possibilities for shared coexistence in public space. The works invite us to take a fresh look at Frankfurt from the perspective of young people and to develop our own visions of the city.

studio gross klein, in collaboration with the August Zinn School in Griesheim and the Aktive Schule Frankfurt.

Building on the exhibition On Display: How Graphic Design Shapes Us, this workshop invites participants to explore graphic design hands-on. During the session, participants will collect, cut, draw, print, combine, and reassemble elements. The focus is less on “correct” design and more on experimenting with different visual languages and exploring what emerges when we step away from familiar ways of seeing and designing.

The workshop combines inspiration from the exhibition with ample time for hands-on work. Various analog techniques – such as collage, drawing, printing, and the combination of images and text – will be introduced and can be further developed individually. Participants are welcome to bring their own themes and materials or draw inspiration from the exercises and the exhibition.

Cost: 8 euros plus admission
Registration at create.angewandte-kunst@stadt-frankfurt.de or 069 212 38522.

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

A co-working group for female founders from Frankfurt am Main and the surrounding area who are looking for:

• regular co-working sessions
• mutual support
• productive days away from the home office

Connect and meet up to work together. The group usually meets once a month (mostly on the last Tuesday of the month).

How has the Stiftung Buchkunst evolved since its founding in 1966, and how has book design changed over the decades? Drawing on exhibits from the exhibition, Uta Schneider (Executive Director of the Stiftung Buchkunst from 2000 to 2012) and Ralf de Jong (Professor of Typography at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen) will speak with Birte Kreft (Executive Director of the Stiftung Buchkunst) about the foundation’s history, its evolution, and the books that have shaped this process. An open conversation about design, institutions, and the stories that books tell.

No registration required. Included in the admission price.
The talk will be held 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:
Jens Jakob Happ, Stiftung urban future forum e.V., Frankfurt am Main

Guests:

• Louisa Hutton, Sauerbruch Hutton Architects, Berlin
• Milena Karanesheva, Karawitz Architects, Paris
• Andreas Krawczyk, NKBAK Architects, Frankfurt am Main
• Prof. Herrmann Kaufmann
• Manfred Senff, Kaufmann Bausysteme GmbH, Reuthe, Austria
• Ernst Böhm, B&O Group, Bad Aibling
• Ernest Pacarada, Pacarada Group, Kelkheim

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

An event for entrepreneurs passionate about innovation and transformation, featuring inspiring short presentations, two moderated panel discussions, and a three-course “flying dinner” as a culinary accompaniment. The focus is on the value and impact of design as a transformative and economic force. The evening offers opportunities for exchange, networking, and joint discussion of forward-looking topics.

An event organized by KreativBund – Federal Center for Cultural and Creative Industries, held as part of World Design Capital 2026 in cooperation with HA Hessen Agentur GmbH, Wirtschaftsförderung Frankfurt GmbH, and Donkey Talks.

For more information and to register, visit: www.kreativ-bund.de

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

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 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.

No ticket needed. The workshop is free and takes place at the WDC Hub on the ground floor of the Museum Angewandte Kunst.

Favorite pieces don’t have to disappear into the closet just because they’re damaged. With Visible Mending, clothing and textiles are repaired in a visible and creative way – using colorful threads, simple embroidery techniques, and plenty of personality.

In this workshop, participants will learn various techniques for creatively transforming holes, tears, or stains in jeans and other garments. This results in one-of-a-kind pieces and a fresh perspective on sustainable consumption. Feel free to bring your own clothing items. The workshop is suitable for adults and teens ages 12 and up. No prior experience is necessary.

With upcycling fashion designer Kanika Jindal from kan_i_kaRE.

Participation fee: 55 euros per person / Members of the Kunstgewerbeverein pay 35 euros

Spaces are limited. Register at info@kgv-frankfurt.de.

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.

The opening of VOCAL ART Frankfurt RheinMain 2026 on 7 October 2026 at the WDC Hub of the Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt is entitled In the Beginning Was the Word and is dedicated to the theme of democracy through the example of the Czech Republic, the Guest of Honour Country of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2026.

The programme explores music and language as expressions of cultural identity and social development. At its centre are works by Czech composers: Leoš Janáček’s Diary of One Who Disappeared for tenor, female voices and piano, as well as Bohuslav Martinů’s Petrklíč – duets on texts of Moravian folk poetry for soprano, alto, violin and piano. The programme is complemented by a tribute to Václav Havel and his central idea of living in truth on the occasion of his 90th birthday.

The opening concert thus establishes the artistic direction of VOCAL ART Frankfurt RheinMain 2026: music becomes a universal language that reflects historical experiences, creates cultural connections and brings democratic values to life.

More information at: WDC 2026

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

The X3 PopUpLab creates a temporary space for PostOst perspectives, exchange, and collective learning. The reading room, storytelling lab, and fishbowl discussion bring together decolonial knowledge, personal experiences, and questions about participation, social design, and living together.

The one-day X3 PopUpLab consists of four parts:

10 am
The reading room opens as a curated temporary library featuring publications from and about PostOst, as well as on decolonial theories, literature, and activism. The space invites visitors to read, browse, and exchange ideas throughout the day.

12 am to 2 pm
The reading room comes alive with the storytelling lab Voices from the Middle of Nowhere. Together, we’ll share experiences with government agencies and public institutions, highlight barriers, and discuss (in)visibility, discrimination, participation, and spaces in the Rhine-Main region from PostOst perspectives. The focus is on everyday encounters with institutions, which are shared in nonviolent storytelling spaces and become a starting point for exchange and collective learning.

2 pm to 3 pm
The Reading Room Book Browsing session invites you to reflect on what you’ve read, discover new and old publications, and deepen conversations.

3 pm
The X3 LIVE PODCAST Spaces, Social Design, and a Better Life will follow. In an open “fishbowl” format, we will discuss democratic participation, social design, and the visibility of Post-Eastern perspectives in cultural-political discourses in the Rhine-Main region. Together with Dr. Alina Jašina-Schäfer (cultural anthropologist), Barbara Lersch (World Design Capital Frankfurt RheinMain 2026), and a member of the audience, we’ll ask: How are spaces designed? Who shapes them? And how can forms of coexistence based on solidarity emerge? Hosted by Ani Menua and Julia Boxler (Artistic Researchers, X3 PostOst Agency gUG).

5 pm to 6 pm
The reading room will open one last time for browsing and reflection, inviting everyone to wind down the day together.

Anyone interested in the topic of PostOst and wishing to learn more about post-socialist migration contexts and history is warmly invited.

The X3 Kollektiv & X3 PostOst Agency gUG create spaces for critical post-migrant discourse through podcasts, talks, residencies, cultural consulting & mediation, focusing on the PostOst context.

More information at: WDC 2026

The tile is one of the oldest mass-produced building elements in existence. A single module has little impact—it is only through repetition that a wall, floor, or facade emerges. At the same time, even the slightest changes create dynamic patterns. The participants explore how much individuality a series can accommodate and when variation gives rise to a new system.
Cost: 30 euros (includes museum admission)
For information and to register, please contact create.angewandte-kunst@stadt-frankfurt.de.

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

After Solidarity is a playspace for adults where imagination is challenged as a political tool. Artist and choreographer Grace Euna Kim presents this new participatory performance in cooperation with de_colonialanguage. It is an immersive and interactive performance co-created by the audience, leading into a collective discussion and sharing of reflections.
As anti-migrant sentiment is ever more on the rise across Germany and Europe, we question how conflict-based ideologies take root in individual and collective bodies, and explore the possibilities to transform them.

After Solidarity is guided by the questions:

- How can we imagine a world beyond violence, when we are ingrained in the systems that reproduce it?
- How can we embody solidarity without producing new forms of exclusion?
- How can we empower resistance without producing new forms of oppression?

Languages: body, English, German and many others.

Free admission.
Registration and more information at: WDC 2026

With wīlāri – Fachwerkweiler 2.0 – the rediscovered heritage, architects and project initiators Anja Schäfer and Cornelia Thielen are putting forward an unusual vision for discussion: stored, dismantled half-timbered houses are being rebuilt and connected to form a new, communal space for living and working. Traditional architecture meets innovative technology, new forms of living and a democratic development process. But how much of the past does the future need? What does it mean to build on historic structures rather than merely preserving them? And can collectively developed architecture truly provide new answers to the housing shortage, resource scarcity and social change? A moderator will discuss these issues with the two architects and project initiators of wīlāri, as well as with a philosopher, a heritage conservationist and a master carpenter.

The interactive panel discussion is based on the philosophical wīlāri Manifesto with its 10 theses. It sets out positions and questions on building culture, sustainability, craftsmanship, heritage conservation, community and the relationship between heritage and the future.

The audience is explicitly part of the discussion: the manifesto’s theses are not merely presented, but are jointly scrutinised, explored further and assessed for their suitability for the future.

wīlāri asks not only how we want to build, but also what we can build from what is already there.

More information at: WDC 2026

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

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

The German Ecodesign Award Roadshow presents a selection of sustainable design approaches that, following a preliminary assessment by more than 50 environmental experts from the German Environment Agency and a advisory board of 34 experts, were ultimately recognized by an interdisciplinary jury.

From materials and products to digital services and innovative system solutions, the exhibition showcases award-winning and nominated projects that illustrate how design can contribute to resource efficiency, circularity, digital transformation, and societal innovation.

More information at: WDC 2026

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

With Max Dudler, Architect; Daniela Matha, ABG Holding and Carolina Romahn, WDC 2026.

Without registration.

Exchange, networking, and open dialogue are at the heart of the WDC Regulars’ Table. This time, we are taking the opportunity to look back on the WDC year so far: what has been created, which encounters and projects stand out in our memories, and what have we achieved together? At the same time, we are looking ahead to ask what will remain from the WDC year beyond 2026 – which ideas, networks, and collaborations will continue to make an impact.
To explore this, we are meeting at the WDC Hub in the Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt. As the central focal point of the World Design Capital, the WDC Hub considers itself a space in the making – an invitation to rethink, shape, and discuss design as a social practice. This makes it the ideal setting for a regulars’ table where we can look back and look forward together.

Registration and more information at: WDC 2026

We highlight special icons from our collection from a theological, cultural and art historical perspective. We warmly invite you to learn more about the stories, meanings and messages of icons in our time. Icon evenings at the Icon Museum take place once a month on Wednesdays from 6 to 7 pm.

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

What significance does book design hold today – and what role will it play in the future? Together with Florian Lamm (Lamm & Kirch, Leipzig) and Helene Hohmann (a graduate of the HfG Offenbach), Birte Kreft (Executive Director of the Stiftung Buchkunst) and Jonas Deuter (curator of the exhibition On Display: How Graphic Design Shapes Us) discuss current developments, new challenges, and the future of book culture in the digital age. The focus is on diverse perspectives from the fields of design, education, and institutions – and on the question of how we can further explore the concepts of quality and book design.

No registration required. Included in the admission price.
The talk will be held in German.

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

Healing Architecture is far more than just a concept for the healthcare sector. It is an approach that comes to life in every space through thoughtful contrasts, functional details, and a harmonious color and material palette. Together with HEWI and Caparol, WDC 2026 invites you to discover how holistic design has a forward-looking impact on physical, mental, and social well-being.

The design of print media is usually based on a non-disabled standard. This workshop aims to explore new artistic, experimental, and playful approaches to accessible book design together with designers – both with and without disabilities – and other interested participants.

Location: Diskursraum in the exhibition On Display: How Graphic Design Shapes Us
With designers Anna Breit, Pia Heer, and Hannah Witte. They are a team of people with and without disabilities. They plan and lead the workshops.

Registration at create.angewandte-kunst@stadt-frankfurt.de or 069 212 38522.

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

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

October’s Satourday is dedicated to the theme of DESIGN.
Ideas are waiting everywhere to be discovered and developed further. Through play, participants create their own designs, imaginative products and visions for the world of tomorrow.

At the workshop at the Museum Angewandte Kunst, participants will set off on a journey of discovery through the exhibitions, armed with a clipboard and pencil. Families will playfully explore shapes and materials, sketch out ideas and design their own fun products for the world of tomorrow.

Free workshop for families with children aged 7 and over.
Registration at create.angewandte-kunst@stadt-frankfurt.de or 069 212 38522.

October’s Satourday is dedicated to the theme of DESIGN.
Ideas are waiting everywhere to be discovered and developed further. Through play, participants create their own designs, imaginative products and visions for the world of tomorrow.

At the workshop at the Museum Angewandte Kunst, participants will set off on a journey of discovery through the exhibitions, armed with a clipboard and pencil. Families will playfully explore shapes and materials, sketch out ideas and design their own fun products for the world of tomorrow.

Free workshop for families with children aged 7 and over.
Registration at create.angewandte-kunst@stadt-frankfurt.de or 069 212 38522.