PressDesign for Democracy What Design Can Achieve!

21 May – 9 August 2026

Design for Democracy is understood as a responsible design approach aimed at facilitating, expanding, preserving, and enriching life. It involves creating effective, participatory solutions to the pressing problems of our time – problems that, defined as “good problems”, demand equally good design solutions. Design is understood as a process of transformation that people implement in their environment, as a tool that can promote peaceful, diverse, and democratic coexistence.

The curators have selected 25 projects from Germany and abroad for this exhibition, organised for the first time at the Museum Angewandte Kunst as part of World Design Capital Frankfurt RheinMain 2026. The selection features contemporary design examples from the Frankfurt RheinMain region, linked to European projects and perspectives. A varied course through the exhibition explores the relationship between design and democracy, offers new perspectives on co-creation and public interest, and challenges the impact of good design. The exhibitions features the following projects and companies: VERT London, Imperfect Assemblies, ARMU, Praunheimer Werkstätten, At The Table With Nature, La Borda Barcelona, TSATSAS, Circle Offenbach, Compath, Forum Groningen, SCAPE° Offenbach, DB Rad+, Horst & Asiat Park Vilvoorde, Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt, Ordnungsamt Frankfurt, Parc Rives de Seine Paris, Restaurant Day Helsinki, Stadtbücherei Friedrichsdorf, Einfamilienhaus-Haus Stendal, 100 Years of the New Frankfurt, Litfaßsäule 4.0, Raumannplatz Vienna, DIY Skatepark Frankfurt, Swimmable Cities, and Urban Sports Park Frankfurt.

Curators: Anna Scheuermann, Prof Matthias Wagner K

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