FESTIVAL 2022

Mariahilf? I already know it! The Secession, the Suchthilfe building, the Naschmarkt, and Vienna’s longest shopping street can all be found within an area of just under one and a half square kilometers, in which many Viennese feel at home. And yet: Vienna’s 6th district, which was created in 1850…

Ready, steady, go … For many people, the festival starts with a visit to the headquarters. There are good reasons why this is regarded as the festival’s architectural centerpiece, as a meeting point for visitors, and as the gateway to the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. This year, there are three such portals…

Back on a new path: The Passionswege have returned! Ever since this format was introduced to the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK it has brought international and Austrian designers together with Vienna’s craft-based businesses. This dialogue takes place away from the commercial pressure of normal working…

For the fifth time in a row, the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK and the Vienna Business Agency are cooperating closely and jointly organizing the format Urban Food & Design. Following up on the subjects of the Challenges between 2018 and 2021 – which ranged from urban farming and production via local and…

Vermehrt Schönes! Design creates added value for local communities! The social design format Stadtarbeit facilitates projects that address the permanent transformation of our urban and social fabric: projects that search for concrete answers and seek to use design resources as social levers. In the…

Design is the conception of objects that are manufactured in industrial series. But this isn’t always the case! In their work, many designers don’t necessarily strive to scale up their ideas but, rather, devote themselves to the expression of an individual object. With the tools of design – but…

Special is what rethinks the concept of design. People, works and approaches that broaden our understanding of design, deepen it and extend it to other disciplines. Special should also be what the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK wants to achieve as a communicator, ambassador, organizer, promoter, mediator and…

P stands for partnership. P stands for PLATFORM. With this new name, the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK is also sharpening the profile of its presentation platform, which is open to the public and the creative scene and where a lot usually happens that can’t be experienced anywhere else: In close cooperation…

While the increasing unmanageability of the world of goods that surrounds us makes it more and more difficult to determine the qualities that lend validity to good design, the sixth edition of Design Everyday offers insights into the day-to-day activities of Austrian design studios. The format…

Festivals are places for meeting people and experiencing things. They create informal settings and safe surroundings for exchanging and understanding. This is the spirit with which the diverse education program of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK takes visitors of every age by the hand and offers them…

Design for every … one! The format Debut of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK highlights excellent educational institutions in Austria and abroad. This year’s guest institution is the Institute for Education in the Arts of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. For the first time, a contribution in this series…