VIENNA DESIGN WEEK NEWS 05/2025: The program of general partners RADO and IKEA

What makes the General Partners of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK so special is their annual, essential contribution to the festival programme. All three partners specifically promote creative solutions and support designers in their implementation. This year, all three partners are building excitement: the Erste Bank Social Design Prize and the RADO MOVING MATERIALS winners will only be announced during the festival – and IKEA will also reveal the secret of its installation on site.

Erste Bank impresses with its social design format Stadtarbeit, which addresses social challenges, as already mentioned in the last newsletter. 

Rado is hosting the RADO MOVING MATERIALS competition for the third time, in which six motion designers create works for the video wall of the Rado Boutique. Who will win this year?

IKEA is a general partner for the fourth time in 2025. This year, IKEA and Viennese designer Laura Karasinski are surprising visitors with an installation that shows how versatile IKEA products can be when reimagined. Surprise – what it is will only be revealed at the festival!

RADO MOVING MATERIALS

From March to August, six motion designers – Jakob Jakubowski (AT), Alexandra Dzhiganskaya (UA/AT), Gabrielle Schauerhuber (BRA), Vincent Wagner (AT), Céline Hurka & Jules Janssen (DE/NL) and Verena Repar (AT) – will present their work on the video wall of the Rado Boutique in Vienna. All projects will be on display in the festival programme from 26 September to 5 October 2025, when the winning project will also be announced. More info...

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IKEA x VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2025

The focus is on the principle of democratic design, which combines form, function, quality, sustainability and affordability. Together with the Viennese studio Karasinski, IKEA is surprising visitors this year with an installation that shows how versatile IKEA products can be when reinterpreted. More...