NEXT GEN DESIGN »Futures Worth Living«

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Im Rahmen von 20 Jahren designforum Wien und 20 Jahren Vienna Design Week präsentiert designaustria die Ausstellung NEXT GEN DESIGN »Futures Worth Living«. Die Ausstellung zeigt 50 preisgekrönte Designprojekte junger Gestalter·innen aus allen Designsparten und ganz Europa.

NEXT GEN DESIGN ist ein internationales Projekt, das fünf Designorganisationen vereint: Barcelona Design Week | Barcelona Design & Creativity Foundation, What Design Can Do während der Dutch Design Week, Skopje Design Week, Mikser Festival (Belgrad) sowie designaustria & designforum Wien. Durch die Bündelung von Expertise und Netzwerken unterstützt das Projekt junge Designschaffende und fördert nachhaltige Designpraktiken, professionelle Zusammenarbeit und einen regen Fachaustausch.

Eine geführte Tour durch die Ausstellung in Anwesenheit der Designer·innen findet am Freitag, 25. September 2026, um 15:00 Uhr statt.
Eintritt frei.

NEXT GEN DESIGN wird durch das Programm Creative Europe unterstützt und ist Teil der Initiative New European Bauhaus.

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As part of the celebrations of 20 years of designforum Wien and 20 years of Vienna Design Week, designaustriapresents the exhibition NEXT GEN DESIGN »Futures Worth Living«. The exhibition showcases 50 award-winning design projects by young designers from across Europe, representing a wide range of design disciplines.

NEXT GEN DESIGN is a three-year project bringing together five design organisations: Barcelona Design Week | Barcelona Design & Creativity Foundation, What Design Can Do during Dutch Design Week, Skopje Design Week, Mikser Festival (Belgrade), and designaustria & designforum Wien. By bringing together expertise and networks, the project supports young designers and promotes sustainable design practices, professional collaboration and exchange within the design community.

A guided tour of the exhibition with the designers will take place on Friday, 25 September 2026, at 3:00 pm.
Free admission.

NEXT GEN DESIGN is supported by the Creative Europe programme and is part of the New European Bauhaus initiative.

The Creative Europe Desk Austria, operating under the Austrian Federal Ministry for Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport, has selected Next Gen Design – Young Designers for Next Generation Europe as one of the Best Practice Projects of the EU Creative Europe programme (2021–2027).