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©Ben Kuhlmann19
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16:00 – 17:00
WDC consultation hour
May 202619.05.2026
You have specific questions about the World Design Capital Frankfurt RheinMain 2026? Then join our hybrid consultation hour – online and on site at WDC Hub at Museum Angewandte Kunst!
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
©Hochschule RheinMain19
Tu
17:00 – 20:00
WDC-CampusWDC-Campus: Dialogwerkstätten
May 202648h-Filmathon - Diversität im Einsatz
Dr Eliane Ettmüller, Prof. Claudia Maria Aymar, Prof. Dr. Einspänner-Pflock and students
A collaboration between film students and students from the Police Department. Within 48 hours, several short films of different genres are created on the theme of diversity.
Caligari FilmBühne
19
Tu
18:00 – 19:30
Design für stabile Preise
Die Deutsche Bundesbank
Money is a matter of trust. What design should central banks have in order to promote people’s trust and make it easier for them to ensure stable prices?
Deutsche Bundesbank - Hauptverwaltung in Hessen, Filiale Frankfurt am Main
©Raimond Spekking, via Wikimedia Commons 20
We
10:00 – 18:00
Public – urban spaces for everyone
May 2026Symposium Bildungsorte „Demokratische Stadtbausteine“
Bund Deutscher Architektinnen und Architekten BDA Hessen e.V.
A symposium on schools as open educational spaces in the neighborhood: how they strengthen community, enable democratic participation, and create new demands for urban planning, buildings, and open spaces.
Willemerschule
20
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13:00 – 18:00
Open – Design Week
May 2026STONE - PAPER - AI
Form Follows Friendship, Enes Pavlukovic & Tina Lenz
As part of Form Follows Friendship 2026, communication designer Enes Pavlukovic and design anthropologist Tina Lenz host an open workshop at the Mainufer in Frankfurt. Share your memories, opinions, and questions, and reflect with us on co-created micro-stories shaped by automated media production.
Schaumainkai auf Höhe des Eisernen Stegs
©Synthetic Studio20
We
15:00 – 20:00
Synthetic Studio | Dialogwerkstatt
AI Art Magazine – Global Fusion
Boris Eldagsen, Christoph Grünberger, and AI ART MAGAZINE’s GLOBAL FUSION examine responsibility, intuition, and new concepts of authorship.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
©WDC-Campus20
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WDC-CampusWDC-Campus: Dialogwerkstätten
May 2026AI for Democracy
WDC–Campus with AI Frankfurt
Researchers, entrepreneurs, and AI professionals who work with and develop artificial intelligence actively collaborate with workshop participants to exchange knowledge, develop practical solutions, and advance new ideas together.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
©Lust auf besser Leben20
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18:00 – 21:00
DemokratieKioske
May 2026FLINTA* Rapworkshop & mobiles Tonstudio mit Dascha Reimt
Lust auf besser leben gGmbH, Dascha Reimt
At the FLINTA* rap workshop with a mobile recording studio, Dascha Reimt collaborates with participants to write lyrics, choose beats, and produce an original song on site, which can then be sent directly to their phones.
UZUMUMBA Kiosk
20
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18:00
Zukunft OF InnenstadtOutdoor living rooms for the city centre
May 2026Wetter Mi. – Wohnzimmer um 6 pm – Zukunft der Ernährung
SCAPE°
Every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., it's time to get creative, sustainable, and democratic! Immerse yourself in the world of design, democracy, and upcycling at "Wetter Mi. – Wohnzimmer um 6 pm" and help us shape the future of Offenbach.
SCAPE° Offenbach
©Ben Kuhlmann20
We
18:00 – 21:00
WDC Regular's Table
May 2026VHS Frankfurt mit mehr als wählen e.V. & iteratec
At the WDC regulars’ table, we offer you a relaxed space to exchange ideas and connect. Are you interested in the World Design Capital 2026? Come and join us!
Westhafenturm
©Ben Kuhlmann 20
We
19:00
Museum Angewandte KunstDesign for Democracy. What design can achieve!
May 2026Opening: Design for Democracy
Museum Angewandte Kunst
The exhibition presents current design projects from the Frankfurt RheinMain region and connects them with international initiatives and key figures.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
20
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19:30 – 21:00
Frankfurt UASHumanNature
May 2026Vielfalt zum Niederknien – Pflanzliche Helden zwischen Stein und Asphalt
Club Real, Frankfurt University of Applied Science, Senckenberg Gesellschaft
Senckenberg Arthur-von-Weinberg-Haus
©José Ramón Tramoyeres & Manolo García20
We
20:00
Spanish Design Pavilion
May 2026Caamaño & Ameixeiras
ICEX, Oficina Económica y Comercial de España en Düsseldorf, Instituto Cervantes
Their contemporary interpretation of traditional music has made the duo Caamaño&Ameixeiras a prominent representative of new Galician music. Since 2018, Sabela Caamaño Pérez (accordion) and Antía Ameixeiras Cundíns (violin and vocals) have been performing throughout Europe and can look back on an intensive career.
Instituto Cervantes
©Ben Kuhlmann 21
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May
28
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Museum Angewandte Kunst
May 2026Design for Democracy. What design can achieve!
Museum Angewandte Kunst
The exhibition presents current design projects from the Frankfurt RheinMain region and connects them with international initiatives and key figures.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
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©Alexander Paul Englert21
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May
20
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Jun
MADE.Festival 2026
laPROF Hessen e.V. / MADE.Festival
Since 2009, MADE. has been staging particularly noteworthy productions of independent performing arts in several cities across Hesse, always in tune with the times.
©Initiative "Frankfurt feiert Demokratie"21
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25
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Frankfurt feiert Demokratie - das Grundgesetz feiert Geburtstag 2026
Initiative "Frankfurt feiert Demokratie"
Neighborhood groups celebrate the anniversary of Germany’s Basic Law (constitution).
©François Pisapia21
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18:00
Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMainHier, wo wir sind
May 2026Hofheim am Taunus, François Pisapia
Ein Projekt von WAVA, initiiert vom Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain im Rahmen von World Design Capital 2026 mit dem Main-Taunus-Kreis und den Kommunen Bad Soden, Eppstein, Flörsheim, Hattersheim, Hochheim, Hofheim und Kelkheim.
Next to the Hofheim moated castle, François Pisapia and Pauli Scharlach blend fragmented 3D scans of public squares, monuments, and wall remnants into dreamlike urban landscapes poised between decay and reconstruction.
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©Helgard Haug21
Th
19:00 – 21:30
Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMainHooked on a Book
May 2026Stadtbücherei Dietzenbach
Ein Projekt von Rimini Protokoll, initiiert von Kulturfonds
Conversation format between two people.
Green Windows Pub
©Moritz Bernoully21
Th
19:00 – 20:00
Design for People – Städte als urbane Landschaft
Deutsch-Italienische Vereinigung e.V. in Kooperation mit der Stiftung urban future forum e.V.
Andreas Kipar, landscape architect, urban planner and architect, visiting professor at the Politecnico di Milano, presents the results and prospects of a new approach to the built environment.
Deutsches Architekturmuseum
©Ute Ritschel22
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May
07
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Democratic Food
Ute Ritschel
Photo series and eat-art-performances about food.
Galerie Goldene Nudel
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