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The Kunstgewerbeverein Frankfurt am Main e.V. is the organiser of the Circular Design Young Talent Award 2025/26.
The competition is being run in partnership with FES, Frankfurter Entsorgungs- und Service GmbH, and the Start-ups Working Group of the Polytechnische Gesellschaft e.V..
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The award acts as a catalyst for social change, promoting themes such as sustainability, resource conservation, waste prevention, and circularity. It encourages innovative, experimental thinking and responsible design practices.
The competition is open to design and craft students, as well as young designers and craftspeople in their first to third year of professional practice from Hesse. Application deadline: March 31, 2026. Main Award – “Circular Design Emerging Talent Award” (€3,500) honors projects that are creative, innovative, and sustainable in their approach to the circular economy, material use and reuse, recycling, and upcycling.
Special Award – “Entrepreneurship Circular Design” (€1,500) recognizes conceptual approaches for founding a start-up aimed at implementing a developed design idea in practice.
The awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, June 13, 2026, at 18:00, at the Kunstgewerbeverein, in the Historic Villa Metzler Schaumainkai 17 in Frankfurt.
