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Social Design Days 2024

bet­ter together

Fes­ti­val | Nuremberg

Nuremberg’s Klaris­senplatz square and surroundings
7. October 2024 – 9. August 2024

bay­ern design will host the sec­ond edi­tion of Social Design Days in Nurem­berg from Octo­ber 7 to 9, 2024. Social Design Days is all about pre­sent­ing new ideas for using design to mas­ter chal­lenges with­in soci­ety, find­ing solu­tions togeth­er that ben­e­fit all of soci­ety, and fos­ter­ing social par­tic­i­pa­tion. Become part of the 2024 Social Design Days and sub­mit a top­ic for Social Design Jam.

Social design focus­es on inter­dis­ci­pli­nary dia­log among rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the cor­po­rate world, pol­i­tics, and design and on expe­ri­enc­ing design as a process. To fos­ter sol­i­dar­i­ty with­in soci­ety, the theme of this year’s Social Design Days will be bet­ter togeth­er. In a time of increas­ing inequal­i­ty and polar­iza­tion, it is impor­tant to close ranks again, devel­op an under­stand­ing, and tack­le acute chal­lenges col­lec­tive­ly. Every­body is invit­ed to par­tic­i­pate actively!

The theme of 2024 Social Design Days: bet­ter together

Soci­ety is at its strongest when as many peo­ple as pos­si­ble act in con­cert and stand up for a future worth liv­ing. In a time where extreme polit­i­cal move­ments are on the rise, social inequal­i­ties are increas­ing, and demo­c­ra­t­ic val­ues are being chal­lenged repeat­ed­ly, find­ing answers to the ques­tion of how we want to live togeth­er in the future is more urgent than ever. The grow­ing divi­sion of soci­ety not only weak­ens cohe­sion but also the trust in demo­c­ra­t­ic process­es. If peo­ple no longer come togeth­er at the same table, find­ing solu­tions that are good for every­one will become increas­ing­ly difficult.

Where free­dom of expres­sion, rule of law, and oth­er val­ues are called into ques­tion and pop­ulist camps exploit people’s inse­cu­ri­ties, action must be tak­en. Demo­c­ra­t­ic prin­ci­ples must be pro­tect­ed and, at the same time, social inequal­i­ty, eco­nom­ic uncer­tain­ty, and insuf­fi­cient polit­i­cal par­tic­i­pa­tion must be con­test­ed. Only through edu­ca­tion, equal eco­nom­ic oppor­tu­ni­ties, and demo­c­ra­t­ic par­tic­i­pa­tion can a soci­ety be shaped in a way that it remains firm­ly unit­ed and builds a future in which every­one benefits.

2024 Social Design Days – the agenda 

The agen­da for 2024 Social Design Days includes Social Design Jam, two social design work­shops for design­ers and all oth­ers, and a sym­po­sium with top-cal­iber speak­ers. Reg­is­tra­tion details to follow.

Note: All events will be con­duct­ed in German.

Octo­ber 7, 2024

 

Work­shop: Act Now!

  • Time: 1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
  • Loca­tion: bay­ern design offices
  • Work­shop con­duct­ed by: Lars Harm­sen and Markus Lange
  • Descrip­tion: Act Now! Poster work­shop for begin­ners and pro­fes­sion­als – from ideas to forms. Con­duct­ed by Lars Harm­sen (Fach­hochschule Dort­mund Uni­ver­si­ty of Applied Sci­ences and Art) and Markus Lange (Tech­nis­che Hochschule Georg Simon Ohm, Nurem­berg). Par­tic­i­pants can learn to trans­form ideas into mean­ing­ful head­lines and images and then imple­ment and design them. The experts will share their wealth of tips and tricks to enable all par­tic­i­pants to cre­ate their own inspir­ing posters.
  • Sub­ject to a fee
  • Reg­is­tra­tion

 

1st Jam day

  • Time: 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. (pre­sen­ta­tion of final results: Octo­ber 9)
  • Loca­tion: Kün­stler­haus in Nuremberg
  • Mod­er­a­tion: San­dra Engel­hardt (Urban Lab) and Sebas­t­ian Schnell­bögl (bay­ern design)
  • Descrip­tion: In July you sub­mit­ted ideas for improv­ing social inter­ac­tion. At Social Jam Days, two of these entries will be dis­cussed by all par­tic­i­pants: We want to find solu­tions for redesign­ing com­mu­ni­ty cen­ters and for rec­on­cil­ing a vari­ety of inter­ests when it comes to streetscapes. Social Jam Days is an inter­dis­ci­pli­nary work­shop mod­er­at­ed by two experts. Every­body is invit­ed to attend! The event is premised on the idea that we find the best solu­tions when we all share expe­ri­ences and per­spec­tives. Over the course of two days, we will devel­op the ideas togeth­er and present the results at the sym­po­sium on Octo­ber 9.
  • Free of charge, cater­ing includ­ed, reg­is­tra­tion required
  • Reg­is­tra­tion

 

Octo­ber 8, 2024

 

2nd Jam day

  • Time: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Uhr (pre­sen­ta­tion of final results: Octo­ber 9)
  • Loca­tion: Kün­stler­haus in Nuremberg
  • Mod­er­a­tion: San­dra Engel­hardt (Urban Lab) and Sebas­t­ian Schnell­bögl (bay­ern design)
  • Descrip­tion: In July you sub­mit­ted ideas for improv­ing social inter­ac­tion. At Social Jam Days, two of these entries will be dis­cussed by all par­tic­i­pants: We want to find solu­tions for redesign­ing com­mu­ni­ty cen­ters and for rec­on­cil­ing a vari­ety of inter­ests when it comes to streetscapes. Social Jam Days is an inter­dis­ci­pli­nary work­shop mod­er­at­ed by two experts. Every­body is invit­ed to attend! The event is premised on the idea that we find the best solu­tions when we all share expe­ri­ences and per­spec­tives. Over the course of two days, we will devel­op the ideas togeth­er and present the results at the sym­po­sium on Octo­ber 9.
  • Free of charge, cater­ing includ­ed, reg­is­tra­tion required
  • Reg­is­tra­tion

 

Work­shop II: Yes Future!

  • Time: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Loca­tion: bay­ern design offices
  • Work­shop con­duct­ed by: Jean­nie Schnei­der and Ramona Sprenger (both Dezentrum)
  • Descrip­tion: The no future mind­set is a thing of the past. At this one-day work­shop, we will devel­op inspir­ing sce­nar­ios for liv­ing togeth­er in the future. Spec­u­la­tive design is an approach to devel­op­ing hypo­thet­i­cal sce­nar­ios with the goal to bet­ter under­stand poten­tial future sit­u­a­tions. Jean­nie Schnei­der and Ramona Sprenger will con­vey relat­ed meth­ods to par­tic­i­pants and apply them to this year’s mot­to, bet­ter togeth­er. These meth­ods can help com­pa­nies pre­pare for poten­tial chal­lenges. Jean­nie and Ramona work at Dezen­trum, a Switzer­land-based agency that has advised Würth, Raif­feisen, the City of Zurich, and oth­er renowned clients on the use of its methods.
  • Sub­ject to a fee, cater­ing included
  • Reg­is­tra­tion

 

Social Design in use

  • Time: 7:00 p.m.
  • Loca­tion: “Zukun­ftsmusik”, Pfan­nen­schmieds­gasse, in front of the for­mer Kaufhof building
  • Host: DESIGN­VERE­IN
  • Descrip­tion: Felix Egle is a social design­er who works for edu­ca­tion­al organ­i­sa­tions, addic­tion treat­ment cen­tres and anti-right-wing ini­tia­tives, among oth­ers. He is moti­vat­ed by the goal of tack­ling con­flicts and cre­at­ing spaces for con­struc­tive nego­ti­a­tion process­es. In his lec­ture he will give an insight into his work and show the scope for action for design­ers in socio-polit­i­cal fields. Felix Egle will speak in front of the for­mer Kaufhof depart­ment store in Nuremberg’s city cen­tre — a loca­tion that could not be bet­ter suit­ed for such a debate.The event is a co-oper­a­tion between bay­ern design and DESIGN­VERE­IN, sup­port­ed by the Fac­ul­ty of Design at Nurem­berg Tech and the City of Nuremberg’s Project Office for Culture
  • Free of charge
  • No Reg­is­tra­tion required

 

Octo­ber 9, 2024

 

Sym­po­sium

  • Time: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
  • Loca­tion: Neues Muse­um in Nuremberg
  • Descrip­tion: bet­ter togeth­er is the mot­to of 2024 Social Design Days in Nurem­berg. Divid­ed into two pan­els, we will be joined by fas­ci­nat­ing experts in research and the field to devel­op con­cepts for strength­en­ing cohe­sion with­in soci­ety and iden­ti­fy how we ben­e­fit from clos­ing ranks. Keynote speak­ers will include soci­ol­o­gist Prof. Dr. Armin Nasse­hi (Lud­wig-Max­i­m­il­ians-Uni­ver­stität Munich); Jörg Som­mer, jour­nal­ist and direc­tor of Insti­tut für Par­tizipa­tion, Berlin; Dr. Felix Kosok, design sci­en­tist and graph­ic design­er (Bureau069); Simone Engel­hardt (shape of new); Simona Leyze­rovich (Café Blei­weiß, Nurem­berg), Dr. Addis Muluge­ta (Nurem­berg Cham­ber of Indus­try and Com­merce) and Nico Eich­holz (Anders Grün­den). The sym­po­sium also will include a pre­sen­ta­tion of the results of the Social Design Jam and the IHK Inno­va­tion­spreis award ceremony.
  • Mod­er­a­tion: Dorothee Brom­mer
  • Free of charge, lunch option­al­ly book­able, reg­is­tra­tion required
  • Reg­is­tra­tion

The Social Design Days will be of inter­est to the gen­er­al pub­lic, cor­po­rate rep­re­sen­ta­tives from all sec­tors of human resources devel­op­ment and design pro­fes­sion­als from all disciplines.

Join us at Social Design Jam!

What are design jams? At these cross-dis­ci­pli­nary work­shops, all par­tic­i­pants can con­tribute their skills and con­sult with experts. Every­one shar­ing their expe­ri­ences and per­spec­tives allows us to learn from each oth­er, to find new answers, and thus to come a lot clos­er to solu­tions to major chal­lenges soci­ety is fac­ing. The great strength of design jams lies pre­cise­ly in work­ing togeth­er. By the way: Social Design Jam not only address­es design­ers and oth­er pro­fes­sion­als but every­one inter­est­ed in get­ting involved. Thus, Social Design Jam pro­vides ample oppor­tu­ni­ties to play an active role in shap­ing social cohesion.

Partnerships/cooperation

2024 Social Design Days is host­ed by bay­ern design and spon­sored by the Nurem­berg Cham­ber of Indus­try and Com­merce for Cen­tral Fran­co­nia and the Office for Eco­nom­ic Devel­op­ment of the City of Nurem­berg. Neues Muse­um in Nurem­berg is a part­ner and CURT city mag­a­zine is a media part­ner of the event.

All agen­da updates can be found at www.socialdesigndays.de.

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