Spe­cial exhi­bi­tion: design con­nects. What design can achieve

Nurem­berg, Ger­many – From emo­jis to sky­scrap­ers, from chairs to satel­lites – near­ly every­thing we inter­act with today has been designed. What defines good design? What must design be able to achieve in the con­text of trans­for­ma­tion in the envi­ron­ment and soci­ety or tech­no­log­i­cal advance­ment? These are the ques­tions explored in the exhi­bi­tion design con­nects. What design can achieve.
Design has long since moved beyond shap­ing sur­faces and forms. Today, it influ­ences every aspect of our dai­ly lives, how we live togeth­er, and how we inter­act with nature. Good design connects.

What design can achieve
From inclu­sive mobil­i­ty to par­tic­i­pa­to­ry urban spaces, from renew­able ener­gy solu­tions to hos­pi­tal envi­ron­ments that pro­mote well-being, the exhi­bi­tion exam­ines the poten­tial of design from numer­ous per­spec­tives: Design fos­ters par­tic­i­pa­tion in a diverse soci­ety, pro­vides ori­en­ta­tion in an increas­ing­ly com­plex world, merges inter­ests, and gen­er­ates inno­v­a­tive solu­tions. Through insights, exam­ples, and expert voic­es, the exhi­bi­tion shows what design can achieve and how it works.

Nine fas­ci­nat­ing exhibits in an impres­sive presentation
Nine exhibits offer a fas­ci­nat­ing cross-sec­tion of this diver­si­ty on just under 75 square meters – clear­ly and pow­er­ful­ly curat­ed. How can mod­ern com­mu­ni­ca­tion devices be designed so that old­er gen­er­a­tions also can use them intu­itive­ly? How can ori­en­ta­tion be made eas­i­er in com­plex pub­lic build­ings? How can good design con­tribute to a brand’s suc­cess? The exhibits offer answers, for exam­ple, the inno­v­a­tive Papilio street­light by Tobias Trüben­bach­er, a vision­ary long-dis­tance train con­cept cre­at­ed by N+P Inno­va­tion Design, and Bit­ten Stetter’s designs for use in pal­lia­tive care set­tings. These works prove that good design is both attrac­tive and an essen­tial tool for shap­ing a liv­able future.

The exhi­bi­tion room will be locat­ed on the ground floor.

Open­ing event of the exhibition*
Thurs­day, July 10, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
Speak­ers: Direc­tor of Neues Muse­um Simone Schimpf / Man­ag­ing Direc­tor of bay­ern design Nadine Vicen­ti­ni / Assis­tant Sec­re­tary at the Bavar­i­an Min­istry of Eco­nom­ic Affairs, Region­al Devel­op­ment and Ener­gy Dr. Markus Eder / Kil­ian Fabich, cura­tor at bay­ern design
Free admis­sion, bev­er­ages and snacks can be purchased

Sup­port­ing program:
Guid­ed tour* with cura­tors Kil­ian Fabich and Nadine Kussinger
Wednes­day, July 23, 2025, 5:00 p.m. (Price: admis­sion fee + € 3)
Thurs­day, Novem­ber 27, 2025, 6:00 p.m. (Price: admis­sion fee + € 3)
Podi­um event per­spec­tives by design*
Thurs­day, Octo­ber 30, 2025, soft open­ing 5:00 p.m., begin­ning 5:30 p.m.
Podi­um event with design­ers con­tribut­ing to the exhibition

*All events will be con­duct­ed in German.

Illus­tra­tion: View into the exhibiton design con­nects (Pho­to: Annette Kradisch)