D*signweek 2025

24th – 30th November 2025 Linz (AT)
@ Kulturverein zur Schießhalle, Stadtwerkstatt, University of Arts Linz

For who(m) is the making?

The 2025 edition of the d*sign week is organized around the question “For who(m) is the making?”, which sets attention on who is involved in the design process and how design connects needs and everyday life. Understanding for whom we design, and the context and practice of the designer, has strong influence on outcomes.

Even materials and tools play a role. As a discursive practice, design interacts with aesthetic and artistic intentions. If “contemporary design” is often experienced as excluding and exclusive, how can we make it more accessible? How do we balance the need for accessibility with the ever-evolving language of visual communication?

Programme

More about the Designweek

The d*sign week is a festival for experimental and independent design practices. It is organized by the initiatives Potato Publishing and servus.at together with the departments of Visual Communication and Timebased Media of the University of Arts Linz.

Living in times that require novel forms of being together, the d*sign week proposes asking ourselves “For who(m) is the making?” as a method to radically open the design flow. This creates spaces for new perspectives, alliances and networks of solidarity.

Partners: RadioFRO, Stadtwerkstatt STWST.
Participants: soon some overview.
Programme: 2025 Programme Overview

Previous Editions:
https://dsignweek.servus.at/2023
https://dsignweek.servus.at/2021

d*signweek is organized by Potato Publishing and servus.at together with the departments of Visual Communication and Timebased Media of the University of Arts Linz