The Design Month Graz is dedicated entirely to the theme of Revolution from May 6 to June 4, 2023. For one month, it will once again bring the range of services offered by the design scene in the City of Design Graz to the fore. A dense and diverse program of exhibitions, lectures, presentations, guided tours and much more will bring the value and importance of design to the public. Be part of the Design Month Graz 2023!

There are two ways to participate in Design Month 2023

_01 Call for Programme | Design Month Graz 2023
If you would like to participate with presentations, events, exhibitions, workshops or individual program items, apply for the Call for Programme by January 27, 2023, to barbara.nussmueller@cis.at.

_02 Call for Designers & Shops | Design in the City 2023
You are at the right place if you are an entrepreneur and want to participate in Designmonat Graz with your store or if you are a designer and want to present your product in the program format “Design in the City“. Through our mediation, everyone will find his or her suitable partner. Submissions are possible until 27 January 2023. Please send an email to designinthecity@cis.at.

The focus theme: Revolution

The Design Month Graz 2023 is all about the focus topic Revolution. Revolution, understood as a fundamental upheaval of the past, has become an unmistakable constant in recent years. Its concomitants – from pandemics to war – irritate and unsettle. Revolution in today’s sense, however, is complex; it is digital, social, green, economic. And revolution means speed. It is needed to drive change more urgently, to find solutions more quickly. “Soft transformation” alone will not be enough to move society and the economy forward in a positive way. The creative industries are driving this revolution, and their players are developing intelligent and disruptive methods to find new ways and solutions to complex issues. Design and creativity offer the necessary tools and techniques for this, and for everyone. In the area of tension between revolution and continuity, between disruption and tradition, between “no longer usable” and “not yet imaginable”, Design Month Graz 2023 offers a platform to bring these multiple revolutions to the public’s attention. A lot is at stake. And nothing will ever be the same again. But things are moving forward.