During Berlin Design Week, the exhibition Young Talents ‒ in cooperation with EUNIC Berlin (part of the European Union National Institutes for Culture network) ‒ presents the next generation’s approaches to stimulating and future-oriented product design from eight European countries.

The festival, which takes “Resilience” as its overarching theme, once again focuses on design as an impetus for forward-looking change and as a creative basis encouraging sustainability. Berlin Design Week celebrates the diversity of the local and national design scene, and through Young Talents invites talented young designers from Europe to introduce their works and projects. The latest trends and innovations in the design world are showcased.

In the exhibition at the Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts), young product designers from Estonia, Italy, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom show their current works concerned with social impact, green impact and sustainability.

Participants in the exhibition

SOOD Studio (SIovenia), PJORKKALA (SIovenia), Maruša Mazej & Brina Steblovnik (SIovenia), Jakub Petr (Switzerland), Zuzana Ševčíková & Michaela Doležalová (Czech Republic), Johan Pertl (Czech Republic), Roxanne Flick (Luxembourg), Lucie Majerus (Luxembourg), Sarah Meyers and Laura Fügmann (Luxembourg), Barbara Gollackner (Austria), Julia Schwarz (Austria), Klemens Schillinger (Austria), Noëmi Burkhalter and Benjamin Schalk (KWER, Switzerland), Gabriel Köferli and Lars Zinniker (fagusnoir, Switzerland), Noemi Soriano (Matalàs, Switzerland), Stella Orlandino (Italy), Matteo Silverio (Italy), Hannah Segerkrantz (Estonia), Reet Aus (Estonia), Siim Karro (Estonia), Marie Vihmar (Estonia), Lola Lely (UK) and Junele Textiles (UK).

Opening and Talk on 14 May 2023

The opening ‒ with the designers ‒ is at noon on Sunday, 14 May, in the lobby of the Kunstgewerbemuseum. At the talk later that afternoon, “Young Talents: Neue Nachhaltigkeit” (Young Talents: New Sustainability), on 14 May, at 4 pm, the designers present their works and discuss aspects related to sustainability, ranging from production to functionality.

Speakers

Rosana Arifin (SOOD Studio, SIovenia), Žan Girandon (PJORKKALA, SIovenia), Maruša Mazej (SIovenia), Zuzana Ševčíková & Michaela Doležalová (Czech Republic), Johan Pertl (Czech Republic), Roxanne Flick (Luxembourg), Lucie Majerus (Luxembourg), Sarah Meyers and Laura Fügmann (Luxembourg), Barbara Gollackner (Austria), Julia Schwarz (Austria), Klemens Schillinger (Austria), Noëmi Burkhalter and Benjamin Schalk (KWER, Switzerland), Gabriel Köferli and Lars Zinniker (fagusnoir, Switzerland), Noemi Soriano (Matalàs, Switzerland), Stella Orlandino (Italy), Matteo Silverio (Italy), Hannah Segerkrantz (Estonia), Reet Aus (Estonia), Siim Karro (Estonia), Marie Vihmar (Estonia), Lola Lely (UK) and Junele Textiles (UK). The exhibition, curated by Alexandra Klatt, CEO of state of DESIGN, is co-organised and supported by the Estnische Botschaft in Berlin (Estonian Embassy in Berlin), Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Botschaft des Großherzogtums Luxemburg in Berlin (Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in Berlin), Austrian Cultural Forum Berlin, Embassy of Switzerland in the Federal Republic of Germany, Slovenian Cultural Centre in Berlin ‒ SKICA, Tschechisches Zentrum Berlin (Czech Centre Berlin), and the British Council Berlin.

A special exhibition of the Kunstgewerbemuseum – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin curated by Alexandra Klatt, CEO of state of DESIGN, co-organised and supported by the Estnische Botschaft in Berlin (Estonian Embassy in Berlin), Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Botschaft des Großherzogtums Luxemburg in Berlin (Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in Berlin), Austrian Cultural Forum Berlin, Embassy of Switzerland in the Federal Republic of Germany, Slovenian Cultural Centre in Berlin ‒ SKICA, Tschechisches Zentrum Berlin (Czech Centre Berlin), and the British Council Berlin.