Design Month Graz 2022

Back in full force: The Design Month Graz celebrated its post-pandemic comeback in 2022. More than 100 events – from exhibitions and workshops to lectures and presentations – took place within 35 days. The par ticipation of 128 program and project par tners along with guests from 15 nations highlighted just how wide the range of design can be and made the internationality of the networ k tangible.

In 2022, the Design Month Graz once again showed the creative potential of Styria with its top and tightly packed event program. With enthusiastic international participation plus a powerful presence in public spaces the design festival clearly showed why Graz is a City of Design – with an impact far beyond the city limits. The “Green Transition” program focus of the Design Month offered a platform for contributions and solutions from the creative sector and spotlights the processes of transformation and upheaval with the aim of ensuring a sustainable future.

For the grand opening on May 6, the Kulturzentrum der Minoriten offered a setting that was as festive as it was steeped in history, hosting the exhibition openings for “Design Everyday”, “ZweckZwei – Shift Circular Design” and “Around Autofiction”. The exhibition

Awareness & Location

“The Chairman” in the Designforum Graz showed works by designer and architect Martin Mostböck and the new format “Design Clinic” was created as a lowthreshold service offered by the design community in order to make design more tangible for everyone.

With Design in the City, 37 shops gave designers a platform, showcasing unusual products, unique collections, outstanding creations and presenting lots of information about the benefit and added value of design. Graz not only showed what it had to offer as a UNESCO City of Design with this presentation, but also that we are a City of Designers. The program was supplemented with guided tours by GrazGuides, who invited visitors on a multi-facetted journey of discovery through the city.

Numerous other events, happenings and exhibitions rounded off the program, such as the Design Battle, the Designfrische getaway to Trahütten, the exhibition “East to West” at Schloss Hollenegg, or the Fifteen Seconds Festival.