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Falling in Love with all Genders

9–11 June 2026 | Open Design Week | World Design Capital Frankfurt RheinMain 2026

From 9 to 11 June 2026, the International Gender Design Network, iGDN, will be a guest at Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt as part of Open Design Week within the programme of World Design Capital Frankfurt RheinMain 2026.

Under the title "Falling in Love with all Genders", iGDN presents a three-day programme on gender and design with an exhibition, workshops and a public "Dialogwerkstatt" with lectures, panel talks and exchange. Please note that the programme will be mainly in German.

At the centre of the programme is an exhibition of selected and awarded projects from the iphiGenia Gender Design Award. The exhibition shows how designers, researchers and initiatives address gender, diversity, visibility and participation through design. It offers concrete examples of gender-sensitive design practice across communication, products, digital applications, education, research and activism.

The programme asks: Who is considered in design processes? Who remains unseen? Which assumptions and biases shape images, objects, interfaces and systems? And how can design contribute to more inclusive and socially responsible futures?

Programme Overview

9 June – 11 June:

Exhibition Falling in Love with all Genders – best of iphiGenia Gender Design Award

Tuesday, 9 June 2026

Workshops on gender and design (information & registration coming soon)

Wednesday, 10 June 2026

"Dialogwerkstatt" with lectures, panel talks and public discussion. Full programme see below

Thursday, 11 June 2026

Workshops on gender and design (information & registration coming soon)

iGDN Dialogwerkstatt
Wednesday, 10 June 2026 | Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt

12:00–12:20
Prof. Dr. Uta Brandes
Einführung Gender Design

12:25–13:00
Dr. Julia Pierzina
Gender Design Schule
Book release

13:05–13:40
Prof. Dr. Petra Eisele + Prof. Dr. Isabel Naegele, Designlabor Gutenberg, Mainz: UN/SEEN Frauen im Grafik-Design und Book Release

13:45–14:20
Dipl. Des. Claudia Herling
Gender Design, Digitale Systeme und KI

14:20–14:40
Pause

14:40–15:15
Prof. Dr. Sabine Oertelt-Prigione
Design in Gender-Sensitive Medical Research

15:20–16:05
Moderierter Panel Talk
Dr. Uta Brandes: Gründerin iGDN
Dr. Pia Schüler: Ärztin und Co-Moderatorin des Podcasts „Heile Welt“, Köln
Sanja Alessia Zündorf: Designerin und Gründerin von „Entzück dich selbst“
Claudia Herling: Designerin, iGDN Vorsitzende und wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin Universität Bielefeld „Geschlechtersensible Medizin“
Prof. Tanja Godlewsky: IU / Branding und Identitätsentwicklung

Moderation: Lucy Howe

16:05–16:20
Pause

16:25–17:10
Catharina Dörr
Diskussionsobjekte – Gender im Design lehren

17:15–17:45
Prof. Dr. Griselda Flesler
Gender Design as Political Activism: Perspectives from Argentina

From 18:00
Get-together