OUTREACH — Archiv 2023 — Vienna Design Week

Festivals are places for meeting people and experiencing things. They create informal settings and safer surroundings for exchanging and understanding. This is the spirit with which the diverse outreach program of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK takes visitors of every age by the hand and offers them opportunities to experience and access design as well as to discuss it with others.

From the classic guided tour through the Festival Headquarters to insider tours of hidden places (Graffiti! Digital doppelgangers! Jewish Leopoldstadt!) – the program offers dozens of perfect opportunities for sharing experiences that will provide us with rich memories in our daily lives. One special focus is the program for schools and children, which aims to make the notion of design more tangible to young people. In other words: The outreach program of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK brings design to the place, where it is most urgently needed – to the people.

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Marcella Ruiz Cruz

Education

Experience

DESIGN TREASURE HUNT

Olga Flór, Diego Faivre

23.–28.9.2023

Inspired by the notion of concept-based curation and the thrill of finding hidden gems in everyday surroundings, the designers Diego Faivre and Olga Flór invite visitors to participate in a unique DESIGN TREASURE HUNT in the Festival Headquarters in the Prater. The immersive experience, which can … more

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Inés Bacher

Education

Guided Tour

FORM FOLLOWS THE DANCEFLOOR – CLUB WALK DURCH DEN FOKUSBEZIRK

Vienna Club Commission (VCC)

29.9.2023, 4pm–6.30pm

Bars, dance halls and nightclubs are places of artistic expression - this applies to the dance floor or the stage as well as to their interior design and acoustics. Artists and designers have always used different creative means to create unique spaces of the night. For the first time, the Vienna … more

KENH: Theresa Wey

Education

Guided Tour

DESIGN CHALLENGE PRATERSTERN

KENH Architekten, Isabella Lehner-Oberndorfer

29.9.2023, 4pm–5.30pm

Playing children, visitors to the Wurstelprater, commuters, people with no fixed abode … around 150,000 individuals with a wide range of behaviors and lengths of stay cross Vienna’s Praterstern every day. The objective of the latest remodeling of the transport hub by KENH Architekten and D\D … more

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Marcella Ruiz Cruz

Education

Guided Tour

MARKED MAPS – THE LIMITS TO DESIGN

Gruppe Laokoon

29.9.–1.10.2023

Google Maps increasingly determines which parts of the city are noticed and used. At the same time, users voluntarily enhance the platform by uploading places, photos, information, and evaluations – in a process that Google deceptively calls participation. But to what extent are users really part … more

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Carolina Frank

Education

Children's Workshop

GRAFFITI WORKSHOP

Rosalie Lorenz, Miriam Raggam-Alji, Mariyam Malik, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

23.–30.9.2023

Is that art or just scribbling? The participants in this children’s workshop jointly explore the various sides of graffiti art. After being inspired by examples of Vienna’s colorful graffiti scene on the Danube Canal they get to work themselves: Equipped with gloves, facemasks, and spray cans, they … more

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Inés Bacher

Education

Guided Tour

JEWISH LIFE IN LEOPOLDSTADT

KENH Architekten

28.9.2023, 4pm–6pm

Living a kosher life also means living within walking distance of shops selling everyday items and the closest synagogue. This is why Jews have organized their lives for centuries in densely structured urban settings – such as Vienna’s Leopoldstadt! There is nowhere in Austria where one finds so … more

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Marcella Ruiz Cruz

Education

Guided Tour

PRATERTOUR

WIENER PRATER KOIDLS

30.9.2023, 2pm–4pm

The fairground ride operator Stefan Sittler-Koidl invites visitors to join a tour offering exclusive glimpses behind the scenes in the Wiener Prater. The two-hour tour begins with a ride on Vienna’s Giant Ferris Wheel, during which participants can learn more about the historical background to and … more

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Inés Bacher

Education

Guided Tour

SCHOOL TOURS

Miriam Raggam-Alji, Rosalie Lorenz, Mariyam Malik, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

25.–29.9.2023

Dear Pupils! Dear Teachers! This year we will once again be visiting the festival together and taking a look in and around the Festival Headquarters in the Prater. This will give us the opportunity to talk with the designers and experts who are present at the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK and to gather … more

Mariyam Malik, Miriam Raggam-Alji

Education

Guided Tour

TOUR ALONG THE DANUBE CANAL

Miriam Raggam-Alji, Rosalie Lorenz, Mariyam Malik, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

23.–30.9.2023

The Danube Canal used to flow outside the city. However, since the regulation work that was carried out between 1868 and 1875, the minor arm of the Danube flows through the center of Vienna, connecting several of its districts. Leisure, recreation, natural habitat, nightlife, transport, art, and … more

Rosalie Lorenz, Miriam Raggam-Alji

Education

Guided Tour

TOUR ALONG THE DANUBE CANAL, AUDIO TOURS

Miriam Raggam-Alji, Rosalie Lorenz, Mariyam Malik

22.9.–1.10.2023

The Danube Canal used to flow outside the city. However, since the regulation work that was carried out between 1868 and 1875, the minor arm of the Danube flows through the center of Vienna, connecting several of its districts. Leisure, recreation, natural habitat, nightlife, transport, art, and … more

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/HarchioTschandmann

Education

Guided Tour

TOUR THROUGH THE FESTIVAL HEADQUARTERS

BETWEEN INTERVENTION AND SERIES – DESIGN CHANGES THE CITY!

Rosalie Lorenz, Miriam Raggam-Alji, Mariyam Malik, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

24.9.–1.10.2023

The Festival Headquarters in the Prater are very close to the Giant Ferris Wheel and the rollercoaster. Here: amusement and excess. There: spacious parkland. Design also feels this same dichotomy – torn between consumption, sustainability, minimalism, and abundance. How can we achieve sustainable … more

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK/Inés Bacher

Education

Guided Tour

TOUR OF WORKSHOPS IN THE 2ND DISTRICT

Rosalie Lorenz, Miriam Raggam-Alji, Mariyam Malik, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Unsichtbares Handwerk

29.9.2023, 5pm–8pm

What is the history of handcrafts in the 2nd district? And what role do they play today? The outreach team of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK joins up with the research series HIDDEN CRAFTS, which stretches back several years, to search for answers and take a look behind the workbench! Participants in the … more

Alix Drakulic

Education

Guided Tour

TOUR OF WORKSHOPS IN THE 2ND DISTRICT 2

Rosalie Lorenz, Miriam Raggam-Alji, Mariyam Malik, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, Unsichtbares Handwerk

22.9.2023, 5pm–8pm

What is the history of handcrafts in the 2nd district? And what role do they play today? The outreach team of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK joins up with the research series HIDDEN CRAFTS, which stretches back several years, to search for answers and take a look behind the workbench! Participants in the … more