Deep Breath: Your sporty finale for body and mind - Every Thursday (except on public holidays) from 4.30 pm to 5.45 pm, the WDC team invites you to a joint yoga session at the Museum Angewandte Kunst. The session is aimed at all levels - whether you already have experience or just want to give yoga a try. Two trained yoga teachers from the WDC team will take it in turns to lead the class. Please bring your own mat and comfortable clothing. No registration required. Admission free.

WDC Campus Lecture

2026-08-07 @ 17:00

Mobility with and for Everyone—and by All Means—With Prof. Dr. Kai Vöckler, Prof. Peter Eckart, and the Offenbach Institute for Mobility Design.

WDC Campus Closing Event

2026-08-08 @ 12:00

Open Air by MONSOON ON THE RUN – The legendary Frankfurt event organizers MONSOON ON THE RUN are hosting an open-air event under the trees of Metzlerpark in the open-air setting of not a kitchen. The party kicks off at 12 p.m. with delicious food prepared by blowupkitchen in a live cooking session. In a relaxed atmosphere, guests can enjoy refreshing drinks from the bar and cool electronic dance music. The lineup will remain a secret until shortly before the event. Before the closing event, there will be a… at 11 a.m., and another during the event at 4 p.m.

Public tour

2026-08-08 @ 16:00

WDC Campus: dreams, ideas & prototypes – No registration required. Included in the admission price.

Public Curator-Led Tour

2026-08-08 @ 16:00

WDC Campus: dreams, ideas & prototypes – No registration required. Included in the admission price.

WDC Campus Presentation

2026-08-08 @ 17:00

Understanding Clay – With Tobias Trübenbacher, Andreas Lang, and Studio ttal. Free admission.

TV Series Parliament

2026-08-12 @ 18:00

Building with Prefabricated Concrete Components – As part of the exhibition *In the Mode of the Series: Difference, Variation, and Repetition in Architecture and Design*, the Frankfurt-based foundation urban future forum e.V.—the exhibition’s initiator and conceptualizer—invites the public to several accompanying lectures and discussion events. The so-called “Series Parliaments” are each dedicated to an overarching thematic block and invite architects, manufacturers, politicians, and citizens to share their thoughts and positions on serial…

Public Curator-Led Tour

2026-08-16 @ 15:00

New Museum for Bees – With the curators of gruppe finger. No registration required. Included in the admission price.

Presentation and discussion as part of WDC 2026

2026-08-22 @ 14:00

"Das Dazwischen" – New Approaches to Politics and Citizenship – How do citizens and politicians interact in a democracy, and what stands in the way of this interaction? The "Das Dazwischen" project explored this question through a design process spanning several months. Together with citizens, elected officials, and experts from academia and the field of communications, problems were analyzed, patterns identified, and concrete approaches developed. On August 22, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m., Gestaltungszentrale Politik e.V. and Raamwerk e.V. will present the results of this process at the WDC…

Workshop with Amelie Persson

2026-08-23 @ 10:00

Favorite Democratic Places in Frankfurt – The project invites people from Frankfurt and the surrounding region to discover their favorite democratic places. Five workshops are planned, featuring 10 local artists specializing in the topic, for a total of about 250 participants. Under expert guidance, participants can get creative without the pressure to be perfect and capture their favorite places through drawing or painting—either in the workshop or with the DIY “Workshop to Go.” Anything is possible on paper: accessible, open, and inspiring…

Book Presentation by Frieder Bohaumilitzky

2026-08-27 @ 17:00

The Metapolitics of Things. Material Culture and Right-Wing Thought – Right-wing thought has once again become hegemonic in society. Material culture plays a decisive role in this. It has become enormously significant for political socialization. Academic discourses that attribute to objects a constitutive effect on the political subject and its cultural practices are meeting with a growing desire to bring about a transformation of society through design, architecture, theater, or art. Frieder Bohaumilitzky…

Exhibition Opening

2026-08-27 @ 19:00

Eagles, Medals, Ballot Box. Redesigning Democratic Representation – No registration required. Free admission.

THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBORHOOD

2026-08-28 @ 15:00

Museumsuferfest – The Museum of Applied Arts invites you once again to the EL BARRIO DE EUROPA music and culture festival in 2026. Featuring the best in cuisine, live music, and DJ sets, a diverse open-air experience will take place in Metzlerpark around the museum for three days. 3:00–8:00 p.m.: “Antifascist Bouncing”—a bouncy castle by Frieder Bohaumilitzky at the WDC Hub. 3:00–8:00 p.m.: WDC 2026 x Brompton Special Edition 6:00–10:00 p.m.: Food court in the museum courtyard 6:00 p.m.–midnight: DJ Terrace 7:00 p.m.–midnight: Live stage 10:30 p.m.–4:00 a.m.: Club night More details…

Workshop for Adults

2026-09-05 @ 11:00

Printmaking in Series: From Prototype to Endless Pattern—Printmaking is one of the classic serial production processes. A printing block remains identical, yet with each print, new possibilities emerge through color, rotation, layering, or rhythm. This workshop demonstrates how complex visual systems can emerge from a single element. Cost: 30 euros (includes museum admission). For more information and to register, visit create.angewandte-kunst@stadt-frankfurt.de.

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