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Young professionals design tomorrow’s lifestyle: Explore innovative concepts that integrate health and sustainability into our everyday lives and meet the people behind the ideas.

A forum for entrepreneurs.Can companies still react to the rapid change of the industrial culture? Can the increasingly complex requirements be mastered using agile processes and design methods?

Creativity is about innovating & creating something new. But are we living up to our creative potential? Is the fear of failure & perfectionism killing our creativity? Let's talk and share our views.

Prof. Markus Frenzl reads from his recently published book "Designerglück" (Designer's Bliss) – followed by a panel discussion. Moderation: Sabine Unger, Head of MCBW

The neon installation DESIGN! or NO SIGN? was created exclusively for MCBW 2020. Artist Jan Kuck explored the meaning of design for the shaping of the future.

How will urban life be shaped in the future? Designers present their ideas and visions, seek dialogue and invite you to shape the future together. In the FUTURE FORUM by BMW Welt.

Global players with roots in the Lower Bavarian region of Landshut share the art of engineering, design competence, and craftsmanship coupled with a passion for innovation.

Shared discoveries in a house at the forest:Rural Design | Design from rural areas | Design for rural areas | Countryside| Land Art

The Hans Sauer Foundation will present the Hans Sauer Award 2020: “Designing Circularity in the Built Environment – A Dutch-German Competition” at Oskar von Miller Forum.

What will tomorrow’s companies look like? Dr. Reinhold Rapp and Andreas Gaertner will venture an outlook into 2050 from the perspectives of futurologists, consultants, entrepreneurs and artists.

Face the future. The Department of Industrial Design at TU München will juxtapose current questions regarding the future with projects developed as part of master theses and seminars.

The Münchner Modepreis and the winners will be presented during Crafts & Design at the International Crafts Fair (IHM).

Prof. Dr. (I) Elisabeth Merk, Head of the Munich Department of Urban Development, will discuss urban development culture with Max Otto Zitzelsberger, architect based in Munich and Kneiting.

Network Night of the Bavarian Creative Industries – the festival to kick off the MCBW with talks, events, exhibitions, flash mobs, music, fashion, film & party across industry boundaries.

Urban space is scarce. Or is it? How will cities manage to make their spaces accessible? Schwabinger Tor becomes the Gate to the Urban Future. Discussion with futurologist Michael Carl and guests.

CreativeMornings is a breakfast lecture series for the creative community. In our special MCBW edition, we will talk to an inspiring speaker about # IDENTITY, followed by an interactive discussion.

For 2.5 days, GREENSTYLE munich brings together great eco brands and inspiring speakers at Isarforum at Deutsches Museum to prepare and introduce a change in awareness.

TALENTE – as part of this international contest for craftspeople, talented newcomers present their innovative ideas for design and technology to a wide audience.

oursuperstore, the design shop with a twist, presents well-designed products developed by social enterprises. And yes, they are for sale! A win-win situation both for you and the social economy.

Style-defining since 1959, and gateway for new trends in contemporary jewelry design: the special show SCHMUCK 2020.

Lack of space, overpriced rents, obsolete living and working models: A new generation of founders is looking into counter-concepts of life and work and reinvents urban country life with KoDorf.

Can joy be reproduced?

This question is asked by the Next Entrepreneurs students from the age of 12 to the Co-Host Design Offices. With experienced start-up founders and mentors, the students find solutions to the problems.

Discussion with Prof. Uli Weinberg, Director School of Design Thinking, Hasso Plattner Institute Potsdam; Sabine Sauber, Head of Marketing Design Offices GmbH; Michael Held, Director Design, Steelcase

How to design a language and turn ordinary people into dedicated drinkers.

The importance of Universal Design evolving into a hub for sustainable and conscious design becomes abundantly clear in this year's program. Join the Universal Design community!

Forward brings the best international and national creative minds together to share their stories of success. The conference will be complemented by workshops, happenings and networking events.

The question of the "gender gap" concerns society, politics and industry equally. What is the answer of the media industry?