Programme

from 10:00 AM
Admission and Accreditation

10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Registration of Newcomer Finalists, Speakers, and “Gold” Winners by 1:00 PM at the “Stage Briefing” counter

10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Interactive exhibition of the award-winning products and projects of the German Design Awards 2025, as well as the Newcomer Finalists

10:00 AM – 1:30 PM
Press Photography

10:00 AM – 1:30 PM
Document Collection for “Winners” (“Gold” winners receive their documents on stage) and Marketing Services Station

11:00 - 12:00 Uhr
German Design Awards Networking: Insight Sessions (in English)

12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
German Design Award Networking: Speed Pitching (pre-registration required, participants have already been informed)

1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Award Show

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Press Photography of all “Gold” winners and Newcomer Finalists

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Document Collection for “Winners” (“Gold” winners receive their certificates on stage)
and Marketing Services Station

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Get Together

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Admission to the Hall

2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Award Show featuring

• Musical accompaniment by DJ Lathivha

• Welcome address by host Julia Bauer and Lutz Dietzold (CEO, German Design Council)
   

• Panel discussion “Design as a Global Bridge – Innovation Meets Relevance” with Detlef Braun, 
  Managing Director of Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH and Prof. Mike Richter, President of the German Design Council
   
• Talks with Lutz Dietzold and the jury members
   
• Award Presentations by Lutz Dietzold, including announcements and honours for the
  “Gold” winners in the categories: Circular Design, Excellent Architecture, Excellent Communications Design, and Excellent Product Design
   
• Newcomer
  Introduction of the Newcomer Finalists and announcement of the “Newcomer of the Year 2025”
   
• Panel discussion with Lutz Dietzold and Hartmut Esslinger (Product Designer)
   
• Tribute for the “Personality of the Year 2025” by Prof. Tim Jackson,
  Economist and Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity, University of Surrey
   
• Group Photo
  of all “Gold” winners and Newcomer Finalists on stage

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Presentation of the German Design Council study “Design in Business”
with keynote speaker Prof. Philipp Thesen,
Professor at Hochschule Darmstadt and Scientific Director of the study

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
“Designing the Future: radically sustainable, boldly innovative.”

• Patrick Speck
  Vice President Design and Consumer Experience, Lixil Group
   
• Anja Komorr-Kroeker
  Head of Corporate Identity, Drägerwerk AG
   
• Michael Scale
  Industrial Designer Road R&D, Canyon Bicycles
   
• Johann Dück
  Design Director, Jomoo Group
   
• Annie Kuschel
  Global Head of Design Management, Leonhard Kurz Stiftung