The Designpreis Brandenburg hosts the Sächsischer Staatspreis für Design for the Design & Science Slam—a format that looks where research and design work together across disciplines: in materials, processes, products and systems where neither discipline gets there alone.
Four pairs, each made up of one team from Brandenburg and one from Saxony, take on a shared theme—from material innovation to sports and medical technology to circular design. Seven minutes per team to pitch, then Werner Aisslinger and Merle Genc move in to question the pairs—both drawn from the juries of the two state awards, here in a hosting role. The audience has a say in how it ends.
No losers at this Slam—the winners are the audience, good design, and lively networking across the state line.
