DESIGN REAL. Real talk at Berlin Design Week 2026.
An afternoon where design becomes tangible as a real force — between research and practice, technology and conviction, architecture and society.
Three hours of talks and panels, followed by drinks, fingerfood, and networking.
Friday, 29 May 2026 · 3 – 8:00 PM, doors open 2:30 PM
Three Thematic Blocks:
Design in Systemic Context | How design operates at scale — across AI, sustainability, business, and communication.
Architecture & Reality — Design Under Pressure | When architecture must respond to pressure: urban space, heritage, war.
Design in Everyday Life | Design as everyday infrastructure — from democratic form to the typography read by billions.
Speakers
Prof. Dr. Oliver Nickel · SWELL, AMD — Affectionate Intelligence
Barbara Silva · phoenix design Stuttgart
Birgit Baier · Bempowered — Digital Business Transformation & AI Strategies
Maria Stasevich · OBLIK Berlin
Robert Neuendorf · Neuendorf Arterior — Urban coding & furniture as intervention
Marwan Zabanoot · University of Bath
Justin Allen · Allen Kaufmann Studio & Objects, Berlin
Prof. Bohdan Tscherkes · Lviv Polytechnic National University — Design in Wartimes
Prof. Dr. Felix Kosok · German International University Berlin
Prof. Luc(as) de Groot · LucasFonts Berlin, FH Potsdam
Bilingual DE/EN · Live AI translation DE↔EN for all attendees, no download, no login required. Includes drinks & fingerfood.
