DESIGN REAL. Real talk at Berlin Design Week 2026.<\/p>\n
An afternoon where design becomes tangible as a real force \u2014 between research and practice, technology and conviction, architecture and society.
\nThree hours of talks and panels, followed by drinks, fingerfood, and networking.<\/p>\n
Friday, 29 May 2026 \u00b7 3 \u2013 8:00 PM, doors open 2:30 PM<\/p>\n
Three Thematic Blocks:
\nDesign in Systemic Context | How design operates at scale \u2014 across AI, sustainability, business, and communication.
\nArchitecture & Reality \u2014 Design Under Pressure | When architecture must respond to pressure: urban space, heritage, war.
\nDesign in Everyday Life | Design as everyday infrastructure \u2014 from democratic form to the typography read by billions.<\/p>\n
Speakers
\nProf. Dr. Oliver Nickel \u00b7 SWELL, AMD \u2014 Affectionate Intelligence
\nBarbara Silva \u00b7 phoenix design Stuttgart
\nBirgit Baier \u00b7 Bempowered \u2014 Digital Business Transformation & AI Strategies
\nMaria Stasevich \u00b7 OBLIK Berlin
\nRobert Neuendorf \u00b7 Neuendorf Arterior \u2014 Urban coding & furniture as intervention
\nMarwan Zabanoot \u00b7 University of Bath
\nJustin Allen \u00b7 Allen Kaufmann Studio & Objects, Berlin
\nProf. Bohdan Tscherkes \u00b7 Lviv Polytechnic National University \u2014 Design in Wartimes
\nProf. Dr. Felix Kosok \u00b7 German International University Berlin
\nProf. Luc(as) de Groot \u00b7 LucasFonts Berlin, FH Potsdam<\/p>\n