When Form becomes Attitude
Our conference "When Form becomes attitude" will take place at HfG Offenbach on 12 November 2026 as part of the WDC World Design Capital "Design for Democracy". Keynotes by Silvio Lorusso, Noemi Biasseton, Tatjana Schneider + more. Admission to the conference will be free of charge. Programme will be finetunded soon.
Programme Thusday, 12 November 2026
10:00 Registration
10:30–10:50 Opening Remarks (Tom Bieling, Felix Kosok, Adrian Niessler)
10:50–12:30 Project Presentations
Imprints of History / Geschichtsabrücke: HfG Off + Studio Pari Pari
(Dialogue: History → Object)
Objects of Resistance: Mañana Bold + Maziar Rezai + Nila Rezai (Crafted Liberation) + RK Collective
(Dialogue: Protest → Solidarity)
Kiosk of Solidarity Moritz Ahlert + Felix Egle
(Dialogue: Solidarity → Public Space)
WDC Pavilion – Construct Lab
(Dialogue: Public Space → Digital Space)
Working on Democracy – HfG Off + Maiken Laakmann
(Dialogue: Digital Space → Participation)
Democracy Kiosks
12:30–13:00 Plenum
13:00–14:30 Break
14:30–14:45 Introduction (Tom Bieling + BIRD)
14:45–15:30 Keynote 1:
Noemi Biasseton (“Superstorm: Design and Politics in the Age of Information")
Introduction: Uta Brandes (BIRD / iGDN)
15:30–16:15 Keynote 2:
Silvio Lorusso (“What Design Can’t Do")
Introduction: Marc Pfaff (BIRD / TU Berlin)
16:15–17:00 Keynote 3:
Tatjana Schneider (GTAS Braunschweig)
Introduction: Michelle Christensen (BIRD / UdK Berlin)
17:00–17:15 Coffee Break
17:15–18:15 Panel:
Silvio Lorusso, Tatjana Schneider, Noemi Biasseton, Uta Brandes, Michelle Christensen, Marc Pfaff, Tom Bieling
18:15–18:30 Closing Remarks
18:30–20:30 Evening Reception
Venue
HfG Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main
University of Art and Design
Schlossstraße 31 (Aula)
D-63065 Offenbach am Main
Hosted by Lehrgebiet Designtheorie at HfG Offenbach, organized with BIRD – the Board of International Research in Design and WDC 2026 Rhein-Main.
Organizing Partners: Tom Bieling (Lehrgebiet: Designtheorie) & Felix Kosok (WDC), Ulrike Gruenewald and Susanne Wieland (HfG Offenbach).
The symposium is accompanied by the exhibition "WAS WIR TEILEN" (What we share), curated by Tom Bieling and Susanne Wieland at Haus der Stadtgeschichte, Offenbach.