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SUMMARY:Munich Creative Business Week 2025: how to design a vibrant community
DESCRIPTION:Organized by bayern design\, Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW) is Germany’s largest design event and a key international platform for Bavaria’s creative and design industries. From May 10 to 18\, 2025\, Munich Creative Business Week returns with the 14th edition\, evolving around the “design community” concept. MCBW once again transforms Munich into a city-wide stage for design innovation and interdisciplinary exchange.  \nDiscover Clerkenwell Design Week  \n \nMunich Creative Business Week 2025: how to design a vibrant community\nThe MCBW 2025 edition evolves around this motto: How to design a vibrant community? How can design help us build stronger\, more connected communities? In a world marked by increasing polarization\, the desire for togetherness has never been greater. This year’s motto invites participants to explore how design can serve as a powerful tool for fostering connection\, empathy\, and collective problem-solving. \nMCBW 2025’s theme is structured around three key focus areas: \nOpening minds: design awakens curiosity\nHow do we shift mindsets and inspire sustainable behavior in a world full of complexity and contradiction? Design drives learning and transformation — from office spaces that foster creativity to apps that reshape daily habits. Through design\, we spark curiosity and catalyze change. \nShaping togetherness: design Enables cooperation\nAs people grow more detached from traditional systems — in mobility\, housing\, and communication — the role of design becomes more vital. Design helps bridge divides\, invite participation\, and foster a sense of shared ownership. It speaks across languages and disciplines\, enabling collaboration and cultural expression. \nInspiring empathy: design elevates the human factor\nTechnology offers great promise\, but also challenges our humanity. Through thoughtful application of design and design thinking\, we can humanize emerging technologies like AI\, making them understandable\, accessible\, and ethical. Design keeps empathy at the core of progress. \nMCBW 2025 also features a rich mix of formats\, talks\, and showcases\, all centered on the power of design to build community. With fresh perspectives from new and returning partners\, the event offers inspiring responses to the question of how we can shape a design community. \nDiscover Design Month Graz 2025 \n \nMCBW Design Summit\nOn May 12\, 2025\, MCBW hosts its flagship event\, the Design Summit\, at Munich Urban Colab. The summit runs all day. Internationally renowned speakers pair up to explore key themes as MCBW Creative Explorers. Together\, they will examine how design can fuel a dynamic\, democratic\, and vibrant society. \n \nShaping togetherness: design sparks cooperation\nEzio Manzini\nEzio Manzini leads DESIS\, a global network of design labs. As president\, he champions sustainable and social innovation. His work shows how design enables people to collaborate and build solutions together. \nCarsten Waldeck\nCarsten Waldeck – designer\, inventor\, and founder of SHIFT – will receive the 2025 German Sustainability Award in two categories: Companies (for consumer electronics) and Products (for the SHIFTphone8). He also supports local initiatives in Hesse\, showing how design and entrepreneurship can strengthen communities. \nInspiring empathy: design highlights the human side\nKim Dabbs\nKim Dabbs\, author of You Belong Here\, speaks globally about empathy and belonging. Born in Korea and raised in the U.S.\, she uses her life story to promote understanding and social inclusion. Her work shows how design can build a sense of security and value in communities. \nAlona Kharchenko\nAlona Kharchenko co-founded Devanthro\, a Munich-based deep-tech start-up. In 2024\, Devanthro became the first company to use humanoid robots in private homes. Early trials showed strong bonds forming between remote caregivers\, clients\, and the robots—thanks largely to thoughtful design. \nOpening minds: design sparks curiosity\nAna Relvão\nAna Relvão tailors her design work to society’s needs. She believes design should fuel curiosity and community life. Her J*GAST kitchen showroom in Munich shows this in action. Developed through collaboration – not authorship – it reflects many voices and viewpoints. \nTim Brown\nTim Brown\, former CEO of IDEO\, pioneered design thinking. He promoted it as a way to tackle tough challenges and inspire human-centered innovation. His approach shows how curiosity-driven design can shape resilient\, creative communities. \nFor info an ticket for Design Summit\, visit the website https://www.mcbw.de/en/design-summit-2025 \n \nWhy visit\nMCBW is the largest Germany’s design event. Moreover\, it’s a catalyst for innovation across design\, architecture\, business\, and education. Each year\, it brings together companies\, creatives\, and students for nine days of exchange\, insight\, and inspiration. \nbayern design GmbH\, the organizing body\, serves as Bavaria’s hub for design knowledge and collaboration. Through various initiatives\, it promotes the transformative potential of design in driving sustainable economic and social change\, supporting designers\, institutions\, and stakeholders across sectors. \nIn 2024\, MCBW attracted over 65\,000 visitors under the motto “How to Co-Create with Nature.” The success of that edition underscores the event’s growing influence as a space where ideas\, innovation\, and impact converge. \nMunich Creative Business Week\, May 10-18\, 2025\nFor professionals and general public\nSize: 200 events\, 65\,000 visitors\nVarious locations \nVisit MCBW.de for info and ticket(s)\n \n 
URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/munich-creative-business-week-2025-how-to-design-a-vibrant-community/
LOCATION:Different venues\, Copenhagen\, 1050\, Denmark
CATEGORIES:Design Festivals,Design Summit & Conferences
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