Every month, the Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences taking place in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

 

CCA Award

 

 

The CCA competition is Austria’s most important award in the field of visual marketing communication. It honours the country’s best ideas and the minds that came up with them, bringing creatives and their clients to the limelight. Any work “that works” in the fields of film, design, online advertising or PR can be submitted.

 

HARD FACTS

Submission until March 29th
More Infos here.

 

fritz kola Poster exhibition

 

 

At this year’s Forward Festival in Vienna, Munich and Hamburg fritz-kola gives you the chance to present your artwork to a large audience. In an open call we are looking for poster designs true to the unconventional, creative and rebellious style of fritz-kola. 10 selected posters will be exhibited at the festival venue and one lucky winner will receive 2 Forward Festival tickets 2020 for a city of choice and a supply of fritz-kola beverages.

 

HARD FACTS

Submission until March 24th
More Infos here.

 

architekturSCHWEIZ

 

At the conference about architecture 20 of the most renowned architects from Switzerland will speak about fascinating topics of today and tomorrow: Green City, Algotecture, social housing – creative ideas from creative people. To get an idea of what the future will look like.

 

HARD FACTS

Date: March 8th
Place: Kosmos, Zurich
More Infos here.

 

Munich Creative Business Week

 

 

MCBW is the biggest design event in Germany. Close to 200 committed program partners create a platform for everyone working or interested in design. Following the slogan “Design connects”, more than 75.000 participants will encounter substantial transfer of knowledge and inspiring design experiences in the two program segments, CREATE BUSINESS! for professionals and DESIGN SCHAU! for all other design aficionados.

 

HARD FACTS

Date: March 9th-17th
More Infos here.

 

Bierdeckel Competition

 

 

Together with our partners ONLINEPRINTERS / DIEDRUCKEREI, we are looking for coaster designs matching the 2019 Forward Festival motto “The Odd One Out”. Three selected coasters will be produced and given out at the festival venues in Vienna, Munich, Zurich and Hamburg. The oddest one out will receive 2 tickets to Forward Festival in the city of their choice plus a EUR 1.000 printing budget.

 

HARD FACTS

Submission until March 15th
More Infos here.

 

// WE ARE SO

 

The 11th talk from the series WE ARE SO is about the topic co-creation. What is co-creation and open innovation? How can co-creation be utilized by a company? Who is already working on their products together with their clients? These and other questions are answered with practical examples in the newly opened Grand Garage at Tabakfabrik Linz.

 

HARD FACTS

Date: March 13th
Place: Grand Garage, Tabakfabrik Linz
More Infos here.

 

Diagonale

 

 

The Diagonale is conceived as a forum for the presentation and discussion of Austrian cinematic production. The goal and task of the Diagonale is a nuanced, multifaceted and critical exploration of Austrian cinema as well as drawing the industry into the media spotlight and thereby into public discourse.

 

HARD FACTS

Date: March 19th-24th
Location: Graz
More Infos here.

 

Crossmedia Storytelling

 

What is storytelling and how do you built up a story dramatically? Based on analysis of existing projects in different creative fields, the participants of this seminar will get to know approaches and dramaturgical rules of the trend, as well as work on different case studies.

 

HARD FACTS

Date: March 15th-16th
Place: Medienladen, Munich
More Infos here.