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.

 

Forward Festival Munich 2020

 

 

On March 12th & 13th we open your Digital Eyes to new inspiration! Forward Festival Munich 2020 takes place at HFF München as part of MCBW. This year’s line-up includes highlights like SNASK, Mirko Borsche, Anton & Irene and many more. It’s almost sold out, so get your tickets now!

 

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Date: March 12th-13th
Place: HFF München
More Infos here.

 

Breaking Types

 

 

For his most important marketing project Theuerdank emperor Maximilian had his own typeface designed, the Theuerdank-Fraktur. It was a crucial step in the development of the 800-year history of broken fonts, which continues to this day. The exhibition “Breaking Types” reflects this story from today’s perspective and puts it in the context of the overall design.

 

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Date: March, 11th – 29th
Place: designforum Steiermark, Graz
More Infos here.

 

Norm – It’s not complicated

 

The precise solutions developed by the Zurich design agency Norm are characterized by strict design rules like grids, proportions, and modularity. Their exhibition examines the most fundamental elements and laws of graphic design.

 

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Date: March 16th – September, 6th
Place: Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich
More Infos here.

 

Young Lions Competition

 

 

The Creativ Club Austria as partner of the Austrian Cannes Lions Festival representation ORF-Enterprise organizes two creative categories of the Young Lions Austria: Film & Digital. The participation is free of charge. Eligible are teams of 2, born after 26 June 1989. Briefings, submission and information about the CCA submission tool.

 

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Date:
Apply in the category Digital until March, 7th
Apply in the category Film until March, 13th
More Infos here.

 

TheOff.space presents ANIMATION 2020 Christoffer Joergensen

 

 

Christoffer Joergensen creates virtual worlds in which we feel the weight and flow of time. Ambiguous and abstract, his works plumb the newly created resonance spaces between nature and technology against the background of a timeless universe. Animation 2020 shows a slowly changing abstract place, which seems intimate and meditative but at the same time strange. Pixelated and blurred surfaces intersect each other and create deep furrows in the space. Green and red light bathes the place in a mysterious, unnatural atmosphere. It reminds us of many things and yet does not fit into any common pattern.

 

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Date: March, 6th – March, 27th
Place: attheoff.space, Zurich
More Infos here.

 

Posters for Peace. Hiroshima Appeals

 

 

In commemoration of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the Japan Graphic Designers Association Inc. (JAGDA) initiated the “Hiroshima Appeals” poster campaign in 1983 in cooperation with the Hiroshima International Cultural Foundation. All 22 designs created so far can be seen at designforum Wien from 25 March.

 

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Date: March, 25th – May, 3rd
Place: designforum Wien, Vienna
More Infos here.

 

Förderbrunch by Creative Region

 

Do you have innovative business ideas that add value to the creative economy – but little experience with funding opportunities? Then come to the free promotional brunch! Over breakfast and coffee, you will be introduced to the support offers of the CREATIVE REGION – and network with other creative people who have already successfully received funding.

 

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Date: March, 10th
Place: Tabakfabrik, Linz
More Infos here.

 

Die schönsten Deutschen Bücher

 

The Most Beautiful German Books 2020In the “Die schönsten Deutschen Bücher” competition, two expert juries select the 25 most beautiful books of the year in a multi-stage procedure. There will then be five prize winners in each of the five categories “General Literature”, “Scientific books/specialist books/school and textbooks”, “Guidebooks, non-fiction”, “Art books, photo books, exhibition catalogues” and “Children’s books, books for young people”.
Consideration will also be given to the quieter, well-typed reading book. All award-winning titles will also be nominated for the “Stiftung Buchkunst Prize”, which is endowed with 10,000 euros.

 

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Date: Apply until March, 31st
More Infos here.