Das Neue Frankfurt - Die Zukunft denken

In the organizer's words:

The anniversary of the New Frankfurt is an excellent opportunity to question our present as to what ideas of the future were inherent in the urban planning program Das Neue Frankfurt and to what extent fundamental social changes must also find a different aesthetic expression, one that is free from imitation. The "new" in the period from 1919 to 1933 meant the different in contrast to what had previously been familiar, it meant the deviant in contrast to what was perceived and expected as normal in society. The category of the new can thus be read as a model for possible utopias and alternatives to the status quo - in all areas of society and at all times.

How do prospective designers at the HfG Offenbach look at The New Frankfurt, which aspects are relevant to them and deserve a critical examination today?

Based on the category of the "new", they present in ten displays their examination of the New Building, the New Architecture, the New Living, the New Urban Development, the New Green, the New Woman, the New Forest Stadium and the First International Workers' Olympics, the New Sound, the New Craft and the New City Coat of Arms, the 'Leistikow Eagle'.

Under the title Thinking the Future (Alexey Kosin), visitors to the exhibition are invited to vote on the most important topics for current and future urban (re)planning.

An exhibition in cooperation between the HfG Offenbach and the Museum Angewandte Kunst, developed in the "Design Curating and Criticism" course under the direction of Prof. Matthias Wagner K and developed by the students Emin Aksakal, Christina Isabel Anderson, Kasimir Bamberger, Sebastian Blaauwbroek, Anna Barthold, Marie Bünner, Lorenzo Sante Carella, Taron Garlichs, Franca Hoßfeld, Safia Amanda Jahn, Alptug Kocatürk, Alexey Kosin, Clara Maldener, Camille Münch, Eleonora Schilling, Clara Schneider, Ji Eun, Shin, Gilberto Vivenzio and Vivien Weindl.