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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. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.
Parallel Vienna 2021
PARALLEL VIENNA is an art fair that presents young and emerging as well as established artistic practices and brings together art initiatives of every kind – art associations, galleries, project spaces, off spaces and artist spaces – , both Austrian and international, all under one roof. It thus combines local artistic creation with international trends and contributes to building networks and fosters exchanges between artists, curators, collectors and exhibition visitors.
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Date: September 7th – 12th, 2021
Place: Semmelweisklinik, Vienna
Find more info here.
Liquid Market Festival
Enjoyment, exchange, innovative cocktail creations: Get to know the latest spirits and trends or discover old and new favorite bars! In addition, there will be delicious street food and the finest deejay sound. LIQUID MARKET – the Vienna Cocktail Festival, gathers the best bars and bartenders of the city at one place, where they present their latest cocktail creations and make bar culture live. Pay only one entrance fee and can enjoy the whole day. All You Can Taste!
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Date: September 2nd – 4th, 2021
Place: Wiener Werkshallen, Vienna
Find more info here.
Exhibition: 100 Beste Plakate 2020
Every year, the “100 Best Posters” competition selects the best posters from the German-speaking countries of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. For the first time, the exhibition “100 Best Posters 20” will be on display in St.Gallen at the Schule für Gestaltung from September 3 – 25, 2021. Beginning with the opening at the Kulturforum of the National Museums in Berlin, the traveling exhibition continues its journey through the D-A-CH countries and ends at the MAK – Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna.
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Date: September 2nd – 25th, 2021
Place: Germany, Switzerland and Austria
Find more info here.
Forward Festival Berlin
In a way, Forward and Berlin were always meant to be – both are based on a community that is thriving on creativity and always moving ahead. Capturing the city’s energy, the premiere of FORWARD Festival Berlin presents 13 hours of non-stop creativity with a special day & night program full of highlights: More than 15 Speakers from local to international heavyweights of the creative industries, like Eike König, Max Siedentopf, Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek, and many more!
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Date: September 17th, 2021
Place: Babylon Berlin & online
Find more info here.
American Photography Exhibition
Enjoy this exhibition of US-American Photography from the 1930s to the 2000s at the ALBERTINA in Vienna! With nearly 200 works, the exhibition includes many of the most important American photographers from William Eggleston and Diane Arbus to Lewis Baltz and Gregory Crewdson. Impressive portraits hold up a mirror to society in a humorous as well as critical way. Impressive portraits invert the idea of the “American Dream” and hold up a mirror to society in a humorous as well as critical way.
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Date: August 25th – November 28th, 2021
Place: Albertina Vienna
Find more info here.
Ars Electronica Festival
Ars Electronica 2021 will take place from September 8th to 12th. For the second time since 1979, it will be a hybrid event that includes exhibitions, concerts, talks, conferences, workshops and guided tours in Linz as well as more than 80 other locations around the globe. The thematic starting point of this journey around the world this time is the demand for a “New Digital Deal”.
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Date: September 8th – 12th, 2021
Place: Linz, Austria & online
Find more info here.
Design Matters Denmark
Design Matters is a global community of digital creatives who love to explore and inspire each other to break new ground in digital design. Every year, they dig deep into three topics that are relevant to the design industry and community. The themes, around which the talks and workshop will revolve this year, are “Post-Pandemic Design”, “The Design Code” and “Colors!”.
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Date: September 29th – 30th, 2021
Place: Copenhagen, Denmark & online
Find more info here.
Pictoplasma Online
This September, Pictoplasma once again welcomes all international character design pioneers, creatives and enthusiasts for a special 2-day online celebration of the very best in contemporary character design and art. The Online Fest 2021 awaits you with more than 40 artist talks from all around the world, live hands-on workshops, panel discussions and screenings of animated shorts – broadcasted to your home on two channels over two jam-packed days.
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Date: September 17th – 18th, 2021
Place: online
Find more info here.
London Design Festival
London Design Festival celebrates and promotes London as the design capital of the world. The 19th edition will take place across the city from September 18th to 26th 2021. It is a platform for design ideas and stories to be told and brings together designers from across the globe to demonstrate the capital’s position as a powerhouse for the creative industry.
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Date: September 18th – 26th, 2021
Place: London, UK
Find more info here.
International Design Conference
As the world continues its attempt to heal and recover from a crippling pandemic, designers can play a vital role in rebuilding and restoring an equitable quality of life for all citizens. IDC invites creatives from all disciplines to convene and inspire one another with our passions and imaginations. The fast-paced and knowledge-packed event will feature and expansive collection of presentations, breakout sessions, workshops, panel discussions, and side-bar social interactions, all happening in a carefully choreographed progression.
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Date: September 22nd – 23rd, 2021
Place: online
Find more info here.
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