Stiftung Deutsches Design Museum
About the funder
The Stiftung Deutsches Design Museum was established on September 12, 2011, as a non-profit foundation under civil law. The founder is the Rat für Formgebung / German Design Council. The foundation promotes interdisciplinary and innovative awareness of design, aesthetic education, and sustainable handling of design in the fields of art and culture, science and research, as well as education and training. Since its inception, it has initiated national and international programs for schools, museums, and multipliers and advocates for a digital design museum with the Historical Photo Archive of the Rat für Formgebung.
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Mission & Vision
The Stiftung Deutsches Design Museum aims to convey the societal significance of design and to promote creative problem-solving processes. Through practice-oriented workshops, interdisciplinary funding programs, and digital mediation, it strengthens aesthetic and technological competencies, supports sustainable thinking, and empowers young people to actively and responsibly shape their environment. Together with partners from politics, business, and culture, it creates platforms for exchange, education, and innovation.
Target groups
The funding programs of the Stiftung Deutsches Design Museum are primarily aimed at students from the 8th grade onwards across all school types, teachers, and educational multipliers. In addition, designers, creative professionals, cultural institutions, and the interested public are addressed. The goal is to sensitize and empower both young people and professional audiences to design awareness, social and ecological sustainability, as well as intercultural collaboration.