cooperations & partner

Cooperation MAK / Creative Climate Care

In the context of the new exhibition cooperation CREATIVE CLIMATE CARE, graduates of the University of Applied Arts Vienna will perform their projects at the MAK GALLERY in five consecutive pop-up exhibitions. These projects will focus on pressing issues regarding climate, environment, sustainability, and the essential contribution of design, architecture, and art towards a new mindset for active climate care.

Cooperation MAK / CityFactory

The CityFactory is a real-time research laboratory for new fields of work in the creative industries, that focuses on discovering and visualizing future urban opportunities in Vienna. The format is a cooperation between the MAK, the Vienna Business Agency with its creative center departure, and the IDRV—Institute of Design Research Vienna.

Cooperation MAK / VIENNA BIENNALE

The VIENNA BIENNALE initiated by Thun‑Hohenstein will be realized by the MAK in partnership with the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Kunsthalle Wien, Architekturzentrum Wien, and the Vienna Business Agency with its creative center departure, and with the support of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology as a non-university research partner.

Cooperation MAK / Austria Design Net

Design from Austria is represented at important international events through common, coordinated activities via the open platform AustriaDesignNet
A cooperation between MAK and designaustria, designforum wien, Creative Industries Styria (cis) and VIENNA DESIGN WEEK

Cooperation of MAK & Vienna Business Agency, creative center departure

Strategies for the Future

The cooperation of the MAK and departure, the creative center of the Vienna Business Agency, concentrates on the potential of design as a strategy for economic innovation and societal transformation.

Cooperation University of Applied Arts, Vienna

Exhibition series APPLIED ARTS. NOW

The exhibition series APPLIED ARTS. NOW is intended to serve as a platform for contemporary forms of applied art and thus provide greater visibility for particularly interesting artistic stances originated by graduates of the University of Applied Arts who live and work on a freelance basis in Austria.