Design factory

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Using the “Designfabrik Coburg” model, Dean Prof. Dr. Holger Falter explains the term design factory.
This stands for a place where students at Coburg University of Applied Sciences, especially from the degree courses at the Design Campus, can learn how to plan, implement and present projects.
The Design Factory is a space for design transfer, made possible by the Creapolis+design project, funded by the federal-state initiative “Innovative University”. These projects need a space full of
possibilities, for example on the site of the former abattoir, which is just waiting to be used for this purpose.

The Designfabrik model is a section through the former slaughterhouse. It atmospherically reflects the synergy between the existing building and the temporary conversions. The concept envisages space for practical experiments (so-called real laboratories), exhibitions and events in the historic slaughterhouse. The first interventions are to be implemented from early summer 2024.

The design factory is part of the Creapolis+design project, funded by the federal-state initiative “Innovative University”.
The former slaughterhouse will become a design factory as a temporary venue during the transformation of the slaughterhouse site.
With exhibitions, discussion evenings, lectures and practical, hands-on events, the university is opening up and expanding the cultural landscape of the Coburg region.