FORMAT Staged is an interdisciplinary workshop and exhibition format that serves as a creative source of inspiration for science and the cultural and creative industries in the border region of Germany and the Czech Republic. Staged will take place for the third time from January 8th to 10th, 2016 as part of the room + style furnishing fair in Dresden. EXHIBITION The central element of staged is the exhibition of innovative product designs from the two neighboring countries of Germany and the Czech Republic. To this end, German and Czech students and young graduates from the fields of design, architecture, art and engineering are again called upon to submit their designs on the subject of “The Future of Tradition”. The best works will be selected and evaluated by a German-Czech jury in order to be presented to the public at the event. DESIGN PRIZE As part of the exhibition, the audience decides which designs will receive the staged design prize. ROADSHOW The three winners and other selected works will be shown at a touring exhibition in German and Czech cities following the Dresden trade fair. The following stops are planned for 2016: Ústí n. L. - April 2016 The idea of cross-border communication and cooperation, as well as the creative potential of the border region beyond its borders, is published hianus. WORKSHOP An elementary component of staged is the Product PLUS Business workshop, which deals with the question of which of the diverse product options of a newly developed technology (such as material or process innovations) can be implemented and which meet a real customer requirement. Product design, marketing and engineering students from CZ and DE work in interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary teams under the guidance of specialists from marketing and design on product ideas for new technical developments from industry and research. At the end of the workshop, these will be converted into models / prototypes and presented to the audience.

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Dresden is geographically very close to the border with the Czech Republic and the catchment area of the city extends far beyond the national borders to the Czech Republic. The region has a high creative and commercial potential. However, this can only be fully exploited through dialogue and exchange with neighboring countries. Until the beginning of 2014 there was no cross-border design exhibition for the border region. There was no platform that would allow the young designers to present themselves professionally, to exchange ideas with colleagues from the neighboring country and to open up the market. Since the beginning of 2014, the special exhibition “staged” has been making a contribution to cultural understanding, as its design focus on the Czech Republic / Germany is aimed specifically at exhibitors and visitors from both countries. “Staged” is a platform that promotes cross-border exchange and the development of cooperation between the creative scenes in both countries with each other and with potential sales partners. With functioning cooperations and a common goal of strengthening and positioning the border region in Europe, creative people can be offered a perspective and migration stopped. A cross-border, innovative creative economy can provide impulses in all economic areas and be a criterion for the settlement and establishment of new companies in the region. In the past two years, »staged« was able to make a very concrete and practical contribution to the cooperative exchange between young Czechs and Germans. Two examples: 1. After the staged 2014, representatives of the TU Dresden (area "Technical Design") and the University in Ústí nad Labem (area "FUD") started to talk about a student exchange program. Both design departments got to know each other for the first time at the »staged«. 2. Through the »staged roadshow« 2014, a traveling exhibition through various German and Czech cities (e.g. Berlin, Ústí n. L.), the potential of the DE / CZ border region could also be made known nationwide.

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World premiere at the presentation of the third staged design award in Dresden For three days, Dresden was once again the center of young design in the border triangle of Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. For the third time, the best young designers from the three countries presented their work in the Saxon capital. This year there was also a world premiere, together with Dresden researchers, the young creative people developed new products from scientific inventions and presented the models made live at the fair to the public for the first time. The design prizes awarded on Sunday were determined by public voting, a highlight for the numerous visitors to the room + style furnishing fair. For three days, the visitors were able to look over the shoulders of the international students and experience how a new product emerges from an initial idea. "I am enthusiastic about the motivation of the participants", says workshop leader Sven Richter from the Dresden Center for Synergy Development. “Our researchers are extremely satisfied and surprised at the innovative ideas that were implemented in just three days.” These included a snowboard made from a new wood-based material from the TU Dresden, which promises a completely new driving experience thanks to its structure. But the city bike with the function-integrated lightweight frame made of a hybrid yarn from the Institute for Polymer Research, the modular flight container and the super-light, collapsible walking and sitting aid also attracted attention. Gabriel Bensch, one of the mentors of the workshops, was also enthusiastic about the power that can arise from the multiculturalism of the group of participants. The audience was spoiled for choice to choose their favorites from the 40 highly innovative Siger designs. Over 300 votes were cast via ballot paper or social media voting and selected The Flaxible Net, Theresa Augustin and Kathrin Schadow (DE), Timber Bicycle, by Niko Schmutz (DE) and the speaker set Sound From Prehistoric Times, by the Czech designer Lucia Krivá, as winners of this year's staged design award.

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