Open Call: DENKMASCHINE—Ideas for the Materials of Tomorrow. - BBK - Sachsen-Anhalt e.V.
Submit concepts, sketches, material experiments, or research approaches exploring paper, paper waste, or regional fiber plants as the basis for new materials.
Does this fit your work? 5 questions score every call to your medium, location and budget. Free.
Get matched →- Deadline
- 13 days left
- Entry fee
- Not listed - check the source
- Location
- Museum Haus des Papiers, Bad Dürrenberg, Germany
- Exhibition window
- Dec 11, 2026
About
Overview
DENKMASCHINE – Paper invites artists, designers, architects, materials researchers, engineers, students, school classes, and anyone with a curious mind to reflect on paper as a starting point for future materials. The call seeks concepts, sketches, material experiments, and research approaches exploring the use of paper, paper waste, or regional fiber plants as the basis for new materials—whether for lightweight composite materials, flexible structures, load-bearing constructions, textile applications, or other material systems.
Selection & Exhibition
- Submission deadline: September 27, 2026
- Exhibition opens: December 11, 2026
- Location: Museum Haus des Papiers
What We're Looking For
Concepts, sketches, material experiments, and research approaches that explore the use of paper, paper waste, or regional fiber plants as the basis for new materials. Not every good idea needs a specific application right away; pure basic research is expressly welcome.
- Theme
- Explore paper, paper waste, or regional fiber plants as the basis for new materials and future material systems through concepts, sketches, material experiments, and research approaches.
- Audience
- Artists, designers, architects, materials researchers, engineers, students, school classes, and anyone with a curious mind.
Every listing links to the organizer's official page. Always confirm deadlines, fees, and entry rules there before you apply.