News on iphiGenia Award 2025
@ Florian Yeh
Designing for Equality & Diversity
Let's empower female and non-binary perspectives by and within design!
Falling in Love with all Genders
Three days of talks, workshops, dialogue, and exhibition at the Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt.
A project/An event by iGDN as part of WDC 2026. WDC 2026 is funded by the State of Hesse, the City of Frankfurt/Main and the Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain.
Gender Design Award iphiGenia
Designing for an equal world
Every two years, the iphiGenia Gender Design Award honors the world's most intelligent gender-sensitive designs. As role models, these projects demonstrate the innovative results that can be achieved when gender-sensitive methods and approaches are incorporated into the designprocess.
© Florian Yeh
Rather than positioning queerness solely as an identity, I treat it as a method—one that challenges norms and creates space for different ways of being, relating, and cooperating.
iGDN X WDC
9-11 June: Falling in Love with all Genders
Meet us in Frankfurt, exhibtion, workshops and talks!
I was impressed: so many sensitive and bold award submissions
They made gender and identity not just the subject, but the process of design itself.
Prof. Dr. Felix Kosok (GIU Berlin, WDC) 2025
Remembering Ina von Rumohr
Why iGDN
Design is a substantial part of our everyday world. Therefore it is necessary to bring gender awareness to the design process, to avoid both gender blindness and gender stereotypes.
Not all genders in design (as in others areas as well) enjoy equal participation and esteem. The potential of manifold genders is neither taken into account nor honored appropriately. Also, the impact of gender on the processes of production, distribution and use is still hugely underestimated.
What we do
Research & Knowledge Exchange
The iGDN initiates and supports research activities at the intersection of gender, design, and society. Through publications, collaborative research projects, and academic exchange, we contribute to critical discourse and foster the international transfer of knowledge between design research and practice.
Education & Capacity Building
We collaborate with universities, design schools, and educational institutions to promote gender-sensitive design approaches in teaching and learning. This includes lectures, workshops, guest seminars, and mentoring formats that empower students and emerging designers to critically reflect on design practices and societal impact.
Networking & Public Engagement
The iGDN creates platforms for international exchange between designers, researchers, cultural practitioners, and institutions. Through events, panels, exhibitions, and networking formats, we connect diverse perspectives and make gender-related design issues visible in public and professional contexts.
Our Members
Member | Germany
Miriam initiated the Council of Genderequality at Deutscher Designtag. She is also consultant for responibility in Design at BDG – Berufsverband für Kommunikationsdesign.
Miriam Horn-Klimmek (she/her) Communication Designer & Co-Founder of FORMLOS Berlin
Support Us
Become a Member
Join the iGDN and help advance gender-sensitive design in research, education, and practice.
Donate
Support gender-sensitive design and help us make lasting change.
News
We say goodbye to our wonderful friend, iGDN companion, and designer Ina von Rumohr
For over ten years, Ina von Rumohr played a pivotal role in shaping our network. In 2017, she was part […]
Falling in love with all Genders: Exhibition
The exhibition showcases selected projects from the international iphiGenia Gender Design Award. Since 2017, the award has recognized companies, initiatives, […]
How Designers rethink Power, History, and Identity
When people talk about design, it is often about form and function. Yet it is becoming increasingly clear: design has […]
Ina von Rumohr – Behind the scenes of the iphiGenia Award (Video)
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