Circular design plays a central role on the way to a viable circular economy. In order to provide actors in the product development process with a simple set of rules for the design of circular products, the Institute of Design Research Vienna has developed the Circular Design Rules.

Design Revolution Now! advocates for bold, transformative design practices that address urgent global challenges. It pushes for innovation that prioritizes sustainability, equity, and social impact, aiming to reshape industries and improve lives through responsible, forward-thinking design.

Regenerative design creates systems that restore, renew, and revitalize their own energy sources and materials. It focuses on minimizing environmental impact, enhancing sustainability, and fostering positive interactions between nature and human-made systems for a thriving future.

Tools for the Design Revolution empowers designers with innovative resources to create sustainable, impactful solutions. It provides strategies, techniques, and technologies to drive positive change, enabling a shift towards more ethical, regenerative, and responsible design practices.

Design History explores the evolution of design across time, highlighting key movements, styles, and innovators. It examines how social, cultural, and technological changes have shaped design practices, providing valuable insights into the past to inspire the future of design.

Workshop

Design Revolution Now!

1 Dec 2025
5–7 pm
Zollamtsstr. 7, Atrium
Universität für Angewandte Kunst WIen

withe the DRN! Collective

(2.1) DRN! – Open Workshop

Share your perspectives, methods, and strengths with us.

YOU ARE A SPEAKER.
YOU SHAPE THE CONVERSATION.
YOU GET PAID.

We at Design Revolution Now want to learn from you—what tools do you use to navigate your everyday life? Join us, talk with us, build new tools together, and learn from one another.

We, as the DRN! collective, recognize that we occupy a privileged and contradictory position: we critique the institution and its content while simultaneously relying on it to make our work possible.

For this reason, we intend to distribute the allocated budget democratically among ALL who contribute.

Design Revolution Now! — a temporary collective of designers and artists from the University of Applied Arts Vienna:

Felix Eselböck, Tim Ficht, Laura Frühmesser, Lilian Marie Furrer, Tamás Hegyi, Sven Kammerer, Tobias Kauer, Markus Klaffenböck, Johannes Maximilian Mayer, Lena Reutenauer, Stefan Schönauer, Mia Tešić, Elisabeth Utz, Nadine Weber.