iphiGenia night 2023

Thursday night more than 160 guests were celebrating the incredible winners of the Gender Design Award ?iphiGenia 2023?!

The MAKK Cologne hosted the iGDN award for the fifth time, we are very grateful to Dr. Petra Hesse and her team from the Museum. We also thank the Department of Urban Development, Economy, Digitalization and Regional Affairs, especially the Office for economic development of Stadt K?ln, who generously have been supporting our international work, so we can carry our messages to the world.

Special thanks goes to Prof. Dr. Sabine Oertelt-Prigione, who captivated the audience with her eyeopening keynote. Oertelt-Prigione is a renowned and inspiring pioneer in gender medicine education and a true networker to our network.

Prof. Dr. em. Uta Brandes, founder and honorary chair of the iGDN, took us on time journey back to the very beginning of the Gender Design Network ten years ago until todays finely woven and strongly growing net around the world.

We would like to express our special thanks to?jury member Prof. Griselda Flesler, who traveled twice from Argentina to Cologne this year. Her advanced perspective of gender issues of her country contributed irreplaceably valuable input and discourses to the jury and the entire network. Also Natalia Laclau, one of our winners, needs to be mentioned and admired for her great efforts to connect with several NGOs in Germany during her stay in Germany.

And last but not least, we were very pleased to welcome the Argentinian Consul Nazareno Mu?oz at the award event and as a friend of our work!

They all and more guests and iGDN organizers came to honor the outstanding talents and their creativity which were showcased in three categories:

The category "Evolution" is aimed at established or young companies, agencies and initiatives that are explicitly committed to gender-sensitive design and whose work combines a comprehensive, convincing approach to this topic with a very good understanding of design. The category "Revolution" focuses on concrete products (or initiatives, campaigns, digital design, services, etc.). With the category "Volition" the jury responds to the large number of student projects submitted to the iphiGenia Gender Design Awards.

This years' awarded works show a great bandwidth, each taking into account specific age-groups and different personal spaces: from intimate to public.

Our outstanding winners 2023

1.?Evolution Gender Design Award?

→ finally. – Empathically breaking taboos by design // Prof. Bitten Stetter // Switzerland // A brand for palliative care, last aid and people on their last journey

2.?Revolution Gender Design Award

→ ELVIRA – Explanation videos for children regarding diversity and gender identity problems // Natalia Laclau , Julia Martinez Heimann & Angie Cornejo // Argentina // The politically promoted transformative power of design

3.?Volition Gender Design Award

→ K-WIR – Cross-media advisory concept and practical toolkit // Celina Grundmann & Lasse Mieruch // Germany // Sex, gender & school

4. Volition Gender Design Award

→ Crafting desire – Re-coding objects to embrace gender diversity // Rising Lai // Taiwan-Netherlands // Queering a traditional object

5.?Volition Gender Design Award

→ REACT – Design for reflection // Eileen Good & Ava Toyloy // Switzerland // Who is afraid? How can security be designed?

In the coming days we will post further details about each winner and their projects – and about the award event. Stay tuned!

Award team

Event team:

Claudia Herling : jury board, funding, event graphic, Ina Franziska von Rumohr : communication, social media and press, coordination, restauration, Julia Pierzina : jury, winners advisor, best woman, communication. Juliane Kühr : social media, Prof. Tanja Godlewsky : CI and printgrafics, Prof. Dr. em. Uta Brandes : jury, Prof. Griselda Flesler : jury and ambassador of global south, Prof. Dr. Tom Bieling: jury, Yasemine Rizk : moderation, host of the evening

Support team:

Prof. Marie-Susann Kühr and media students group second year, Rheinische Hochschule K?ln , Prof. Iris Utikal and students for connecting, K?ln International School of Design , Dominique Gehrke for advice, Dieter Nennen, Prof. Dr. jur. for saving us from warning letters, Prof. Julia Constanze Dissel for funding consulting and support

Sponsors and supporters:

The Midtown Hotel Cologne, Chelseas Hotel Cologne, Weinhaus Sued , GIN:B digitale frische , moculade Design , Museum of applied Art Cologne, Stadt K?ln