WOMEN* & TYPE - FLAGS WITH A MESSAGE

In the organizer's words:

Flags represent the identities of communities.
Flags have (over)-large formats.
Flags are a statement in demonstrations.
Flags visualize protest.

The LUX pavilion in Mainz presents feminist positions from the young type design scene at the university location, all of which use typographic means to formulate criticism of the current social status quo: On the first floor, 18 activist (protest) flags deal with feminist positions in typography; on the upper floor, special, feminist-interpreted "female accessories" and typographic statements by young students of communication design on the relationship between gender and design are presented.

WOMEN* & TYPE - FLAGS WITH A MESSAGE MAINZ builds a bridge to the exhibition WOMEN* & TYPE - CALL FOR FLAGS in Wiesbaden.

Organizer and project partner: The project is a cooperation between the Institute Designlabor Gutenberg / Hochschule Mainz: Prof. Dr. Isabel Naegele, Prof. Dr. Petra Eisele, Flávia Nalon, M.A. as well as students of communication design and the Museum Wiesbaden: Jana Dennhard, M.A. and Dr. Jörg Daur.

A project within the framework of the WDC Frankfurt/RM
https://wdc2026.org/de/events/workspaces-und-workshops-von-studierenden
www.designlabor-gutenberg.de
https://museum-wiesbaden.de/women-und-type
https://lux.hs-mainz.de

Photo: © Sophie Bachmann