Cologne Design Prize 2026


27 November to 6 December 2026

Pink und hellblaue Elemente auf schwarz/weißem Raster
Visual Kölner Design Preis 2025

The ‘Cologne Design Prize’ will be awarded for the 20th time in 2026. The awards ceremony and exhibition opening will take place on Thursday, 26 November at 7 pm at the Museum of Applied Arts in Cologne (MAKK). The prize recognises the best final-year projects from design degree programmes at Cologne’s universities – the design of the future. The ‘Cologne Design Prize’ is the most coveted and, across Europe, the most highly endowed award for design graduates.


The exhibition of all nominated final projects will run until 7 December 2025 at the Cologne Museum of Applied Arts (MAKK); admission is free.
The awards ceremony, the exhibition and the digital presence (www.koelnerdesignpreis.de) of the ‘Cologne Design Prize’ are being designed by students at KISD – Cologne International School of Design at TH Köln.