Forward Festival Munich 2021 / Review

Originally planned to happen in Munich for the sixth time, Forward Festival Munich 2021 took place online as Forward Online Festival 2021.

Forward Online Festival was all about the transformation of society through digitization in the creative scene and an eye opener to the striking aspects of digitization—applied to design, creativity, and communication: Collaborative work, creative networking, the future of online marketing, digital new-business, VR / AR technologies, artificial intelligence, leadership, and positioning—all through lectures, panels, and workshops.

Since last years festival in Munich unfortunately had to be cancelled after one day due to Covid-19, and this year’s festival in Munich was initially planned as a regular festival as well, we were even more thrilled how great the event was converted into a digital format. This also gave international audience the chance to participate in the Forward Festival, resulting in the number of participants of over 5,000 creatives from all over the world.

Forward Festival delivered what it promised and provided an exciting, educational program. We listend to Graphic design guru Stefan Sagmeister, tried Ines Alpha’s beautiful 3D Make-Up, were super happy to get a glimpse into Esra Gulmen’s work, which we featured in our latest Slanted Magazine #36 COEXIST, got a pep talk by consulting mastermind Emily Cohen, were fascinated by the extensive insight into the work and life of photography icon Martin Parr, and listend to many more great talks. Thanks also to Kira Schinko for the excellent moderation and exciting interviews.

We hope that the next Forward Festival in Hamburg at the beginning of July will take place as planned in an hybrid on-site and online event!

Forward Festival Munich 2021 / Review

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