Partnerships and cooperation projects

Creative Industries Styria is an active partner for projects and collaborations at national and international levels. This exchange between organizations, companies and Styrian creatives brings significant impulses for the Styrian economy in its entirety.

Networking is a key success factor in the creative industry. New, innovative products, services and processes can only be created if the right project partners from traditional and creative industries and organizations come together. Creative Industries Styria is a supporter of innovation and a driving force behind numerous collaborations with partners from different fields.

These include the FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Sciences with its design-oriented degree programs, the European Young Innovators Festival, the World Usability Congress, the Fifteen Seconds Festival, and a variety of institutions and network partners. The Styrian cluster and network organizations are also important cooperation and networking partners. Clusters are seen as anchor points of the Styrian economy, lighting the way to the future and constantly setting new impulses in future-oriented areas. Regular exchange and contact with a wide variety of organizations provides a major boost for Styrian creative industries and positions them in the context of regional, national and international projects. The result is significant added value for Styrian companies.

Cross-Cluster Cooperation

Cooperation activities between Styrian cluster and network organizations have intensified with the goal of making new suggestions for use across industries and to leverage yet untapped potential. Spotlight Cyber Security – What is the best protection against cyberattacks? The Silicon Alps Cluster's 6-part cross-cluster webinar series did not focus directly on cyber-attack threats, but raised awareness about the highly qualified cyber security knowhow already existing in the Silicon Alps region. Medical technology and usability were the focus of the core event “Product development in the MedTech sector” with the Human.technolgy.Styria cluster. The webinar “International Green Tech Funding Update” of the Green Tech Valley Cluster gave a quick

Impulses & Projects overview of new work programs related to the Green Deal.

Future Day of the Styrian economy

“Access” is the key to a successful future: to data and platforms, to sustainable resources, to innovation, to new markets and qualified specialists. With almost 1,000 participants, the Future Day of the Styrian economy took place under the motto #accessiskey. In addition to many keynote speeches, interactive access to the topic was available via so-called “access spots”. Creative Industries Styria was involved with two of these access spots: Access to Green Solutions and Access to Professionals. Access to Green Solutions and Access to Professionals and Experts.

Kunst der Verführung –The Art of Seduction

The broad range of graphic design – a term that originated back in 1922 – was the focus of six autumn exhibitions, in which a total of eight institutions from the fields of culture, science and business were involved. The exhibitions dealt with the last 100 years of graphic design and how the discipline and the associated media – such as the poster – decisively shaped the communication landscape in Austria. Initiated by graphic designer Sigfried Gruber and coordinated by Creative Industries Styria, eight institutions were brought together in an exhibition for the first time: The Kunsthaus Graz, Graz Museum, Kultum – Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, HDA – Haus der Architektur, Institute for Design and Communication at the FH JOANNEUM, Fachgruppe Werbung & Marktkommunikation WKO Steiermark (Styrian Economic Chamber trade group for advertising and market communication), and ANKÜNDER each has different approaches to this broad and complex topic. The exhibitions were accompanied by a joint symposium on the subject.

European Young Innovators Festival

The European Young Innovators Festival visited Graz on May 3 and 4, 2022. This time with a focus was on “Tech Entrepreneurship for Social Change,” the event once again brought a Europe-wide network of start-ups and experts to Graz. In cooperation with Creative Industries Styria, Rudolf T. A. Greger, design-thinking coach and design philosopher, was represented with his “Design Sprint” program. He had set himself the task of raising awareness of design and convincing a broader public that design can make people's lives better.