Design Democracy

POSTERS FOR DEMOCRACY & RESPECT ONLINE

Design Democracy is a non-profit project campaigning for democracy and respect online with digital posters that depict democratic values. Designers are invited through recurring online open calls to design political posters. We then distribute these posters like digital leaflets on social media.

Design Democracy is currently only available in German. Anyhow, if you would like to participate feel free to enter your poster through the german participation form in english. If you struggle with the form feel free to e-mail us and browse through our posters in the meantime, as luckily graphic design can overcome language barriers.
Please note that you must accept our terms and conditions in order to participate.

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VISUAL COUNTERSPEECH

With the posters we create visual counter-speech. We want to prevent radicalization and form a counterpoint to discrimination and ignorance. In order to penetrate the non-democratic filter bubble, we specifically use undemocratic hashtags when sharing the posters on social media. This is how the posters work where a peaceful, democratic and tolerant discourse is urgently needed. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and:or Twitter to see all new posters as soon as they are published.

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OUR VALUES

We particularly want to reach people who, in their regular environment, have little contact with peaceful and tolerant messages. As a counterpoint to controversy and ignorance in the usual digital discourse, we attach great importance to not dismissing any opinion as unimportant. Every person, even if s:he belongs to a certain group, is an individual with feelings and own ideas. And every human should be treated as such. We believe that our society will get further with tolerance and respect, rather than with generalizations, hatred and prejudice.

HOW TO ENTER YOUR POSTER

Visit our Site Teilnahme. Here you can enter your design at any point in time.

Step 1: Upload your poster image, specify the title & your personal data: Name, E-Mail, Website, Instagram and/or Twitter (@yourname). For the image please use a portrait format in DIN A aspect ratio, min. 1200px wide and a JPG for web or animated GIF with the max. size of 3 MB.
Step 2: Enter a description text, choose a theme that fits your poster from the drop down and edit the hashtags if necessary. If you wish to add other hashtags than the provided, please E-Mail us.
Step 3: Confirm upload, Agree to Terms - done! We will check your entry to make sure it complies with our project values and after approval your poster will soon appear on designdemocracy.com and on our social channels.

Since our entry form currently is only available in German, please feel free to contact us if you need any help entering your design.
For further questions regarding the competition we also provide our FAQ & Terms of Participation in English.
Feel free to E-Mail us if you have any questions!

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SUPPORT US

In order to be able to participate successfully in the social and political dialogue and the prevention of filter bubbles, we are dependent on financial support. With your donation you support our charitable and voluntary work and at the same time ensure that Design Democracy remains independent.

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IMPRINT

The project Design Democracy is a non-profit project under
the sponsorship of the NGO Fabian Salars Erbe e.V.

Fabian Salars Erbe e.V.
Neugasse 1
64625 Bensheim, Germany
www.fabiansalarserbe.de

Contact:
info@designdemocracy.de
www.designdemocracy.de

Team
Johanna Dietrich
Jana Exner
Ravena Hengst
Susann Höhn
Ingo Lemper
Vanessa Stern
Hanna Vogel

Concept & Design
Ravena Hengst
www.ravena.de

Code
Ingo Lemper
www.selftitled.de

Former Sponsored by the NGO
3ALOG e.V.
Seckenheimer alley 2
69126 Heidelberg
www.3alog.net

Funding
Design Democracy is financed by grants, donations and voluntary work. Missing funds are compensated with all the more own commitment, so that a non-partisan platform is offered. As a cooperation partner of 3ALOG e.V. and the project "Mehr.Wert", Design Democracy was temporarily co-funded by the "Förderung von Modellprojekten zur Stärkung des Engagements im Netz - gegen Hass" from the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.

Liability for contents
The contents of our pages have been created with the utmost care. However, we cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of the content. As a service provider, we are responsible for our own content on these pages in accordance with general legislation pursuant to Section 7 (1) of the German Telemedia Act (TMG). According to §§ 8 to 10 TMG, however, we are not obligated as a service provider to monitor transmitted or stored third-party information or to investigate circumstances that indicate illegal activity. Obligations to remove or block the use of information under the general laws remain unaffected. However, liability in this regard is only possible from the point in time at which a concrete infringement of the law becomes known. If we become aware of any such infringements, we will remove the relevant content immediately.

Liability for links
Our offer contains links to external websites of third parties, on whose contents we have no influence. Therefore, we cannot assume any liability for these external contents. The respective provider or operator of the pages is always responsible for the content of the linked pages. The linked pages were checked for possible legal violations at the time of linking. Illegal contents were not recognizable at the time of linking. However, a permanent control of the contents of the linked pages is not reasonable without concrete evidence of a violation of the law. If we become aware of any infringements, we will remove such links immediately.

Copyright
The content and works created by the site operators on these pages are subject to German copyright law. Duplication, processing, distribution, or any form of commercialization of such material beyond the scope of the copyright law shall require the prior written consent of its respective author or creator. Downloads and copies of this site are only permitted for private, non-commercial use. Insofar as the content on this site was not created by the operator, the copyrights of third parties are respected. In particular, third-party content is identified as such. Should you nevertheless become aware of a copyright infringement, please inform us accordingly. If we become aware of any infringements, we will remove such content immediately.

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