Biofabrique Vienna Challenges 2026
Submit your ideas by April 14!
Do you have expertise in textile and clothing technology, textile design, and fashion? Or do you have competencies in design, material innovation, colour, and research?
The current edition of Biofabrique Vienna is focusing on the production of “Wiener Farben”: bioregional, natural dyes made from unavoidable food waste and invasive plants from Vienna. These colours are now ready to be applied in practice.
Apply by 14 April for one of our two challenges as part of the Urban Food & Design format in cooperation with Vienna Design Week!
The selected challenge projects will be presented during Vienna Design Week and simultaneously exhibited at the Biofabrique Vienna at the Nordwestbahnhof from 25 September to 4 October 2026. A fee of up to 7,500 euros net is available for their implementation.
Biofabrique Vienna Challenges
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Colours At Work
What does the workwear of bioregional designers look like? Design and produce functional workwear for the teams of Biofabrique Vienna and Vienna Design Week using the “Wiener Farben” dyes. The garments should make materiality visible and embody the attitude of a new design practice—circular, research-driven, and bio-based.
2
Applied Colours
Which further applications are conceivable for the ”Wiener Farben”? Experiment with the “Wiener Farben” and demonstrate their potential applications in the design field in the form of an installation at Biofabrique Vienna at the Nordwestbahnhof.
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