Can our democracy still be saved? With graphic design?
Certainly not alone, but with the help of innovative infographics, flowcharts, … we want to contribute to a better understanding of political structures, institutions and democratic processes and make them accessible to a large public.
In the center of our project, is the comparison of our democratic legal system, with the one in Israel, which currently experiences a large, social discourse, by intended changes of the current government.
But also in Germany, the future of democracy is increasingly discussed in recent years. The fact that our decades-old system is not a sure-fire success is evident from the declining voter turnout and an increasingly loud disenchantment with and rejection of democracy in Germany as well.
In this project, we are working closely with law students from Israel and Germany and coordinating with Israeli design students on the visual concepts. A traveling exhibition is planned at various locations in Israel and Germany. In addition, an Internet presence in conjunction with social media is intended to reach as broad a public as possible and interest it in the topic.
The comparison of different democratic systems helps, in the best case, to see one’s own parliamentary system with different eyes and to be able to better formulate possible, necessary changes in the future.
For the preparation and organization of the project, it may be necessary to meet with the cooperation partners before the official start of the project (via Zoom).