Subsidies in September 2025: What's new?

Federal, state and institutional funding supports Hamburg's creative professionals in all sectors. The monthly article provides a compact overview of the current funding programmes with all the important information and deadlines.

Music WorX 2025: these are the start-ups

Together with the Ministry of Culture and Media, we are supporting five start-ups with ideas that operate at the interface of music and technology.

Wie können wir gerechter gestalten?

Produkte und Prozesse sind für manche Menschen komfortabel, während sie andere ausschließen. Im Design Zentrum Hamburg geben Mawuto Dotou und Anna Unterstab Workshops zu Intersektionalität und Gestaltung – und vermitteln kreative Ansätze, um diskriminierende Strukturen zu brechen.

Visions that work: Driving innovation with visions of the future

Transformation needs visions of the future: Simone Kaiser from Fraunhofer IAO on socially accepted change, trends and how creative minds enrich the process.

Place matters

The city as a total work of art: In this interview, British urban researcher Charles Landry talks about his concept of the Creative City - and explains the importance of creativity for a city worth living in.

Nachhaltig zum Erfolg

Das Label Jan ’n June startete 2014 als Vorreiter nachhaltiger Mode. Die Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft begleitete es vom Crowdfunding bis zum Pop-up.

A Success Story on Every String

With Polytone, Philipp Klotz provides access to high-quality instruments - and gives musicians the chance to realise their potential regardless of financial barriers.

"The creative industries need entrepreneurship"

In this interview, Prof Elmar Konrad explains why entrepreneurship is essential for creative professionals - and how university education can better prepare creative professionals for it.

Really good stuff: How do we get people excited about cross innovation?

An interview with Claudia Köhler, who develops innovative programmes at the Thuringian Agency for the Creative Industries and shows why companies and creative professionals can achieve more together.

Music in Hamburg: creative engine and economic factor

Press in Hamburg: Digitalisation of a traditional industry

Design in Hamburg: Sustainable world design and AI as growth drivers

Film in Hamburg: Between great cinema and social media snippets