Open Call for TALENTE münchen. Masters of the Future 2026

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In an area of 600 m², the works will be shown to a wide audience, with an international jury selecting the winners of the TALENTE prize. An illustrated catalogue will be published.

The aim of TALENTEmünchen – Masters of the Future is to promote young people with a particular manual talent and to show an interested audience the enormous potential which lies in the new generation in crafts and trades. The works will be the outcome of formal or technical considerations and experiments, showing something new and exceptional.

Participants are chosen from any section of crafts and technology. They will have made the artefact by their own hands. Age limit is set at 33 in the domains of crafts, and at 35 in the domain of technology. An application for interested persons who exceed this age limit is possible up to two years after they have completed their apprenticeship or studies.

Deadline for all applications will be the 1st of October 2025.
 
The competition is publicly funded. This covers the space on the fair itself, the catalogue entry and part of the transport of the objects to and from Munich.

>> Conditions of participation. German - English and French Version
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>> Catalogues of TALENTE and SCHMUCK

For questions please contact us at 0049 89 5119-293 or michaela.braesel@hwk-muenchen.de.


Prizes and Awards:
Talente-Prize

• Eight contributions will be awarded the Talente-Prize.
• Works will be acknowledged in the Talente-Catalogue of the following year (including photography and text).
• Distinguished exhibitors receive a certificate.

Bavarian States Prize

• Every exhibitor at the International Trade Fair can apply for the Bavarian States Prize.
• The Bavarian States Prize is awarded 5.000 Euros, a gold medal, and a certificate.

Organisation and Funding:
Promoter: GHM
Administration: Barbara Schmidt​, Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern
Organisation: Michaela Braesel, Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern


We are grateful for the support provided by the Federal Ministry of Commerce and Energy, and the Bavarian State Ministry of Commerce and Media, Energy, and Technology. The publication of the catalogue is enabled by funding from the Association of Trades Fairs.