VDMD – Association of German Fashion and Textile Designers

The VDMD is the strongest professional representation for fashion and textile designers in Germany. More and more design is viewed as a key factor in the economic success of a product. The numerous activities of the Association serve to better anchor the design performance in the awareness of the company to the outside and the network of competent advice and profound information offer inside. An important goal of the VDMD is to increase the recognition and creative potential of its members, their professionalism and experience in industry and trade, the media, politics and the public, thereby strengthening the industrial creative competence of the entire textile industry. We offer our members, freelance and employed designers, as well as young professionals with a great range of services, assistance and security in all job-specific problems such as legal, tax, fee and contract questions. Equally important is the non-competitive exchange between us. The VDMD is an intermediary between the industry and the designers. He promotes interdisciplinary contacts and cooperation with ministries, business, culture and politics as well as with other design divisions. We are also the contact point for training centers, design centers and design-oriented institutions.