The Basic Law came into force 75 years ago - this anniversary was taken as an opportunity to transform the entire area around the Federal Chancellery, the German Bundestag and the Spreebogen into a colourful celebration of democracy for a weekend. The Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs also had a 200 square metre pavilion in Paul-Löbe-Allee.
Visitors were able to approach the topics of the BMAS through playful interactions, reflective hands-on stations and entertaining information programmes. The exhibits focussed on citizen-related topics such as the challenges of a modern working world, an inclusive society, co-determination and social security systems. The diverse perspectives on democracy were expressed in the monochrome, colourful design.
In addition to the ministry's current projects, the historical achievements of labour and social policy in the FRG and the GDR were also presented. facts and fiction developed a modular exhibition system for this, which reflected the character of the festival with its rotating elements. The twelve milestones were loosely distributed across the field and could be explored in a walk across the stand.
A particular focus of the BMAS is on making events, exhibitions and graphic design as accessible as possible. We therefore equipped many exhibits at the stand with Braille, for example an exhibit on the inclusive society and a memory game on the welfare state. To make the milestones of social policy accessible to visually impaired people, they were able to scan a QR code that took them to an accessible PDF containing all the milestones. They could have the milestones and corresponding image descriptions read out to them using a screen reader.
Against the backdrop of the upcoming European elections, visitors were able to make a statement and ‘Show your face for democracy’ at the photo box.
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