Ladies, Wine & Design

Ladies, Wine & Design
Düsseldorf

A quarterly conversation series held for creative womxn in the industry.
Hosted by Maria Wintz.
Inspired by Jessica Walsh.

A salon night hosted by Maria Wintz in Düsseldorf. Small groups of female creatives will have wine while enjoying casual conversations on topics relating to creativity, business and the philosophy of life.

We welcome to our community all who identify as women and non binary and there is no obligation to drink wine at our events, we love beverages of all kinds! To stay updated follow us on Instagram

Also, please contact us if you’d like to host us in your space, teach a workshop or be a guest speaker. Let’s share our experiences and support each other!

Thank you so much!

2024 - March 7th #24.1 Trends

At our first meet up in 2024 we want to talk about trends - and what to make of them.

Sharing her expertise and opinion on the topic, as well as giving an insight into her strategies on working with trends, will be our guest speaker Annette Jacobs. The illustrator and animation artist works with paper art and illustrations, creating stop motion animations and visualising playful concepts.

www.annettejacobs.com


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2024 UPDATE

It's 2024 and we are back!

We will now meet quarterly to share, listen and talk again!

New year, new meet ups, new host, new topics, new womxn - it's going to be great!


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2022 – May 23rd #22.5 Female Founders in Design

In collaboration with Junieper, the new initiative with Gründerzeit HSD we welcome you to join us at wyno weinbar for an evening of inspiration, discussion and of course, if you like, a glass of wine.

We want to see more women and Non Binary individuals leading the way in our industry and we hope that events such as our next can motivate and support our community to succeed.

We will have two special guest speakers on the night and lovely catering provided by the team at Wyno.


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2021 – November 27th #21.11 LW&D x Blickfang

There couldn‘t be a better start of our LW&D meetings after our one-year pause than being a guest at this years Blickfang design fair at Areal Böhler in Düsseldorf.

We are very happy that these ladies invited us into their halls to enjoy a wonderful afternoon together:

We will have a private tour through the fair, an amazing speaker and - as always - wine and chats.


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2020 – November 27th #20.11 Making Video

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Valerie Siba tells stories in pictures instead with words. She makes video content, develops content for TV and corporate clients.

We are excited to welcome her to heat more on her work and her journey to realise that it takes a lot more than the aesthetics, but a psychological approach to understand what works well in the media.


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2020 – October 23rd #20.10 Intersectional Feminism

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Teaming up with @defragzine we will be exploring intersectional feminism and hearing about their beautiful magazine.


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2020 COVID

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Everything online, online tutorials, zoom chats and inspiring interviews.. Check out Instagram for more!


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2020 – March 27th #20.3 Sustainability

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We are motivated by the prospect of being able to reach more people, and have more involvement in our events than ever before.

We will start a fun interactive instagram live session with the fabulous Melody Clemons. She will lead us in a cocktail demonstration.

After that we will meet on Zoom. We invite anyone to log in and cheers our home make cocktails, mocktails and miscellaneous beverage creations in a socially distant community catch up.


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2020 – February 28th #20.2 Inspiration

We love our fabulous evenings together but we decided that for this month we are trying something different: We are looking forward to be inspired by YOU this time!

We want to give all of you the opportunity to share what inspires you the most. This could be anyone and anything that you think would be an inspirational asset to the LW&D community!


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2020 – January 17th #20.1 New year, New Beginning

In the spirit of the new year this month Ladies, Wine & Design Düsseldorf will be exploring some creative foundations with our topic "New Beginnings".

Luise and Nataly, founders of the Düsseldorf's beloved manko café +workspace will lead our 7th event "New Beginnings"


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2019 – November 22nd #19.11 Social Media: What's your story?"

Lead by our two newest hosts Alessia and Lilly we want to explore how the LW&D community uses social Media.

How do you find a balance between creating and sharing? Is it important to be not just a creative but an influencer in your field? What does being a creative influencer mean and are we showing ourselves off enough... or are we a selfie short?


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2019 – October 25th #19.10 Saloon Style

This month we will get back to the LW&D Basics and host a cosy Saloon night.

Welcome in the new season at our host Em's house with an intimate evening of wine and design!


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2019 – September 27th #19.9 Studio Visit R211- Agentur"

Angela Kettler's Agency "R211" will be the scene for our next event.

Join us and Angela as we discover more about her business, projects and studio. This time we will also discover a bit more of each others progress in a casual open project, idea and portfolio discussion.

Please come prepared with something to share!



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2019 – August 16th #19.8 The Wine Business

Rienne Bilz will welcome us at Bistro Sommelier.

Let's talk about her journey from design to the food and wine biz. It would be an awesome opportunity to share our background stories and have fun!


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2019 – July 19th #19.7 Networking & Coworking

Silke Roggermann will be our special guest.

Silke has turned her passion into her business and networking is a huge part of her job. She runs one of the coolest coworking spaces in town and has a lot to share with us about her experience.

Join us for an awesome evening at Super7000.


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2019 – June 28th #19.6 Kick-Off

Come celebrate the first event of our LW&D Düsseldorf chapter.

Join Ana Luiza for a fun evening with great chats and some wine.

Sign up for our Newsletter to be the first to know about all upcoming events.


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Ladies, Wine Design was started by Jessica Walsh when she realized that sometimes women can be competitive or unsupportive of one another. Only a small percent of creative directors are women, and LW&D wants to help change this through mentorship circles, talks, and creative meet-ups. In less than two years of launching, we've spread to chapters in over 250 cities all over the world.

Have a look at the global page here.

Our chapter here in Düsseldorf was started by Ana Luiza Cavalcanti, handed to Emily Wild, Lilly Friedeberg & Alessia Sistori, before being run by Maria Wintz.


Get Reading! Information is power, below are some resources we love:

The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women - Naomi Wolf
Men Explain Things To Me - Rebecca Solnit
Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions - Gloria Steinem
The Gifts of Imperfection - Brene Brown
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear - Elizabeth Gilbert

Numbers show that there’s a very small percentage of women leading the creative industry. However, we find the people we are inspired by most are often other talented ladies. We are always interested in discovering new local connections so please reach out if you think there is someone we should meet!

Below is a list of some of the talented women of our past events! Check out their work and be INSPIRED.