Title	EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE CHEMNITZ2025 - FINAL BID BOOK
Brand	CITY OF CHEMNITZ
Product/Service	FINAL BID BOOK
Category	C02. Publications for Good
Entrant	ZEBRA | GROUP Chemnitz, GERMANY
Idea Creation	ZEBRA | GROUP Chemnitz, GERMANY
Production	ZEBRA | GROUP Chemnitz, GERMANY
Post Production	ZEBRA | GROUP Chemnitz, GERMANY

Name	Company	Position
Ralf Wolfermann	zebra | group	Creative Director
Fabian Weisspflog	zebra | group	Art Direction
Stefan Lucut	zebra | group	Layout
Johanna Eisner	zebra | group	Picture Editing & Editorial Team
Ulrike Schell	zebra | group	Drawings & Photographer
Linda Voigt	zebra | group	Project Manager
Barbara Ludwig	City of Chemnitz	Publisher
Ferenc Csák	City of Chemnitz	Publisher
Mattijs Maussen	Freelancer	Content Strategist
Ulf Kallscheidt	City of Chemnitz	Content Strategist
Simone Becht	City of Chemnitz	Editorial Team
Eva-Maria Graefer	City of Chemnitz	Editorial Team
Valentine Jerke	City of Chemnitz	Editorial Team
Anne Kurzweg	Freelancer	Editorial Team
Pia Leydolt-Fuchs	Freelancer	Editorial Team
Nora Lober	City of Chemnitz	Editorial Team
Anja Schubert	City of Chemnitz	Editorial Team
Pia Volk	Freelancer	Editorial Team
Nina Kummer	Bikini Kommando	Chapter Opening Pictures
Ernesto Uhlmann	Bikini Kommando	Chapter Opening Pictures
Lars Groeer	Druckerei Willy Groeer GmbH & Co. KG	Printing
Peggy Albrecht	Spangeltangel	Screen Printing
Cornelia Ahnert	Buchbinderei Heinz Meyer GmbH	Binding and Manufacturing
Joerg Steinbach	Faculty of Applied Arts Schneeberg / West Saxon University of Applied Sciences Zwickau	Fabric Design and Manufacturing for the clipboard spine
Ute Schmidt	Faculty of Applied Arts Schneeberg / West Saxon University of Applied Sciences Zwickau	Fabric Design and Manufacturing for the clipboard spine

Cultural / Context information for the jury

The EU awards the title “European Capital of Culture” once a year to at least two cities of great cultural potential. All candidate cities were called upon to submit a Final Bid Book. The application book from the winning German city of Chemnitz captures the spirit of the application, which focuses on a typical Chemnitz do-it-yourself mentality: It comes as a pragmatic clip-on folder with a simple gray cardboard cover and colorful embroidery on the spine and is intended to be reminiscent of a tinkerer's notebook. Its inner workings are as exciting as the city of Chemnitz at second glance: a screen print asks the question: “Why are you here?” and also gives some answers, hinged chapter openers re-stage garages, there are colored illustrations, “handwritten” notes, a cultural program reminiscent of a periodic table, a glued-in sound tool, various maps and newspaper articles.