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17-25 October 2026

Graduation Show 2026

The stage for emerging design talent, showcasing bold visions and critical perspectives on design.

Hosted by Design Academy Eindhoven

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Entrance fee

DDW ticket required

Event type

Exhibition

Accessibility

Tactile
Dogs are allowed
Toilets available
Fully wheelchair accessible
Wheelchair friendly toilet available

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Graduation Show 2025
Graduation Show 2025
Angelina Nikolayeva
The Graduation Show presents over 200 innovative projects by DAE graduates, exploring design’s role in shaping futures, critiquing realities, and sparking dialogue.

Bachelor and Master Graduation Projects

Two entrance galleries introduce BA and MA work, opening thematic pathways that extend across the location, connecting projects through proximity and contrast. Around the Hub, projects make gathering and participation part of the work, while small project rooms allow individual works to establish worlds of their own. The first-floor gallery houses MA projects; the main BA exhibition moves to the second floor. Below ground, film, objects, sound and interactive installations occupy a shared central space and intimate side galleries.

The Arena and the Bookshop

The Arena returns after several years away, in an intimate format supporting programmed discussions, student-led workshops and unscripted exchanges. Beside it, the enlarged Bookshop brings publications, projects and readings into the conversation. This renewed emphasis on gathering echoes a return to relation as a source of resilience in the work itself. Visitors are invited to spend time with a material or a history, participate in a work, or bring their own position into a conversation. Through these encounters, graduates explore what relationships ask of them and work out their own positions: what they take responsibility for, where their skills have purpose, and what role design can play.

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Graduation Show 2025
Graduation Show 2025
Angelina Nikolayeva
Graduation Show 2025
Graduation Show 2025
Angelina Nikolayeva

About Design Academy Eindhoven

Design Academy Eindhoven is a world-leading design school, part of the Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences. For 70+ years, it has trained designers to innovate materially, socially, and critically. Rooted in co-participation, care, and pushing discourse forward, DAE fosters a community where design is a tool for exploring futures, challenging norms, and creating meaningful change.