Design Updates

Dutch Design Foundation (DDF), the organisation of a. o. Dutch Design Week (DDW), will be part of the national cultural basic infrastructure from 2021 onwards, according to the advice given today by the Council for Culture to Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Ingrid van Engelshoven.

The Creative Industries Fund, the Federation Creative Industry and Dutch Design Foundation have joined forces for the initiative 'This Is Not a Simulation!', which aims to bring the Dutch creative industry together to tackle future challenges and to explore unconventional ways of thinking that stimulate the resilience of the design sector.

The Call for Entries for Dutch Design Awards (DDA) 2020 is closed from today, but this doesn’t apply to the ‘Best Commissioning’ category. Applications for this category can be submitted for another month, until 25 June.

The Call for Entries for Dutch Design Awards (DDA) 2020 has been extended to 25 May due to the coronavirus. Apply now for the category Product, Fashion, Habitat, Communication, Design Research, Service & Systems, Young Designer or Best Commissioning!

5 May, on the 75th anniversary of Liberation Day, 2019 ambassadors Studio Drift showed their drone installation Franchise Freedom above the city of Rotterdam to honour healthcare workers and people suffering due to the coronavirus.

Together with ProRail, NS Stations and Bureau Spoorbouwmeester, What if Lab selected four promising concepts for further development in the next phase. All four concepts contribute to the core of the assignment; achieving a fully circular railway in 2050.