Until 9 September 2023

Workwear

Explore the Workwear exhibition, in which Nieuwe Instituut and fashion researcher Eldina Begic pay tribute to functional clothing. You can see dozens of vintage classics, current highlights and futuristic experiments from the collections of fashion designers, artists, private collectors, and museums.

Until 26 August 2023

Droog30. Design or Non-design?

Visit Droog30, an installation about one of the most talked-about of all design labels. In this installation, we see the stories behind Droog’s striking furniture, home accessories, lighting and other products, and feel its impact.

Until 21 October 2023

Water Cities Rotterdam. By Kunlé Adeyemi

The Water Cities Rotterdam exhibition is your chance to see impressive floating pavilions by architect Kunlé Adeyemi on the ponds of the Nieuwe Instituut in Museumpark, Rotterdam.

Until 25 November 2023

Plumbing the System — La Biennale di Venezia 2023

On show from 20 May to 26 November 2023, Plumbing the System, curated by architect and researcher Jan Jongert / Superuse Studios, is the official Dutch contribution to the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.

1 June 2023

Archieftraject XXS: Get started with your own archive

With the Archieftraject XXS workshop, you and other designers, makers and organisations will take a close look at your archive, and take concrete steps to organise your archive.

1 June 2023

Thursday Night Detour with Naomi

Join Detour Guide Naomi He-Ji for the free Thursday Night Detour about architecture.

1 June 2023

Book launch: DATAPOLIS

Explore the world of data with industry experts at the book launch of 'DATAPOLIS'.

3 June 2023

Future of Food

See the film ‘Future in Food’ and join the conversation with different speakers about this topic whilst enjoying local bites.

17 May 2023

The Dutch Pavilion presents Plumbing the System at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale

The pavilion, commissioned by the Nieuwe Instituut, will transform into a testing ground that explores alternative systems for future-oriented, regenerative economies–while attempting to enact change on a micro scale, on the pavilion itself. (20 May - 26 November 2023)

16 May 2023

Designing by Flows — Jan Jongert on Plumbing the System

Jan Jongert, curator of the Dutch pavilion at the Venice Biennale, outlines how different streams shape the ‘metabolism’ of our buildings and cities.

14 May 2023

The Other Interface. The design of a new collection platform

The Other Interface is the working title for a new collection platform that seeks to provide a visual, narrative, and future-proof online environment for connecting people with the National Collection for Dutch Architecture and Urban Planning.

12 May 2023

Open call: Tilting Axis Fellowship 2024

Nieuwe Instituut and Tilting Axis are launching the fourth iteration of the Fellowship program for applicants based in the Caribbean. The initiative aims to foster and support research based practices and stimulate mutual exchange between the Caribbean region and the Dutch cultural field.

Agency for Architecture, Design, and Digital Culture

The Agency for Architecture, Design, and Digital Culture connects design fields with questions from the outside world, both regional and international.

Disclosing Architecture

Disclosing Architecture is the Nieuwe Instituut’s six-year initiative to increase the visibility and continued accessibility of the National Collection for Dutch Architecture and Urban Planning.

Disclosing Futures Rethinking Heritage

Heritage innovates. It does this partly through technological progress, but mainly by questioning current practice.

Network Archives Design and Digital Culture

Design and digital culture contribute significantly to the way Dutch society defines, manifests and develops itself. A well-preserved, open and accessible archive is therefore a precondition for the design discipline in order to meet the task assigned to it by Dutch culture and society

Until 24 June 2023

London Design Biennale

Nieuwe Instituut is acting as both overall artistic director and commissioner of the Dutch pavilion at the fourth edition of the London Design Biennale, which takes place from 1 to 25 June 2023 in monumental Somerset House.

Until 2 October 2023

Garden Futures

The exhibition Garden Futures, the first to explore the history and future of the modern garden, is on show from 25 March to 3 October at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein.