Dutch, More or Less is a presentation of more than 30 years of Dutch design. It brings together the ideas, themes and projects that have placed Dutch designers at the forefront of international design.

The house of architects Aldo and Hannie van Eyck in Loenen aan de Vecht is filled to the brim with the books, films, photographs, drawings and works of art that they collected over half a century. A modest part of this collection is now on display at the Research Centre.

Create until you can’t go on during FamilieFest: Designeritus! From your own future racing vehicle for the Amazing Space Race to your unique chair-for-a-thing for the Thingy-Chair Challenge.

Join the free Thursday Night Detour with a surprise Detour Guide and explore the museum from inside and out.

Nieuwe Instituut and DAR Cultural Agency invite artist and photographer Hassan Hajjaj to talk about his practice, his North African roots and the influence of London’s music scene on his work.

Manifest the future during Museumnacht010 at the Nieuwe Instituut! What is your green, digital, urban, inspiring or imaginative dream for the future?

How can architecture resist exclusionary social norms to create spaces that nurture different ways of coexisting in everyday life?

Op 17 mei 2025 opent het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam de tentoonstelling Ma Yansong. Architectuur en emotie — een expositie die de baanbrekende architectonische visie van Ma Yansong verkent.

On the occasion of the exhibition Garden Futures, we have delved into the collection in search of gardens in the Netherlands in the last century.

ArkDes and Nieuwe Instituut are excited to announce Worldglimpsing: two exhibitions that shine light on the ways in which we inhabit our reality through designed worlds.

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

Zoöp is the title of an organisational model for cooperation between human and nonhuman life that safeguards the interests of all zoë (Greek for 'life').

Through Sounds is a long-term research project that looks at 'sonic culture' as a field for spatial and social design

With the New Store, Nieuwe Instituut imagines a store where shopping helps the environment instead of harming it. After two New Store pop-up stores in Eindhoven and Milan, you can now step into New Store 3.0 in the foyer of the Nieuwe Instituut.