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Until 8 August 2026
FUNGI: Anarchist Designers
Fungi – better known as moulds or mushrooms – satisfy many human needs. We have long eaten mushrooms, for example, and used penicillin to fight bacteria. Providing a counterbalance to this human-centred approach is FUNGI: Anarchist Designers presents fungi as independent organisms that thrive in unique, multi-species environments and in the ruins of capitalism.
Until 27 June 2026
Reclaiming Space // Reclaiming Narrative
The exhibition Reclaiming Space // Reclaiming Narrative showcases student projects developed within the course Architecture and Colonialism at TU Delft, which critically examines architecture not merely as a backdrop to colonial violence, but as one of its most enduring instruments.
Until 6 February 2027
Another Island
With Another Island, researcher and audiovisual artist Janilda Bartolomeu presents a film installation that depicts the dreams of the Cape Verdean diaspora.
The museum and Sonneveld House will be open on Tuesday 5 May (Liberation Day), Thursday 14 May (Ascension Day), Sunday 24 and Monday 25 May (Whit Sunday and Whit Monday).
14 May 2026
Thursday Night Detour
Join the free Thursday Night Detour with a surprise Detour Guide and explore the museum from inside and out.
21 May 2026
Archive workshop at Het Flevolands Archief
Memory of the Designed Landscape
Learn how to organise your own archive in this workshop for garden and landscape architects.
-1 Séances #3: Desire&Technology Reading Group
-1 Digital Lab
–1 Digital Lab’s Desire&Technology reading group continues with a public conversation with philosopher Milan Stürmer.
Design for Change: Mapping Life Under Occupation
Palestinian-Dutch guest speakers reflect on how creative practices such as architecture and artistic research give meaning to places of residence and landscapes shaped by displacement, boundaries, and resilience.
28 April 2026
Open Call: (IM)MATERIAL – Architectural Memory in the Post-Digital Age
The Jaap Bakema Study Centre is seeking contributions to its 13th annual conference through this call for papers. (IM)MATERIAL explores the state of architectural memory in the post-digital age.
21 April 2026
Loan to the Design Museum Den Bosch: Designing the Nation State
Nieuwe Instituut is contributing 19 objects from the National Collection to the Designing the Nation State exhibition, including models by Malkit Shoshan and drawings of the Peace Palace.
15 April 2026
Shortlist Prix de Rome Architecture 2026 announced
After a four-month working period, these four shortlisted candidates will present their work in an exhibition at the Nieuwe Instituut.
31 March 2026
Open Call: Design Drafts #4
Design Drafts
Nieuwe Instituut and STIR invite submissions exploring the theme Design Dialects, which focuses on how design knowledge travels, transforms, and is reshaped across cultures, contexts, and systems of power.
New Store
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.
Future Studio Oostkop
Future Studio Oostkop is a workspace at the Nieuwe Instituut open to anyone interested in contributing to the spatial future of the Netherlands through design research.
Netwerk Archieven Design en Digitale Cultuur
The Network Archives Design and Digital Culture (NADD) works together on developing sustainable solutions to preserve design and digital culture archives and make them accessible.
Asterisk*
Countless archives and collections have been compiled and described from a limited perspective. Asterisk* broadens this perspective by adding stories, experiences and information. This enriches heritage, making it more vibrant, honest and accessible.
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