Nieuwe Instituut’s Design Drafts programme in collaboration with PIN–UP Magazine presents an open call for up-and-coming and mid-career writers to investigate, draft and manifest new vocabularies in design.

On 22 April 2023, the Rotterdam-based institute celebrates becoming the first organisation in the world to enter into a ‘cooperation with all life’. We’re pleased to take you through the first steps of the joint learning and development process.

Nieuwe Instituut is commissioning the Dutch Pavilion at the London Design Biennale, which takes place from 1 to 25 June 2023 in monumental Somerset House, together with the Embassy of the Netherlands in London.

Nieuwe Instituut has appointed Jan Jongert/Superuse Studios from Rotterdam as curator of the Dutch pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, which will take place from 20 May to 26 November 2023 in Venice.

Cultural institution The Beach reflects on their participation in the Archieftraject:"By diving into your own archive, you nurture new leads for your future practice"

On 31 March 2023 Nieuwe Instituut hosted a meeting of digital culture makers, funding bodies and policy makers to present Moonshot Digital Culture.

Despite their touchy and temperamental nature, geese are friends, not fowl. Perhaps a little fowl.

Garden Futures: Designing with Nature, an exhibition exploring the history and prospects of the modern garden, is now open at the Vitra Design Museum.

A fish sauntered into my office. "Murder", she sighed. The heron must be back in town.

The fashion show Wearwork, curated by Ninamounah, is part of the exhibition Workwear, on view at the Nieuwe Instituut from 26 March to 10 September 2023.

What hidden stories from designers of the past are inspiring designers today? In this podcast Emily Wijns from Nieuwe Instituut's Collection department explores the archive with fashion designer Bonne Reijn.

How did people dress for the architecture office, building site, factory and studio of the past? To mark the occasion of the Workwear exhibition, we searched the National Collection for working clothes. Here’s a small selection of all the tailor-made suits, fedora hats and dust jackets that we found.