Redesigning Design Weeks — CIVICITYRedesigning Design Weeks — CIVICITY

For the third edition of CIVICITY, two Netherlands-based designers will be selected to spend a residency in Milan, working with local communities to rethink design weeks from the ground up.

The multi-year project explores solutions to ecological, social and spatial challenges surrounding design weeks.

Demo— practice and Ned Kaar will complete a two-month residency in Milan this year, presenting their findings during Milan Design Week 2026 and 2027.

In collaboration with the Embassy and Consulate-General of the Netherlands in Italy and the cultural organisation cheFare, the Nieuwe Instituut invites designers based in the Netherlands to apply for the second edition of Redesigning Design Weeks – CIVICITY.

Part of the multi-year Redesigning Design Weeks residency programme, CIVICITY is aimed at rethinking the social and environmental impact of design events on their host cities