Nieuwe Instituut
Nieuwe Instituut

Sonneveld House

Future Makers!

14 December 2024 - 26 December 2026

Colofon

The exhibition is developed in collaboration with the Children's Team, design agency Opperclaes, design collective STORE Rotterdam, five primary schools from Rotterdam and more.

Children
The Children's Team members are: Alpha, Aurélie, Jing Jing, Lua, Malikai, Mio, Nori, Ocean and Uma. They have worked on the content and design of Future Makers!

Primary Schools
The five primary schools from Rotterrdam that have also worked on the exhibition are: Hildegardisschool, Jacobusschool, OBS het Landje, RK Maria Basisschool and SBO Lucas. The coordination is done by Joran Koster.

Workshops
The workshop providers who have worked with the Children's Team are: Anouk Beckers, Archell Thompson, Esmée Dros, Harmen Meinsma, Rein Reitsma and Studio C.A.R.E.  

Detour Guides
The Detour Guides who have worked on the exhibition/with the elementary schools are: Laura Grimm, Maartje de Winter, Maurik Stomps, Mean Thangtrakhanpong and Pia Canales.

With collaboration from
The curator of the project from the Nieuwe Instituut is Hanna Piksen. She is supported by project manager Honey Kraiwee. The spatial design and the development of the installations is done by Opperclaes. The graphic design is made by Opperclaes in collaboration with Chayenne Chaka. The community partner in this trajectory is STORE Rotterdam with Lisanne Janssen as project lead. Lorna Cruickshanks is involved als action researcher and Emer Beamer is advisor co-design with children.

The Children's Team was guided by STORE Rotterdam with Lisanne as project lead and in collaboration with Darly Benneker and Tony Santos from the Nieuwe Instituut.

Execution
The execution of the exhibition is done by Bouwko Landstra and team, Jeroen van Sluis and Maurik Stomps. The technical producer for Future Makers! is Peer Thielen.

Exhibition Elements
The game Only together is developed by mot (Florian van Zandwijk and Ibo Ibelings). The 3D-prints are made by .zip. The pillow in Boredom Break is designed by Tessel Bruhl. The sticker supplier is Jorsign.

Photos and videos
The photos in the exhibition are made by Brandon Gravenberch, Sarah Rose Guitian Nederlof and Valentina Vos. The videos are made by Brandon Gravenberch.

And thanks to
Future Makers! is made possible by: Gemeente Rotterdam, VriendenLoterij Fonds, ELJA Foundation, Van Leeuwen Van Lignac Stichting, Circle Members of the Nieuwe Instituut, Erasmus Stichting, Tarkett and Royal Talens Foundation.

With special thanks to: the parents of the Children's Team, María Peiró Torralba for the preliminary research, primary schools De Biënkorf and Jan Prins School for the additional classes, and Huan Hsu, Jane Szita and Lisa Holden for the translations of the texts.

In this exhibition works from the collection of the National Collection for Dutch Architecture and Urban Planning (managed by the Nieuwe Instituut) are on display.

The projects from the Nieuwe Instituut are the result of the collective efforts from all our team members, including Aric Chen, Bobbie Bennis, Clara Haardt, Eelco Roelsma, Emily Wijns, Ernst des Bouvrie, Flora van Gaalen, Jacob de Munnik, Linde Dorenbosch, Lotte de Vries, Minnah Sharifi, Moetoesingi Schmidt, Nohely Koeyers and Saskia Derksen.

This project was made possible thanks to:

Gemeente Rotterdam
Vriendenloterij Fonds
ELJA Foundation
Van Leeuwen Van Lignac Stichting
Circle Nieuwe Instituut
Erasmusstichting
Tarkett
Royal Talens Foundation

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