With one month to go before this year’s Graduation Show kicks off, we are excited to officially launch the show! Between 18th - 26th October, during Dutch Design Week, visitors will experience more than 200 Bachelor and Master graduate projects. Keep an eye out for more #GS25 updates!
Dr Ramon Amaro is appointed the new Creative Director of Design Academy Eindhoven.
As of 1 September, he will succeed Joseph Grima, who held the position from 2017 to 2025. Amaro will work closely alongside Raf De Keninck, who will become DAE’s General Director and Chair.
DAE would like to congratulate our newest group of MA Graduates! In June, we hosted the MA Grad Ceremony, where 78 MA students were officially welcomed as graduates of DAE.
You can read the full recap of the event, written by Brandon Chow via the link below.
www.designacademy.nl/page/8406/da...
The Foundation Year is designed for prospective students who want to explore their relationship with design and prepare themselves to apply for to study on the Bachelor programme.
Check out our website for further info!
Graphics by Jennifer Carniel
There is still time to go visit the exhibition at the Glassroom: Making, a collaborative show featuring alumni who began their creative journeys at Sint Lucas and continued at DAE!
Till 30 June and presented in the shared space in Heuvel Galerie in Eindhoven!
Image: Wassalon by Manon van Hoeckel
Join us for Designing together: how co-design is reshaping space with POoR Collective @poor_collective
Thursday, June 12
19h00–20h30 (Walk-in 18h45)
Auditorium, 3rd Floor of DAE – stairs up to it from the 2nd floor, near DAE’s reception
Register here: designacademyeindhoven.artsvp.com/6f0c5b
We are collaborating with @campus.mana!
Together, we developed DESIGN FUTURES: Essentials for Future Designers, a preparatory program taking place from July 7 to 20, 2025 in Burgundy ✨
Go to campusmana.com for further information and register!
Over four seasons, students of The Morning Studio had the opportunity to explore Smissenbroek with the support of their collaborator TimeLab! Check on our website the article by Sean Fisher www.designacademy.nl/page/8193/in...
We’re excited to announce ‘Making’, upcoming exhibition in collaboration with SintLucas, taking place in our shared Glassroom space. Opening on Monday 26 July, the exhibition presents works from 16 makers, all alumni of both DAE and SintLucas!
Design Academy Eindhoven is very pleased to announce its partnership with Campus MaNa!
Together, we developed DESIGN FUTURES: Essentials for Future Designers, a preparatory program taking place from July 7 to 20, 2025 at Campus MaNa in Burgundy.
Registration is now open!
Go to campusmana.com
@lina.community is a European platform that links institutions with emerging voices between architecture and spatial culture. In DAE’s continued participation in the LINA project, we can now share this year’s Open Call: lina.community/open-call/
Apply by 31 July 2025!
Tap [here](www.designacademy.nl/page/8189/in...) to read the full article by Sean Fisher introducing the educational office!
In the image by Sean are: Ilka van Steen, Lieke van der Wielen and Jetske Tuinstra ✨
Join us for Uniting People Through Light and Motion with Studio DRIFT
Thursday, May 22
19h00–20h30 (Walk-in 18h45)
Witte Dame Zaal, 5th Floor of DAE
This event is open to the DAE community & the public — capacity is limited, register early!
Design: @allesisey & @emmaitria
Print: @karinborovcova
Last week we joined HBO festival in Nieuwegein. For the occasion we invited the recent graduates Lara van der Poel and Studio CoPain founded by Sidonie Lepetit, Léa Bardin & Lucile Barbier to represent us.
Congratulation Stijn van de Vleuten for the curatorial production of the event!
The lecture will be followed by a Q&A. Open to all — register now to reserve your spot!
𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒔 by Agustina Woodgate
Thursday, April 10
19h00–20h30 (Walk-in 18h45)
Witte Dame Zaal, 5th Floor of DAE
Register: designacademyeindhoven.artsvp.com/fb8b5a
Design: Marie-Luise Charlotte Weier
In this talk, Agustina will unpack the invisible forces regulating our environments and share how practitioners can intervene, disrupt, and build alternative systems of value, resource management, and information distribution.
Agustina’s work investigates the hidden systems and infrastructures that shape our world — from water networks and currency to radio waves and public space. Through poetic interventions and experimental infrastructures, she exposes the politics and art and design can be tools for reimagining them.
Join us for 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒔 with artist, radio producer, and spatial designer Agustina Woodgate.
Join us at Villa Bagatti Valsecchi, Alcova Milano (April 7–10), and for ‘New Craftsmanship: A New World’ at SaloneSatellite (April 8–13).
Learn more: www.designacademy.nl/page/8039/ar...
Through these events, we continues challenging conventional design practices, with a critical discourse, and pushing the boundaries of material experimentation and social innovation.
Each session provides an opportunity for audience engagement, encouraging discussions on how design can drive innovation and systemic change.
- Political Bodies (April 10): Discussing how design can challenge societal biases and reframe social rituals, with speakers Studio Folder, Marco Ferrari, Miriam Daxl, and Gabriel Fontana.
- Planetary Agency (April 9): Examining design’s role in planetary systems and the potential of experimental practices, with contributions from Daniel van der Velden (Metahaven), Anna Favaretto and Max Fraser.
- Cultural Ecology (April 8): Investigating whether sustainability is possible without disrupting economic structures, featuring a keynote by Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart and insights from joseph grima and Martina Muzi.
- Material Culture (April 7): Exploring the ethics of material use in a world of scarcity and inequality. Speakers include Afaina de Jong, Dace Sūna, and Sade Linda Ekwedike.
This series of discussions invites designers, researchers, and curators to examine whether the design industry is trapped in repetitive cycles or evolving towards meaningful change. Moderated by Ilse Meulendijks, Head of the MA program at DAE, the discussions are structured around four themes:
We are glad to share our full Milan Design Week 2025 programme, presenting ”Are We Going In Circles?” at Alcova Milano, in collaboration with KALDEWEI.
Read the conversation and learn more about Nadine and the Social Design MA. Today is the last day to apply to all our Master’s programme. Take the first step to your design future and apply before 23:59 CET.
www.designacademy.nl/page/7980/a-...
She discusses the importance of decolonial perspectives, proactive ethics, and the need for designers to not only critique but also create tangible alternatives for the future.
n a world filled with uncertainty, how can design education inspire radical hope? In this in-depth interview by Heini Lehtinen, Nadine Botha, Head of the Social Design Master’s programme at Design Academy Eindhoven, explores the transformative potential of design beyond conventional boundaries.
