Dutch Design Week, in cooperation with the New Material Award, presents the Sustainable Products Talk(show) on 25 October 2020. The focus of this year’s Talk(show) is glass. It’s widely advertised as a better choice than plastic, but how sustainable is glass really?

What can the design world learn from the rigorous approaches to food production? Nominees for the New Material Award respond to the practices of chef Luc Kusters and biodynamic wine pioneer Erik van Pijkeren.

Het Nieuwe Instituut, Stichting DOEN and Fonds Kwadraat are organising an information meeting about the new edition of the New Material Award on Thursday 22 March.

Artist Diana Scherer is selected by the jury of the 2016 New Material Award as the New Material Fellow. For the next months Het Nieuwe Instituut will support Scherer as she develops her research project further. Scherer was awarded the fellowship for her Interwoven project, in which she manipulates plant root systems to create a textile-like material.

Eighteen designers have been nominated for the New Material Award 2016 and will be presented during Dutch Design Week at the Kazerne in Eindhoven.This bi-annual award challenges artists and designers to apply and develop sustainable materials and innovative technologies. During the opening minister Bussemaker announces on 22 October the two winners. The prize awards two accolades: the New Material Award of € 15.000 for a final design and the New Material Fellow for a fleshed-out design idea linked to a research question.