Designer Roos Meerman focuses on researching materials and forms, and relates this to current developments in technology. In her lab she makes machines to investigate how she can develop production methods that are controlled by natural phenomena. She was awarded the New Material Fellowship at Het Nieuwe Instituut in 2014.

Artist Diana Scherer was awarded the New Material Fellowship at Het Nieuwe Instituut in 2016 for her project Interwoven, in which she manipulates the root systems of plants to create a textile-like material.