The 24 nominees in 8 categories for Dutch Design Awards 2022 have been announced. Every year, Dutch Design Awards (DDA) celebrates the best Dutch designers and their most impressive and groundbreaking projects, and examines the impact that these different disciplines, perspectives and solutions have on our society. DDA will announce the winners during a live DDA Award Show. This will take place at Dutch Design Week 2022 (from 22 to 30 October) and mark the 20th edition of DDA.

Independent expert juries of design specialists nominated three projects in each of the following categories: Product, Habitat, Communication, Fashion, Design Research, Data & Interaction, Best Commissioning, and Young Designer. They assessed the projects based on the criteria: impact, distinctive character, expressiveness, and production method, sometimes with additional category-specific criteria. They were led by expert jury chairs Chris Kabel (Studio Chris Kabel), JaapJan Berg (Bergplaats), Mieke Gerritzen (The Image Society), Iris Ruisch (M-ODE Foundation), Angelique Spaninks (MU Hybrid Art House), Daniël Sytsma (Isobar & Dentsu), Tijn van Elderen (Brabantia), and Evelien Reich (ELLE Decoration NL).

These are the nominations for Dutch Design Awards 2022 (in random order): 

PRODUCT

Industrial design or limited editions that improve life and make it easier. From products for the workplace or home to the mobility of people and animals, for the consumer or the B2B market.

SUN+ SHADECLOTH I BURO BELÉN

MIRAGE I STUDIO SABINE MARCELIS 

REX (HET TWEEDE LEVEN VAN REX, DE EERSTE NEDERLANDSE STATIEGELDSTOEL) I STUDIO INEKEHANS 

Expert jury: Chris Kabel (Studio Chris Kabel), Amanda Pinatih (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam), Kristina Andersen (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven), Floris Schoonderbeek (Studio Floris Schoonderbeek) and Cees van Dok (Miro).

HABITAT

Design and layout of private and public spaces that improve the quality of life. From infrastructure to interior and from cultural to commercial, permanent or temporary.

STORIES | OLAF GIPSER ARCHITECTS X SMARTLAND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS X HEUTINK GROEP X BOUWGROEP CPO BSH20

VISKRINGLOOP WIERINGERMEER | HOSPER X PÉ OKX X COR TEN HAAF

DEPOT BOIJMANS VAN BEUNINGEN | MVRDV

Expert jury: JaapJan Berg (Bergplaats), Ellen van der Wal (Vakwerk Architecten), Femke Bijlsma (Kossmanndejong), Cees van der Veeken (LOLA Landscape Architects) and Jan Nauta (Studio Nauta).

COMMUNICATION

The original way in which design is applied to create an effective and innovative connection between objective, message, medium and receiver. From brand and graphic design to digital and advertising.

CAPS LOCK I VALIZ 

WETRANSFER AND MARINA ABRAMOVIC – TRACES I WETRANSFER 

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE 2022 I MERIJN x JURRIAAN HOS 

Expert jury: Mieke Gerritzen (The Image Society), Thecla Schaeffer (brand & communication consultant), Karen van de Kraats (Wieden+Kennedy), Bas Koopmans (Studio Bas Koopmans) en René Toneman (Silo). 

FASHION

Fashion, whereby wearability is not a prerequisite. From collections, unique pieces and accessories to offline or online performances.

LOCAL VEGETATION I STUDIO DAVID LAPORT 

THE UTOPIA BALL X FASHION SHOW I YAMUNA FORZANI

SPACE GARMENT IN HET BONNEFANTENMUSEUM I ANTOINE PETERS 

Expert jury: Iris Ruisch (M-ODE Foundation), Mehtap Gungormez (fashion & design journalist, trend forecaster), Marga Weimans (Fashion house Marga Weimans), Branko Popovic (Fashionclash) and Rachid Naas (RCHD). 


DESIGN RESEARCH

Scenarios and concepts that are based on thorough research. From speculative to applied, from research to design and from idea to solution, with the emphasis on the research phase.

HUMAN MATERIAL LOOP | STUDIO ZSOFIA KOLLAR

IABR-DOWN TO EARTH: WATERSCHOOL M4H+ | STUDIO MAKKINK & BEY 

KLEINKIJKACADEMIE | SJAAK LANGENBERG & ROSÉ DE BEER

Expert jury: Angelique Spaninks (MU Hybrid Art House), Michelle Kasprzak (curator, educator, writer, & artist), Danielle Arets (design researcher, journalist, moderator), Jop Japenga (A/BZ) and Eric Klarenbeek (Studio Klarenbeek & Dros).

DATA & INTERACTION

Design of interactive installations and interfaces whereby the application of data adds value for people, society and/or nature. Projects are innovative in character and stimulate (inter)action. From autonomous to commercial, from app to site and from installations to virtual worlds.

ERODE I RANDOM STUDIO 

BUYCLOUD I STUDIO NOA JANSMA 

INSIDE THE NYPD’S SURVEILLANCE MACHINE I SUPERPOSITION 

Expert jury: Daniël Sytsma (Isobar & Dentsu), Liza Enebeis (Studio Dumbar), Merel van Helsdingen (Nxt Museum), Shay Raviv (design researcher, co-founder De Voorkamer) and Bas van der Poel (Modem).

BEST COMMISSIONING

The prize for commissioning bodies that make strategic and structural use of designers and design in their organisation or institute. From selection and briefing to offering space for creativity and safeguarding the results within their organisation.

SERVICE APOTHEEK: VAN TOEKOMSTVISIE TOT DESIGN_FABRIQUE

WTFFF!_MORROW (+ HACK THE PLANET + Q42 + JONAS DEVACHT + JOEP LE BLANC)

FEST OF MOVEMENT_VLISCO


Expert jury: Tijn van Elderen (Brabantia), Madeleine van Lennep (BNO),) Jaina Padberg-Bührmann (Coolblue), Milou Pikaart (HEMA) and Eelco van Collenburg (Valtech).


YOUNG DESIGNER

The stimulation fund for young talented designers who graduated no more than five years ago. The designer is central in the assessment process and the quality of the entire portfolio is taken into account.

CREAM ON CHROME (Martina Huynh & Jonas Althaus)

IRENE HA

LEO MAHER

Expert jury: Evelien Reich (ELLE Decoration NL) Aynouk Tan (journalist, curator, lecturer, activist), Liv Vaisberg (Liv Vaisberg Office for Art & Design) Gabrielle Kennedy (DAMN° Magazine), Thomas Clever (Clever°Franke) and Borre Akkersdijk (BYBORRE).

DDA AWARD SHOW 2022 

The presentation of the Dutch Design Awards will take place this year during an Award Show in Eindhoven. Each category will have its own moment in the spotlight, whereby we will take a closer look at trends and developments, the designers and their nominated projects. And of course, we will also announce the winners. The DDA Award Show will take place in the second half of the Dutch Design Week; the exact date will be announced soon. All the nominated and winning projects can be seen for the duration of DDW, in the nine-day DDA22 retrospective exhibition.