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Dutch Design Awards 2025 jury announced

The Dutch Design Awards (DDA) has revealed its jury for 2025, chaired by Borre Akkersdijk (BYBORRE®). The panel will evaluate emerging designers under 35, focusing on vision, social engagement, and multidisciplinary practice. The jury brings together diverse expertise, including architect Samir Bantal (AMO), designer Sabine Marcelis, CLOUD...

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Dutch Design Awards 2023: This is the winner in the fashion category

The winners of this year's Dutch Design Award have been announced. Tailors and Wearers, a platform for Afro-Surinamese fashion and heritage, took home the award in the fashion category. The award ceremony took place on Thursday night in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Tailors and Wearers is a foundation aimed at preserving, developing and exchanging...

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Dutch Design Awards announce winner in Fashion category

Dutch fashion designer Yamuna Forzani has been named the winner of the Dutch Design Awards in the fashion category. Forzani is an alumna of The Hague Royal Academy of Art (KABK), artistic director, fashion designer and a member of the Dutch ballroom scene. She won the award for her concept of The Utopia Ball x Fashion Show: an amalgamation of a...

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Dutch Design Awards 2022 announce fashion nominees

Dutch fashion designers David Laport, Yamuna Forzani (both graduates of the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague) and Antoine Peters, a graduate of ArtEZ University of the Arts, are the nominees for the Dutch Design Awards in the fashion category, as per an announcement on the official website of the awards. In October, a professional jury will...

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Dutch Design Awards' announced 3 winners of the International Jury Award

For the first time in its history, the Dutch Design Awards announced three winners of the prestigious International Jury Award instead of the usual one. The winners, announced on the 21st October, are Het Grootste Museum van Nederland (‘The Largest Museum of the Netherlands’), Cow & Co, and Zaligebrug. The Dutch approach to collaboration is...