The winners of all 8 categories of this year’s Dutch Design Awards (DDA) are excellent researchers, skilled makers and they work closely with other disciplines. On Thursday 21 September, DDA presented the awards to the winners during the celebratory DDA Award Night. During this year’s Dutch Design Week from 21 to 29 October 2023 all the award-winning and nominated entries will be displayed at the DDA23 exhibition.
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The boundaries between disciplines have become increasingly blurred in recent years. The expert juries assessed more projects this year than ever before that would not have looked out of place in a different category. So the question is: can design still be categorised in the same way? The majority of the design projects that were submitted are crossovers. Apart from makership, research and collaboration, other themes this year are: taking the personal as a starting point, offering a wide range of perspectives and the need for meaning and connection.
These are the winners of Dutch Design Awards 2023:
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Product
FROM THE HIMALAYAS | SUPER LOCAL
“From the flow of materials to local processing, and from object design to circular financing, FROM THE HIMALAYAS is super Super Local: groundbreaking in its processes, complete and holistic design.”
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Habitat
BOSK | ARCADIA x GEMEENTE LEEUWARDEN
“BOSK is a clever, nature-inclusive protest with protesters who you will start to love. The entire project is exemplary, with trees as star players.”
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Communication
MODEM RESEARCH PAPERS | MODEM
“The MODEM RESEARCH PAPERS are hyper relevant, and they are presented in a way that we don’t often see from research agencies: attractively and accessibly.”
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Fashion
TAILORS AND WEARERS | TAILORS AND WEARERS – PLATFORM VOOR AFRO-SURINAAMSE MODE EN ERFGOED
“TAILORS AND WEARERS puts Afro-Surinamese fashion and cultural heritage powerfully into the spotlights with a multitude of shapes and forms, and modern interpretations for and by different generations.”
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Design research
HET WATERWERK VAN ONS GELD (THE WATERWORKS OF OUR MONEY) | STUDIO CARLIJN KINGMA
“Very strong illustrative and journalistic work by Carlijn Kingma. The visual storytelling power and the clever animations spark THE WATERWORKS OF OUR MONEY to life for a broad audience.”
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Data & Interaction
VOICES FROM THE FRONTLINE – AFRICA CLIMATE MOBILITY INITIATIVE WEBSITE | CLEVER°FRANKE
“CLEVER°FRANKE clearly shows the impact of climate change with VOICES FROM THE FRONTLINE. Once again they prove to be a master in making data understandable.”
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Best Commissioning
DE ZACHTE STAD (THE SOFT CITY) | ROTTERDAM CIRCULAIR x CHRISTIEN MEINDERTSMA
“With THE SOFT CITY, the city of Rotterdam is effectively using the power of excellent design to explain the circular economy with a practical example to its citizens.”
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Young Designer
“Marcos Kueh manages to incorporate a digital beauty in his expressive visual style with the ancient crafts he uses to tell a story that is screaming for attention.”
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BNO Piet Zwart prijs 2023
“With his timeless craftsmanship he seamlessly matches form and function. Karel Martens has made an exceptional contribution to the field of graphic design – both in terms of meaning and prestige.”
DDA AWARD NIGHT 2023
De uitreiking van de Dutch Design Awards aan alle winnaars vond dit jaar plaats op donderdag 21 september tijdens een bijzondere Award Night in Muziekgebouw Eindhoven. Elke categorie kreeg een eigen moment waarin dieper in werd gegaan relevante ontwikkelingen, de ontwerpers en hun winnende projecten. Het werk van alle winnaars en genomineerden is bovendien te zien in de negen dagen durende overzichtstentoonstelling DDA23 op Dutch Design Week 2023 (21-29 oktober 2023). Daar kiezen bezoekers ook de winnaar van de Public Award.