Studio Samayam has launched an international open call for designers, artists, researchers, and interdisciplinary creatives to participate in a curated group exhibition during Dutch Design Week 2026 in Eindhoven. The exhibition, titled “Stories Through Design”, invites projects that explore the relationship between objects, craft, labour, material, and storytelling through critical and research-driven design practices.
By Creatives Unite CommunityIn a world full of things, more waste, capitalistic exploitation and colonial injustices, why do we design, for whom do we design and how do we continue to design, make, create? Does your work try to answer these questions? Then we warmly invite you to a collective exhibition at Dutch Design Week titled “stories through design”.
Participants will benefit from:
- Exhibition exposure during Dutch Design Week
- Inclusion in a curated international group show
- Opportunities for dialogue and collaboration with other exhibiting designers
- Visibility within an audience of design professionals, curators, collectors, and visitors attending DDW
- A shared exhibition environment encouraging collective curation and exchange
Who Can Apply
The call is open internationally to:
- Researchers
- Designers
- Artists
- Craft practitioners
- Interdisciplinary creatives with tangible outcomes from their practice
Studio Samayam particularly encourages applications from:
- Emerging and mid-career practitioners or studios
- Creatives collaborating with craft, marginalised, or Indigenous communities
- Practices rooted in or in dialogue with the Global South
- Researchers working across design, craft, anthropology, ecology, or politics
For more information about Studio Samayam and its curatorial approach, visit studiosamayam.com.
