Dutch Design Awards: Emerging Talent Award 2025

For over two decades, Dutch Design Awards (DDA) has celebrated designers who push boundaries, reimagine futures, and shape the role of design in society. With the Emerging Talent Award, we recognise designers who embody bold imagination, creative courage, and the power of collaboration—those who reframe what design can achieve today and tomorrow.

This year, three promising designers will each receive a €10,000 award and personal guidance within the Dutch Design Week programme, offering them both recognition and support to further develop their practice.

Help us celebrate the designers shaping the future of design. By nominating a talent, you help pass on the baton—connecting past and future, and keeping the conversation on Dutch design alive and evolving. Discover more about the award, the jury, the prizes, and the requirements here.

The award is made possible with support from the Keep an Eye Foundation, which champions emerging creative talent.

Nominate now!

Nominations close on September 15 at 23:59 PM CEST.