The 5th Istanbul Design Biennial, with the theme Empathy Revisited: Designs for More Than One, enters its final days. Curated by Mariana Pestana with Sumitra Upham and Billie Muraben, the biennial will conclude with a day-long closing event Not quite a finissage! on 24 April 2021 while opening new works to the public at the same time. Co-hosted with the Design Museum and Het Nieuwe Instituut, the event will present design projects that encourage us to rethink practices of care and civility at this critical moment in time, and to collectively build new systems and structures for reconnecting.

 The symposium will ask how to view and trace the impact and historical interconnections of technologies, social ideals, and legal and computational protocols that have managed humans, their time, their labor, and their behavior.

Are you planning to expand your design practice abroad? Perhaps you’re searching for a suitable residency in another country? Or maybe you could use advice on how to find the right international partner? Then come along and find out more at the International Clinic of Het Nieuwe Instituut on Thursday 16 January 2020 from 16:00 to 18:00.

Join us for an informal conversation between T.J. Demos and Anne van Leeuwen on urgent matters regarding ecology, how to include more-than-human knowledge, the role of arts and humanities when it comes to environmental questions and how what kind of society might instigate change.    

Planning an international career in the arts or looking for advice about an international cultural project? Come tot he International Clinics at Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, held every first Thursday of the month.

The New Material Award introduces the designs of the future from 20 to 28 October 2018 at Dutch Design Week. The biennial award challenges visual artists, designers and architects to use new materials and innovative techniques. The resulting designs will contribute to a better and more sustainable society.