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🏆 | Celebrating how designers continue to chart the way forward. Emerging Talent Award 2025: 15 nominees leading the field into the future

09/07/2026

🧡 Dutch Design Awards proudly presents the finalists of the Emerging Talent Award 2026: a new generation of fifteen designers and creatives forming the Dutch Design Awards Class of 2026.

“The DDA Class of 2026 represents the true, expansive reality of Dutch design at its best. It is defined by a distinct red thread of radical thinking. The limelight on these super-smart, creative people is more important than ever,”

stated the jury, chaired by and composed of imruh asha Gabriele Chiave Karin van Gilst Hussein Suleiman | Daily Paper

The fifteen nominees for the Emerging Talent Award of DDA26 are:

ESMAY WAGEMANS

Julia Janssen
Jun Fujisaku 藤咲潤
Maggie Laylon Saunders

Ori Orisun ☼ Merhav
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Ülkühan Akgül

Yuro Zunaina Suragani “Yoji the Monster” Moniz

🏆 We’re impressed by these 15 critical voices and their promise for the field, and proud to put them side by side as a cohort of forerunners with the Emerging Talent Award.

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♦️ Dutch Design Awards 2026

🏆 The Emerging Talent Award is supported by Juliette de Swarte — a longstanding partner of Dutch Design Awards in championing young talent.

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Colette by Matilde Stolfa
Esmay by Michelle Helena Janssen
Studio ACTE by Charlotte Gaubert
Gijs by FRANK HANSWIJK
Hsin by Willeke Machiel
Julia by Maarten Delobel
Jun by Natsume Kano
Maggie by Koen van der Kam
Necim courtesy of the designer
Ori by Studio Mimesis
Rosalie by Michèle Giebing
Sondi by Ruby Cruden
Ülkühan by Mees Mulder
Yorick courtesy of the designer
Yuro courtesy of the designer

13/05/2026

Nominate the emerging designers who continue to inspire you. The voices challenging the field. Who are shaking things up.
⏳ Last chance: nominations close 15 May!

🪽 The Emerging Talent Award spotlights those reshaping what design is and can stand for. Know someone who is already shifting the conditions-or are you that talent? Now’s your chance.

🧡 The Jury: Nominations will be assessed by an international jury of pioneers, including: Karin van Gilst and chair

🏆 The Support: Three selected designers will each receive €10,000 grants. Selected nominees will form the Class of 2026-a collective of designers brought together to reshape what’s possible.

🪶 Nominate via the link in bio. Supported by , championing young talent.

11/05/2026

Last Week.
Nominate a designer who inspires you. Or apply yourself.
↪ Link in bio.

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