Paula van Engen – TEA LAB by Frank & Paul Tea – who hasn’t heard of it? A delightful hot beverage in so many flavours. As a real tea lover, I’m obsessed with the rich depth of tea. It’s so…

Guus Damhuis – PHENOMENON Icon, Superstar, Phenomenon. I want to inspire people to think outside the box of familiar fashion rules and to lead more expressive lives. Our society is…

Leila van Rooden – 80/20 blijvend balans As a fan of cooking and eating healthy, it astonishes me how eager people are to order food delivery – especially for unhealthy food. That’s why…

Danique de Groot – Vice Versa A dream about a new kind of learning system, one that can prevent students from getting burn-outs, isn’t that worth striving for? A new kind…

Samantha Da Rios – Animal fetish I grew up in a family that didn’t eat meat on a daily basis. When we did eat meat, it would be bought from a butcher. This meant a better taste…

Eva Syfert – crybaby I’ve always been enamoured by fashion, but when I realised how much waste is produced in making it, I began to feel guilty about it…

Marije Duijn – Het Nieuwbouw Handboek When you buy a newly built home, you’re bombarded with questions. While the property is being built and furnished, a lot of decisions have to be taken in quick succession. Where do you even start?

Roos van Haren – Never again true silence. Tinnitus – it’s something I’ve been struggling with for a number years. Even though it’s an affliction that’s not talked about much, its impact on your life can be huge…

Anouk Blaauboer – Digital Nomad  – The next ten years will see an increased focus on furnishing cosy, inspiring, flexible workspaces…

Samesa Misidjan – The Inside I found it hard to comprehend how even in the year 2021 we still accept the western beauty standard as completely self-evident, and this spurred me to deconstruct the stereotypes surrounding beauty…

Sanne Martens – ((AI).GHTTT, DA’S NEP ECHT! Synthetic media is an up-and-coming trend that’s set to completely overhaul our media landscape…

Sacha Jeurissen – Brabantia: dat ruimt op. We all encounter some amount of chaos in our lives. The coronavirus pandemic has only reinforced that…

Marijn Speijer – Van Binnenuit I was raised in an open-minded family. Because of that, alternative medicine has always been a part of my life – so I know all about the special benefits…

Elodie Hooftman – Vivez la liberté People are a marvel. They are my greatest source of inspiration. Everybody is unique, yet everybody has so much in common; it’s endlessly fascinating…

Imke Hettema – Just let them shine again One in every three Dutch women and one in every eight Dutch men will one day get dementia. Chances are, this affliction is already a part of your life today in some way…

Meike Mentink – MULTI With the housing shortage standing at 300.000, it’s safe to say we have a problem on our hands. Young professionals are hit particularly hard…

Eveline Adam – Dagboek van een koopverslaafde die afkickt In this diary of a compulsive buyer who’s kicking the habit, I’m sharing my own process of weaning myself off fast fashion…

Angelo Elizabeth – 1863 My inspiration is Black Activism. This theme, which has emerged in response to ethnic profiling and police violence against black people, is close to my heart…

Joni Overbeek – Normalize Everybody My research shows that people still keep quiet about racism and discrimination…

Kalkidan Mesfin – The Listro Movement My aim was to translate my fascination for Ethiopian urban culture and shoe shiners into a sustainable concept…

Louise van der Ham – Behapbaar DRESSING THE PLAID. What are the possibilities and where should we look for inspiration? My own experiences working in hospitality have…

Janne Feuerstein – Trashure Consumer society has inspired me to make a coffee table book about something we hate to see and want to be rid of: waste…

Francis Madern – Suurfris Our kitchen cabinets have become the latest battlefield in the war against plastics…

Khrystyna Khomutova – Unbox your mind My fascination for psychology (emotions), society, culture, and how these three concepts interconnect…

Francesca de Gouw – GENERATION ANXIOUS Since the coronavirus crisis, psychological complaints have been soaring among young people…

Iris Bruins Slot – MOED Based on my fascination for people and society. While on the one hand we’ve grown a lot more prudish as a society, one the other we are regularly bombarded…

Merel Annabel Visscher – FEZ Collection FEZ Collection is a new answer to the trend of sustainability. We surround ourselves with so much clutter these days, we’re up to…

Sanne Eken – Sissize My sister is the main source of inspiration for this project. Research has shown that many people are afraid to wear the things they want to wear. They don’t…

Marieke Hulshof – Ik zie, ik zie wat jij niet ziet.. “Hey, how are you? I’m worried about you.” As simple as the question is, it can be difficult to ask. An eating disorder. Loved ones…

Melvin Delano Mohan – The Home Office This project was founded on the practice of curing burnouts using special fabrics and gemstones…

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Irina Cheremisina – TOUCHPOINT I enjoy bringing new technology, art and science together. Quality of communication is quality of life. Face-to-face communication is turning…

Eefje Dagevos – Just pause This project came about as a result of my fascination for the beauty of the mundane and a desire to contemplate the everyday things around us…

Amy-Jo Rolvink – De Mens; Een Dier My search for the animal side of humankind, brought about by our current gamut of social issues…

Marthe Koetsier – Iconisch design The form and tactuality of universal, simple objects… The endless development and advancement of technology and the digital world has instilled…

Nadine van Walsum – SAMA.SAMA My graduation subject came about when I thought about an issue I was faced with from time to time…

Afke van Ast – Portal Since my teenage years, I’ve been interested in aesthetics and the unrevealed. More than ever, we long to untangle who we are deep down, and so we go on…

Jaysy Oosterveen – MAKE THE SWITCH The boundaries between what’s real and what’s fake have faded dramatically. It’s almost impossible to tell a digital copy from the original…

Maaike Verbaarschot – ODE AAN HET LEVEN My grandmother had Alzheimer’s disease, which over time made verbal communication impossible. With the population ageing…

Olimpia Reszka – JAGA, voor fulltime ouders Fascination for social issues and developments. My research has shown that people who’ve decided to be fulltime parents are lonely…

Sabine van Oostrum – Albert Heijntje voor de kleintjes My passion for wellness and good food. Consumers are living more mindful, healthier lives…

Alexandra Budding – The Lijf-line My curiosity about how Gen Z see their bodies and how they handle sex growing up in a society under strong social media influence…

Anne Veltman – Laten we seks praten Telling personal, pure, loving stories. It’s a common thought: oh, those old folks stopped having sex long ago. But is that really true…

Anne-Lotte van Vonderen – SENSE YOUR SENSES My research into the importance of stimulating the senses has convinced me to inspire the fashion and interior industries…

Anouck van Maasdam – Relisten My fascination for sound is driven by the concept of misophonia, an affliction that can turn sounds into a source of torment. Research shows…

Anouk Ottens – Storytel Connects An increasing number of older adults aged 70 and up feel isolated or lonely due to physical impairments. Some can’t leave the house by themselves…

Bente van Bremen – FLAWESOME People’s self-image is always on my mind, the way we think and feel but also how the world around us sees us, and what we think we see…

Bodine Smit – The walk of blame “That’s just what you get when you…” The anger and frustration I felt about this sentence is what gave rise to this project…

Bob Dijkshoorn – GEENBLIKWAARDIG A strong fascination for the drive for perfection, greed, and a world of relentless consumption. We buy happiness, are driven…

Dominique Reinders – Beleef Bali Bewust My fascination for different cultures and my stay in Bali have driven me to look into the crossroads where culture, tourism and colonialism…

Catoo Vencken – Wij leven ook! It tugs at my heartstrings when young children are stricken with a serious illness. Why do their bodies betray them at such a young age…

Celine Pieterse – Dans La Forêt This concept is a response to a society going through a crisis. The complementing emotions that have come to the forefront, like love and sadness…

Chaylina Poyner – Status? Status is important to everyone. But I’d like to make a change in how young people view status. Because status isn’t what you wear, but who you are…

Daisy Pot – Regular, an ode to the ordinary With the advent of the corona crisis, online ordering of goods has soared. The post office where I work is handling absurd numbers of…

Danisha Kraan – Inside Icons, lost minds in the quarter life crisis Studies show that people derive their inner motivation from role models, also known as archetypes living in…

Esmée Julia van der Molen – Dear Black Men My fascination for my own Surinamese heritage and the BLM movement has served as a source of inspiration for this concept, which is meant to empower…

Estelle Legger – Jishin, a sustainable make-up line for Shiseido I’ve started this project driven by my fascination for Old Japan and my love for makeup. Jishin is an innovative…

Feline van Kampen – THE EXPERIENCE BOX X GORILLAS I’ve got a fascination for light and the way it’s experienced in hospitality and other spaces; making a room look like…

Femke Rijpkema – HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED SUICIDE? “Lifting the taboo on talking about suicide”: let me begin by speaking freely. I want to die…

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Fien Lute – The Dazed Don’t Dive My eternal search for the sublime sense of life has led to the question: are we still able to take a deep dive like this today?Due to the abundance of…

Giny Dijkstra – Intimate Celebrations My experience as a flower stylist and my passion for event styling have led me to research the increasing demand for small-scale events…

Iris de Vries – The Female Wave My love for music and design and taking a stand for women’s rights are united in this project. Despite the vast numbers of successful women…

Hester Arends – The age of excess My goal is to make a caricature of my generation – a generation that stands by as capitalism slowly erodes the world from under their feet. The extent…

Jasmijn Lubsen – KIJKEN MET ANDERE OGEN When architecture and the senses are connected, the results can be liberating. There’s plenty we can do over the course of a hectic day…

Jasmijn Schrijvers –PAXI, de planeten taxi die jou de toekomst in lanceert! My interest in broadening children’s perspective of the future. 65% of children currently…

Jeaniek Verboon – IK DENK CORONA OM We live in a world where everything has to be entertaining, we don’t know how to handle disappointments and setbacks, and we’ve never…

Jeanny Bakker – ANTIFILTER I’ve always been fascinated by plastic and cosmetic surgery. My research has shown that social media is making us more eager to get elective surgery. This is…

Jessien Paqué – The new food & tea experience I’ve always thought setting the right mood is a key part of eating. In my research, I was fascinated to discover that there’s much more than…

Jet Steeghs – ‘En wat nu? Van afstuderen naar een toekomst creëren.’ Insecurity, decision paralysis, burnouts, and social pressure. These are all things we members of Gen Z encounter…

Josje Nunnink – Flow: in het teken van ontwikkeling My fascination for the psychological challenges in life. Many adolescents and young adults are going through emotional developments…

Joske Vink – Making Memories Out Of Memories My fascination for travel, protecting culture, and the contrast between the analogue and the digital world. How will we travel in the future? I’ve looked…

Julia aan de Stegge – Jads: Human meets nature (again) Based on my fascination for the ocean, fashion, and my love for nature. My large-scale research of the ocean has led me to draw two conclusions…

Kiki de Haas – De Kliek | Nieuw Wonen Buiten Amsterdam My interest for the various environments and surroundings we grow up and live in. Research has shown that people miss…

Kimberly Christiaans – The Playground I have a fascination for interior and the positive effects it can have. Social housing in the Netherlands is suffering from shortages. This affects many low-income citizens…

Lisa-Lotte Stigter – The Silver Linings For ages, I’ve been fascinated by beautiful visual moments, and I’m very pleased to have been able to record them in my book The Silver Linings…

Lize Veeneman – TACT By Stylizh Gym In an age dominated by social media, telling apart what’s fake and what’s real can be tricky. TACT is an innovative collection for young, active women who…

Loïs van der Weert – Vincent van Cloth The palette of a Dutch painter is a source of inspiration. One artist in particular has inspired me: Vincent van Gogh. Over the course of ten years, he painted…

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Lotte Brunekreef – THE EYE OF AMSTERDAM Research shows that the University of Amsterdam leads the charts when it comes to reports of discrimination. Even in student associations…

Luna van den Berg – Straight Up During my studies at Academie Artemis, I’ve found that I enjoy photographing people, to tell a story about them through the lens of photography, and to capture an emotion…

Luna Vuurman – Zondag Sharing a meal is one of the easiest ways to bond with someone. When we do this regularly, we feel happier and lead better lives, as various studies show…

Mandy Langens – The Emotional Home I like to think about ways for us to connect with our interiors, aside from just the visual aspect. The soft power of our habitats. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic…

Maybritt van Asch – MAN OPEN UP I’ve become fascinated by how we’ve arranged our society in such a way that it’s pushing more and more young people into social isolation and mental health issues…

Mirella Schulein – Lay-Out My fascination for how important social media have become in our era has driven me to take a closer look at this topic. My research shows that young creatives don’t…

Naïk Lonsain – Vecht The past year, my attention was drawn to a series of reports of violent incidents and knife crime among teenagers. The stabbings that dominated the news…

Nikki Sluiter – Dwaaaal® I have a recurring fascination for the themes of cyclicality, beginning and end. The main focus in this is always the search for self-experience and tranquility…

Noor van Dijk – Le Rêveur by Caliente My goal is to inspire people to dream. Plenty of fashion brands represent a certain female target group, but the only things they share are photos…

Pam Kieft – (No)Pressure We’re living in a rapidly changing society that is preoccupied with a search for meaning and support – desires that I’m also striving to fulfil…

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Pearl Sijmons – De touwtjes in handen The high speed and technological advances of our society have strengthened my appreciation for artisanal techniques. Artisanship is often seen as…

Robin Thijssen – RE-THINK – Waste is piling up around us, but we’re struggling to get rid of it. The linear economy is marked by endless consumption. People are brought up to participate in this system from an early age…

Romy de Wit – The visual poetry of doing nothing For ages I have been fascinated by the western obsession with time management and high-speed living…

Roos Alberts – Wouldn’t it be nice? Creating awareness and empowering women in their experiences with contraception. Women have…

Roos Minten – The Reality Show For my graduation project, I’ve developed a visual trend scenario, showing that the freedom we so fervently live for in the…

Rosa de Winter – Gisou’s Salon Treatment For my graduation project, I’ve looked for a topic that would suit my fascination for perfection, which I…

Roset Pieper – Free, Period. In the Netherlands, 1 in 10 people who menstruate are unable to afford menstrual products…

Sarah Zwart – reis naar rust “What is it you want most right now? What do you really need?” Me-time. This is what I’ve used as the basis for my project…

Sterre Brands – Eye Feel The interaction between humankind and our surroundings as a raison d’être and life essence…

Tanisha Pronk – REAL EYES REALIZE REALITY See the world through the eyes of a child and live in a world full of possibilities…

Tessa Kuijper – Chi living My fascination for Chinese philosophy and the relation between wellbeing and spaces…

Tessa Esme – The power of humankind’s inherent connection with nature. Studios esme is researching the future of skin-friendly and circular materials. Making use of new possibilities…

Puck de Groot – Zara x sustainable Vanuit mijn ervaring en met een nieuwe, onbekende cultuur en mijn fascinatie hiervoor…

Tudor van Hoenselaar – A Forward-Looking Story My fascination for development and my personal outlook on the future on humankind…

Zoë Soeters – Get out your stress bubble The inspiration for this project was my fascination for bubble wrap and satisfying videos…

Nathalie Harsono – Out of Your Bubble I’m interested in the way technology influences our society. We spend much of our time on social media where our lives are dictated…

Luz Guzman – Juntos Juntos, or “together” in Spanish, is a new UNICEF initiative. The initiative is about working together, a collaboration between two countries and between young and old, to help combat…

Amy Waard – IKEA in the city It’s been a dynamic year for the retail world, with many changes spurred by the coronavirus pandemic. Digital transformation has accelerated rapidly as…

Janske Laureijs – Fraai op Fancy items and materials – I love them sooo much. But they’re hard to reconcile with sustainability. Our current levels of consumption can’t be maintained…

Kaylee Kromheer – Ode to the female athlete There was a time when sport was off-limits to women. People were afraid that if women were granted access, they’d start taking over…

Sanne Brouwer – ALL-IN-ONE FORCE TECH POWERWEAR With exercising at the gym no longer an option this winter, I’ve taken to exercising outside, and realised I wasn’t alone in discovering…