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What does a fair career in the creative sector actually look like — from the inside?
Ned Kaar, housing officer and alumni coordinator at @designacademyeindhoven, has a front-row seat. He watches young designers find their footing, lose it, and find it again. He knows what support makes the difference.
This Thursday & Friday, Ned joins Barbara Revelli (@elia_arts) and Joost Heinsius @creativeflip.eu is on the opening panel at Satellite BEYOND in Amsterdam — a two-day design sprint on fair practice in Europe’s cultural sector. We’re proud to bring his perspective to the table as co-organiser. 🌍
📍 Amsterdam | 8–9 May | Part of Europe Day
🔗 Link in bio to sign up
#FairPractice #SatelliteBEYOND #EuropeDay #EUNICNL #CreativeCareers DesignAcademyEindhoven by @nedkaar

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3 months ago

🗞️ Durante la Design Week, la redazione de Il Giorno si apre al pubblico e diventa uno spazio vivo dove il design si confronta con il presente.

🌍 Il 21 aprile alle 19:00, nel panel dedicato al design sociale, interviene Ned Kaar, designer irlandese con base a Eindhoven.

Un punto di vista internazionale per esplorare il design come strumento capace di generare impatto, attivare comunità e rispondere alle sfide contemporanee.

Un dialogo aperto su come il progetto possa andare oltre la forma, diventando leva di cambiamento sociale.

📍 21 aprile | h 19:00 | Redazione Il Giorno – Design Week

🤝 Cofinanziato dall’Unione Europea
In collaborazione con QN Distretti

Main Partner: @grupposace , @simest_spa
Partner: @a2alifecompany , @casartigiani_lombardia , @gruppocap

Siamo anche Media partner di Brera Design District, Porta Venezia District, Fuorisalone.it, Chinatown District, Superstudio+, @fondazionefrancoalbini

#designweek #fuorisalone2026 #milanodesignweek #ilgiorno #eventimilano taken in Il Giorno by @nedkaar

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3 months ago

Meet the new residents for Redesigning Design Weeks – CIVICITY 2026!⁠
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Nieuwe Instituut, Milanese cultural organisation cheFare, and the Collective Works curators have announced the new resident designers for the 2026 edition of Redesigning Design Weeks – CIVICITY. ⁠
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Demo– practice and Ned Kaar were selected through an open call in autumn 2025, and will complete a two-month residency in Milan this year. During this time, they will develop site-specific design responses that critically examine the environmental, social and spatial challenges surrounding large-scale urban design events. Their research and proposals will be grounded in collaborations with two new local community organisations: Barrio’s in Milan’s Barona neighbourhood and Fondazione Abitiamo in the Niguarda district.⁠
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Demo– practice and Ned Kaar will present their initial findings at Milan Design Week in 2026, alongside the final outcomes of the 2025 CIVICITY residents, Pete Fung and Studio-Method. Building on this previous research, Demo– practice and Ned Kaar will present the final, expanded outcomes of their residencies at Milan Design Week 2027.⁠
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Read more through the link in our bio. ⁠
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#RedesigningDesignWeeks⁠
#CIVICITY⁠
#MilanDesignWeek⁠
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@quindi_chefare ⁠
@collectiveworks_nl⁠
@olandiamo⁠
@demo__practice ⁠
@phoebeeyyy⁠
@_pandalter⁠
@nedkaar⁠
@petefung ⁠
@studio___method⁠
@barrios_milano⁠
@fondazione_abitiamo⁠
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Video by Collective Works⁠
With images by David Arturo Hernández Mora and Bruno Baietto by @nedkaar

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6 months ago

ESSENTIAL INTEREST TO DUTCH CULTURE
An open collective exhibition for and by non-EU creatives
Kruisstraat Design District, Kruisstraat 185, Eindhoven
18-26 Oct 2025

A temporary design exhibition created by and for people who have experience of the visa application process as non-EU residents in the Netherlands and exploring the phrase “essential interest to Dutch culture” — a requirement that many non-EU creatives must meet to remain in the country.

This exhibition reclaims that phrase as a sequence of questions: What makes an individual’s work essential and is culture something that can be measured through individual contributions?

The result is a public presentation of design, memory, and identity rooted in Kruisstraat — a vibrant, multicultural street shaped by the very communities that this exhibition seeks to center.

Leveraging the platform of Dutch Design Week along with national funding for design and local collaborations with a real estate developer, municipal office and street-wide business owners association, Kruisstraat Design District (KDD) is a cultural institution founded upon the experiences of diaspora. All participants contribute to the voice of KDD, guiding and executing curatorial and production roles, creating and holding space for each other. KDD recognises the unique contribution of this community to Dutch design and wider culture, and subsequently acts as an open platform for designers in the process of proving their essential interest to Dutch culture by way of exhibitions sent as proof to immigration authorities. All participants receive a letter of participation and share curatorial and production credits.

KDD is initiated by Irish designer Ned Kaar with support from @stimuleringsfonds and an official selected participant of @dutchdesignweek. KDD would not be possible without the support of @gemeente_eindhoven, @kragtgroep and the Kruisstraat BIZ.

Created, curated and produced by 33 artists and designers (tagged next to their work).

More info at Kruisstraat.design.site taken in Woenselse Markt by @nedkaar

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9 months ago

ESSENTIAL INTEREST TO DUTCH CULTURE
An open collective exhibition for and by non-EU creatives
Kruisstraat Design District, Kruisstraat 185, Eindhoven
18-26 Oct 2025

A temporary design exhibition created by and for people who have experience of the visa application process as non-EU residents in the Netherlands and exploring the phrase “essential interest to Dutch culture” — a requirement that many non-EU creatives must meet to remain in the country.

This exhibition reclaims that phrase as a sequence of questions: What makes an individual’s work essential and is culture something that can be measured through individual contributions?

The result is a public presentation of design, memory, and identity rooted in Kruisstraat — a vibrant, multicultural street shaped by the very communities that this exhibition seeks to center.

Leveraging the platform of Dutch Design Week along with national funding for design and local collaborations with a real estate developer, municipal office and street-wide business owners association, Kruisstraat Design District (KDD) is a cultural institution and representative for non-European Dutch designers. All participants contribute to the voice of KDD, guiding and executing curatorial and production roles, creating and holding space for each other. KDD recognises the unique contribution of this community to Dutch design and wider culture, and subsequently acts as an open platform for designers in the process of proving their essential interest to Dutch culture by way of exhibitions sent as proof to immigration authorities. All participants receive a letter of participation and share curatorial and production credits.

KDD is initiated by Irish designer Ned Kaar with support from @stimuleringsfonds and an official selected participant of @dutchdesignweek. KDD would not be possible without the support of @gemeente_eindhoven, @kragtgroep and the Kruisstraat BIZ.

Created, curated, and produced by 33 artists and designers (tagged next to their work).

More info at Kruisstraat.design.site taken in Woenselse Markt by @nedkaar

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9 months ago

Dutch Design Week draait om samenwerking en creativiteit 💙
In onze straat gebeurt deze week zoveel moois! Ondernemers geven samen met designers toffe workshops, en sponsors helpen ons de vele designs echt te laten zien. Bij het Emma District gaat het erom samen te ontdekken en elkaar te inspireren.

Een speciale dank aan @friskarton voor het prachtige kartonmateriaal en aan @petervanede voor het tot leven brengen van de designs als printsponsor.

Ben jij al langs geweest tijdens DDW? 👀 taken in Nieuwe Emmasingel Eindhoven by @nedkaar

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9 months ago

The game is on! Van 18 t/m 26 oktober verandert Emma District tijdens Dutch Design Week in een speelveld vol creativiteit, innovatie en interactie met DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS. 🚫

We verklappen nog niet alles… maar wel alvast dit: deze geweldige winkels doen mee en openen hun deuren voor verrassende ontdekkingen!

Bereid je voor om te kijken, spelen en ervaren. Het programma blijft nog even een verrassing… maar een ding is zeker: Emma District wordt de plek om te ontdekken tijdens DDW 2025. 👀

#emmadistrict #ddw25 #dutchdesignweek taken in Nieuwe Emmasingel Eindhoven by @nedkaar

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10 months ago

Van 18 t/m 26 oktober is het Emma District de plek tijdens Dutch Design Week 2025. Met DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS verandert onze straat in een groot speelveld van creativiteit, innovatie en interactie. 🙌

Het thema draait om spel als tool: de ontwerpers gebruiken spelen om nieuwe ideeën te testen, regels te doorbreken en oplossingen te vinden voor grote uitdagingen. En jij mag meekijken, ontdekken en natuurlijk zelf ervaren hoe design en spel samenkomen.

Ben jij klaar om de regels van het alledaagse uit te dagen?
🗓️ Wanneer: 18 tot 26 oktober
📍 Waar: Emma District, Eindhoven
🎯 Wat: Tentoonstellingen, installaties, workshops en live events.

#ddw25 #dutchdesignweek #emmadistrict #eindhoven taken in Nieuwe Emmasingel Eindhoven by @nedkaar

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10 months ago

The website is up and running!

Happy (and nervous) to launch this into the Dutch Design Week later this month, with more information to follow soon.

A temporary exhibition created by and for people who have experience of the visa application process as non-EU residents in the Netherlands and exploring the phrase “essential interest to Dutch culture” — a requirement that many non-EU creatives must meet to remain in the country.

Through a breadth of contributions, and a collective curatorial process, it aims to reclaim that phrase as a question: What makes an individual’s work essential, and is culture something to be measured through individual contributions?

The result will be a public presentation of design, memory, and identity rooted in Kruisstraat — a vibrant, multicultural street shaped by the very communities that this exhibition seeks to center.

The open call for this open exhibition remains open up until build up in a couple weeks.

To get involved or find out more you can follow the link in bio, or send me a message.

Please share with a friend!

This open call is part of a wider project graciously supported by @stimuleringsfonds and could not happen without the support of the @gemeente_eindhoven and their staff on Kruisstraat and the ondernemers of the street.

@dutchdesignweek @designacademyeindhoven Essential Interest to Dutch Culture - Open Call for Dutch Design Week 2025 taken in Eindhoven, Woensel by @nedkaar

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10 months ago

This week & next at Paskamer
Come by, say hi, and hang out with us!

📍 Paskamer at @designbiennalerotterdam
Rotterdam W70 (Weena 70, Rotterdam)
Everyday from 11:00-17:00 (closed on Monday 22 and Tueasday 23)

Presenting works of @sass_scimiro and @nedkaar

📍 Paskamer at @_paskamer_
Sat, Feb 22 (opening event/7pmish ✨)
Sun, Feb 23 (4pm–7pmish)
Mon, Feb 24 – Wed, Feb 26 (closed)
Thu, Feb 27 (4pm–7pmish)
Fri, Feb 28 (4pm–7pmish)
Sat, Feb 29 – (closing event/TBA✨)

But we’re happy to open by appointment! Just email us at → paskamer.paskamer@gmail.com taken in Weena Rotterdam by @nedkaar

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a year ago

I’ve been a resident in the studio of @ceola_tb & @maurik_stomps over the past month. This weekend marks the end of these weeks of molten wax with a presentation of tests and works I’ve created. We’d be delighted if you would join us as we celebrate the culmination of the residency and the beginning of spring on Friday 29th at 18h30 - 21h00.

BYOB if you wish. Music and a festive waxed egg hunt will be provided.

Address: Delftsestraat 29, Rotterdam taken in Rotterdam, Netherlands by @nedkaar

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2 years ago

X | The collaboration between student radio station @elevator.radio and the @designacademyeindhoven Editorial Team will be searching out spaces between at SaloneSatellite during Salone del Mobile 2023. Embracing ‘X’ as a sign of the unknown and also of collaboration, the week will feature a complete programme of broadcasts, contributions from alumni and roundtable discussions with industry experts around themes such as ‘Crisis X Critique’ and ‘Known X Unknown’ amongst others. Visit and take part at SaloneSatellite Booth A18, or tune in to the broadcasts via the elevator radio website. |Team: @awinst @petefung @chloealyshea @matildepatuelli_ @nickmmeares @yp_yuanpu @wuguanyan @legitasianboyfriend @nobey_create @sexegambetta | Beautiful risograph posters by @wuguanyan. Production by yours truly. Initiated by the @designacademyeindhoven. taken in Design Academy Eindhoven by @nedkaar

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3 years ago