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About
Esmée Willemsen is a Dutch Designer currently finishing her Master Degree at the University of Arts in Berlin.
Exhibitions
2024
AddWood: Perspectives on Printable Timber, Bastion Florenc,
Prague, CZ
Crafting Futures, Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague, NL
Talente - Meister der Zukunft, Handwerksmesse München, DE
Transform! Designing the future of Energy, Vitra Design Museum,
Weil am Rhein, DE
Limburg Biënnale, MARRES House of Contemporary Art,
Maastricht, NL
German Design Graduates, MAKING NOISE: Suggestions for a complex world, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, NL
2023
Diploma Selection Designblok, Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, CZ
Jerusalem Design Week, Hansen House Center for Design, Media and Technology, Jerusalem, IL
2022
DESIGN LAB #9 NEOBIONTEN, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin, DE
2021
Vorspiel TRANSMEDIALE, Design Transfer, Berlin, DE
2020
GLOBAL GRAD SHOW, Dubai Design Week, AE
ANTENNA, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, NL
INTERCONNECTED, Design Transfer, Berlin, DE
2019
INTERVENTION #4, Bauhaus Archiv Berlin, DE
2018
4th ISTANBUL DESIGN BIENNIAL, Akbank Sanat, TR
Scholarships
2024
Berlin Glass E.V
Summerclass mould
2020/2021
Promos, DAAD
Germany - Japan
Studio
Awards
2025
German Design Award - Newcomer Nominee
2024
Designblok Prague, Bastion Florenc
Best designer presentation
2023
Designblok Prague, Museum of Decorative Arts
Diploma Selection 1st Prize
Press
2024
Flash Art #74, 12/2024-3/2025
Printed publication
Wohnrevue, 12-24 01-25
Printed Publication
CZECH Design Magazine
Article
Transform! Design and the Future of Energy
Vitra Design Museum
Printed Publication
2023
Designboom: Jerusalem Design Week 2023 explores the power of lies and falsehoods
Feature
Dezeen: Five key trends from Jerusalem Design Week 2023
Feature
Dezeen: Ten projects by graduates of University of Arts Berlin
Feature
Dezeen: Biocement chair and wax urn among top graduate projects at Designblok
Feature
Archipanic: Jerusalem Design Week 2023 Explores the power of lies and falsehood in contemporary societies
Feature
The Jerusalem Post: Jerusalem Design Week 2023 focuses on facts
Feature
2022
FRAME Magazine: How phase-change materials might create more sustainable temperature control
Article
2021
Printed publication
sicht + sonnenschutz 11/2021: Junge Designerinnen entwickeln intelligenten Vorhang
2020
Euronews
Interview
Microtek
Case Study
2019
(s)mow Journal
Article
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