On the eve of Dutch Design Week, 10 former recipients of the Dutch Design Awards have nominated 10 rising stars making waves across the Netherlands.
This year, the Dutch Design Awards (DDA) ? an annual competition that celebrates the best of recent Dutch design ? asked 10 former recipients of the awards to nominate an emerging designer practicing in the Netherlands who they believe is making impactful work across various design disciplines.
All of the spotlighted designers are exhibiting at Dutch Design Week's Microlab Hall. As the annual event that kicks off in Eindhoven tomorrow, read on for the list of practitioners:

Yuta Ikeya
Picked by Christien Meindertsma, Utrecht-based designer and engineer Yuta Ukeya uses technology as a tool to better understand the relationship between humans and non-human species ? in particular, insects. Central to Ukeya's practice is uncovering how existing technology can enhance co-creation and resource-sharing with nature.
Negotiating With The Garden is an ongoing speculative research project by the designer, which he debuted at last year's Dutch Design Week. Described as "making pottery with bees", the project proposes sharing mud with red mason bees to create a pollinator-friendly garden by attaching sensors to a beehive.
"Yuta?s work is layered, inspiring, and wonderfully refined," said Meindertsma.
Find out more about Yuta Ikeya ?

Auke Bleij
Auke Bleij is a designer whose practice centers on urban greening. He is...