Secrid Talent Podium 2026 at Dutch Design Week

Five Years of Design for Impact

COSH! mem­ber Secrid brin­gs its Talent Podi­um back to Dut­ch Design Week in Ein­d­ho­ven. Secrid is the Dut­ch poc­ketwe­ar brand behind the alu­mi­ni­um car­d­pro­tec­tor. For five years it has given a sta­ge to desig­ners wor­king on soci­al and eco­lo­gi­cal chan­ge, and 50 desig­ners have taken part so far. Secrid cal­ls its guiding idea Indus­tri­al Evo­lu­ti­on: every new pro­duct sho­uld be bet­ter than the gene­ra­ti­on befo­re it.

This year seven desig­ners take the spo­tlig­ht, selec­ted in col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with Dut­ch Design Foun­da­ti­on. With RETURN TO SEN­DER, Bob­by Kola­de of Buzi­ga­hill tur­ns dis­car­ded Wes­tern clot­hing into new Ugan­dan fashi­on. Chris­ti­en Meindertsma’s Local Lino­le­um explo­res local mate­ri­als such as wool, wil­low and flax. House of Thol desig­ns prac­ti­cal pro­duc­ts that help redu­ce food was­te. Each selec­ted desig­ner rece­ives coac­hing and €7,777, a nod to Secrid’s seven design principles.

Alon­g­si­de the podi­um, Secrid pre­sents The Ori­gi­nal, Made in Euro­pe. The exhi­bit uses the Ori­gi­nal Car­d­pro­tec­tor to show visi­tors how cho­ices abo­ut mate­ri­als, pro­duc­ti­on, use and repa­ir beco­me part of the design itself.

Practical Information

• Whe­re: Klok­ge­bo­uw (B4), Strijp‑S, Klok­ge­bo­uw 50, 5617 AB Eindhoven
• When: 17 – 25 Octo­ber 2026, daily 11:00 – 18:00
• Pri­ce: DDW tic­ket required
• Type: Exhibition
• Acce­ssi­bi­lity: Whe­el­c­ha­ir acce­ssi­ble, acce­ssi­ble toilet
• Tic­kets: ddw​.nl/​n​l​/​t​i​ckets