Every year, emerging design talents active in the fields of design, architecture and digital culture are given the opportunity to develop themselves optimally in artistic and professional terms, thanks to a grant from the Creative Industries Fund NL. The 2020 crop of talents has now been visualized in one-minute film portraits. These portraits can be seen from 18 September to 22 November in the 'Talent Tours' exhibition at MU, Strijp-S Eindhoven.

Talent Tours provides insight into the thinking and practice of 39 emerging design talents, each of whom is concerned with topical social themes. What are their motives, their doubts and ambitions, and what values do they put first in their work? Angelique Spaninks, chair of the Talent Development grant programme advisory committee: 'Talent does not live in a vacuum; it relates to the world, allows itself to be inspired and rebels, finds its own focus and knows how to translate and express it. This is the only way to make a professional contribution to the field, and for a young maker to create a meaningful position for themselves in the work field.'

Social designer and bio-artist Kuang-Yi Ku, for example, outlines oppressive future scenarios in which he confronts the public with the question of what is still acceptable when it comes to the influence of medical science on our lives. Marwan Magroun made a photo series and film in which he wants to refute the stigma that rests on fathers with a migrant background. And Milou Voorwinden is conducting research into 3D weaving: a technique that can bring about a considerable increase in sustainability in the fashion industry.

During the DDW2020, daily livestreams were broadcasted. Watch the videos via Vimeo. 

Talent Tours presents
Alvin Arthur, Anna Fink, Arvand Pourabbasi, Chiara Dorbolò, Cream on Chrome, Gilles de Brock, Giorgio Toppin, Jing He, Juliette Lizotte, Kasia Nowak, Kuang-Yi Ku, Lieselot Elzinga, Marco Federico Cagnoni, Mark Henning, Marwan Magroun, Maxime Benvenuto, Millonaliu, Milou Voorwinden, Minji Choi, Mirte van Laarhoven, Nadine Botha, Nastia Cistakova, Nikola Knezevic, Ottonie von Roeder, paradyme, Post Neon, Rosita Kær, Sae Honda, Saïd Kinos, Seokyung Kim, Sissel Marie Tonn, Suk Go, Telemagic, Tereza Ruller, Thor ter Kulve, Tijs Gilde, Tomo Kihara, Ward Goes en Yavez Anthonio. 
Alle videoportretten zijn gemaakt door Studio Moniker.