Design in Rotterdam is not about grand statements but about making—direct, unembellished, and rooted in material intelligence. There is a physicality to the way things are done here, a momentum that resists excess and embraces precision.

“This is Us” brings together different generations of designers whose work is defined by clarity of form and conviction of purpose. A city’s identity is not shaped by a single vision but by the energy of those who build, challenge, and transform it. Their work is in constant dialogue with the city—shaped by industry, collective resilience, and an inherent understanding that design is, above all, something to be lived.

Produced by: Rotterdam Design Biennale
Curated by: Liv Vaisberg, Sarah Schulten
Designers on show: Anna aagaard Jensen (DK), Kasper Boelens (NL), Lisa Brustolin (IT/NL), Elsemarijn Bruys (NL), Rollo Bryant (UK), Jule Cats (NL), Chan Chiao Chun (TW), Giulia Cosenza & Jonas Lutz (NL/IT/FI), Forever Studio (NL), GROOVIDO (NL/IT), Ishtar Hsu (TW), Jonas Hejduk (FR), Richard Hutten (NL), Chris Kabel (NL), Sunyo Mast (NL), Johannes Langkamp (DE), Audrey Large & Théophile blandet (FR/NL), atelier van lieshout (NL), Barry Llewellyn (IR), Studio Sabine Marcelis (NL), Benjamin Motoc (FR), ODD MATTER (NL), Lex Pott (NL), Sarah Roseman (CA), RUSSO BETAK (DK/BZ), Michael Schoner (DE), Wieki Somers (NL), Lenny Stöpp (NL), Sebastiaan Straatsma (NL), Supertoys Supertoys in collaboration with Gufram (DE/NL), The New Raw (GR), Maria Tyakina (RU), Elvis Wesley (NL).

Year: 2025
Exhibition location: Conradstraat 32, Rotterdam