CLICKNL - for creative professionals and enterprising researchers The creative industry is a driver of innovation. It delivers human-oriented solutions for societal challenges. To be able to continue to deliver that impact, CLICKNL, Top Consortium of the top sector Creative Industries, wants to enhance the creative professional's knowledge base. In doing so, we strengthen the sector and the innovative capacity of the Netherlands.

The ‘Nationale Postcode Loterij’ (Dutch Postcode Lottery) was founded in 1989 to support charities that work towards a fair, healthy and green world. The lottery raises funds for its charities and communicates about their work. 

CLICKNL - for creative professionals and enterprising researchers The creative industry is a driver of innovation. It delivers human-oriented solutions for societal challenges. To be able to continue to deliver that impact, CLICKNL, Top Consortium of the top sector Creative Industries, wants to enhance the creative professional's knowledge base. In doing so, we strengthen the sector and the innovative capacity of the Netherlands.

Creative Industries Fund is a government funded organisation that issues project grants in order to foster substantive quality in architecture, urban design, landscape design, product design, graphic design, fashion and E-culture. Fostering innovation and cross-sector approaches and professionalizing entrepreneurship.

The Amsterdam Fund for the Arts believes artists, creativity and experimentation are inextricably linked to Amsterdam. The AFK supports projects and programmes that increase interest in art and culture, appeal to a wide audience and maintain the multiformity of the array of art available in the city.

Cultuurfonds The Cultuurfonds has been supporting culture and nature in the Netherlands for over 80 years. Each year, it enables thousands of projects across the fields of performing arts, visual arts, film, heritage, nature, literature, and design. Through grants, commissions, and awards, the Cultuurfonds empowers makers, institutions, and bold ideas that enrich society. In doing so, it invests in creativity, imagination, and a future-proof cultural sector.

Pakhuis de Zwijger is a leading independent platform and cultural venue in Amsterdam, dedicated to fostering dialogue around the urgent social, technological, and ecological issues of our time. Housed in a former warehouse on the city’s waterfront, it serves as a vibrant meeting place for designers, policymakers, researchers, and citizens. With a strong focus on inclusive, interdisciplinary programming, Pakhuis de Zwijger hosts hundreds of public events each year—ranging from talks and debates to workshops and exhibitions. As an event and location partner, it provides the ideal setting for critical conversations and creative exchange.

De Groene Amsterdammer is one of the Netherlands’ oldest and most respected weekly magazines for journalism, essays, and commentary. Since 1877, it has provided in-depth reporting and critical perspectives on politics, culture, and society—both in the Netherlands and internationally. Known for its independent voice and investigative depth, De Groene Amsterdammer offers space for reflection and analysis in an increasingly fast-paced media landscape. Through long-form articles, essays, and collaborations with writers, thinkers, and artists, the magazine fosters public debate and insight into the major issues of our time.

Circl Movement is an initiative by ABN AMRO aimed at entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. We organize events throughout the Netherlands, where we bring together entrepreneurs, experts, policymakers, and financiers to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. On our content platform https://circl.nl, we offer a stage to experts from both inside and outside the bank to share their perspectives on this transition.

Tolhuistuin is a multidisciplinary cultural hub located on the north bank of the IJ River in Amsterdam. Housed in a former Shell complex, the venue has grown into a dynamic space for music, debate, art, and social initiatives, offering a home to both established institutions and emerging voices. With a strong commitment to inclusivity, community engagement, and artistic freedom, Tolhuistuin brings together diverse audiences around urgent social and cultural themes. The venue features performance spaces, exhibition rooms, a public garden, and a café-restaurant, creating an open and inspiring environment for cultural exchange and experimentation.

Hotel de Goudfazant is a much-loved restaurant housed in a former warehouse along the River IJ in Amsterdam-Noord. Since 2006, it has been serving French-inspired cuisine in a spacious, industrial setting that feels both raw and welcoming. The Goudfazant is a long-time partner of What Design Can Do.

Popkraft is a creative production company specialising in events, exhibitions, and art projects. With over a decade of experience across music, exhibition design, live experiences, fashion, and performance art, their close-knit team is deeply rooted in the cultural scene. Popkraft is known for its hands-on, can-do approach—no project is too ambitious, and no idea too modest. They manage the full production process, delivering tailored solutions that bring each concept to life with precision and flair.

FRAME is the world’s leading interior and spatial design publishing company. Founded in 1997, FRAME is the pioneer magazine that gave interior design a global platform. Based on the belief that indoor spaces deeply influence how people feel and behave, and considering that we actually spend the majority of our time indoors. Twenty-eight years later, this vision remains unchanged and still guides all that FRAME publishes, whether in their print magazine, books or website. FRAME’s team of researchers and journalists explores the full spectrum of spatial design, working with a forward-looking agenda that addresses what is relevant today and tomorrow.

Creative passion is at the heart of thonik’s practice. The Amsterdam based design collective, led by Nikki Gonnissen and Thomas Widdershoven, wants to add to the world in order to improve its visual quality and change its course. Working with likeminded and often long-term partners thonik aims for social and political impact. Thonik adheres to a digital first design strategy. Moving images serve as stepping stones for campaigns, visual communication, graphic identity, interaction and motion design.

De Designpolitie (The Design Police) is a graphic design agency based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, founded in 1995 by Richard van der Laken and Pepijn Zurburg. The agency produces communication and identity design for clients in the non-profit and commercial sectors with an emphasis on cultural and social organizations. Vander Laken and Zurburg also are the initiators of Gorilla, a visual column on current affairs, published in De Groene Amsterdammer, and founding fathers of What Design Can Do

Design Academy Eindhoven (DAE) is one of the world’s leading design schools, recognised internationally for its forward-thinking and renowned professors and alumni. Design Academy Eindhoven is a University of the Arts that specializes in Design and is part of the Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences. For over 70 years it has trained aspiring designers to make their mark on the future by thinking freely and openly about what design can achieve, consistently exploring design as an instrument of material, social, environmental and critical innovation.

Meet Momkai, a strategic design studio for meaningful member experiences. We're the home of memberful design. We create meaningful member experiences online and in the real world — from design strategy and brand identities to digital platforms and launch events. We've helped to establish global platforms, break crowdfunding records, and build impactful brands.

FREITAG makes bags and accessories from used and, increasingly, circular materials. What began in Zurich in 1993 with messenger bags made from discarded truck tarps now comprises around 60 models, every product a one-off. FREITAG products are robust, functional everyday companions that, thanks to a range of repair and exchange services, can expect an even longer, more fulfilling life.

De Vorm is a Dutch design brand that creates functional and sustainable products for modern environments. Founded in a new era of design thinking, the company focuses on efficient production, full lifecycle use, and circularity by enabling products to be repurposed at the end of their life. With a strong emphasis on both function and form, De Vorm designs products that seamlessly integrate into daily life—intuitive to use, durable, and aesthetically balanced. Every product is developed to enhance the user experience while meeting today’s standards for quality, sustainability, and comfort.

Arco is a Dutch family-owned furniture company that has been crafting tables and complementary objects since 1904. Based in the Achterhoek—a region known for its natural beauty—Arco combines traditional craftsmanship with sustainable innovation, using high-quality wood, sourced locally whenever possible. With over a century of experience, Arco stands for timeless design, respect for materials, and a deep commitment to people and the planet. The company continues to invest in new techniques, materials, and talent, driven by a philosophy they call “New Craftsmanship.” The result: handmade, durable tables designed for today and generations to come.

robstolk is an Amsterdam-based printing company that serves the most respected individuals and companies within the graphic industry in the Netherlands and abroad. With great love, our team creates beautiful and creative printed matter, from packaging to books, business cards to leaflets. Clients include artists, photographers, business to business, museums, publishers and designers.

Design couple Marianne van Sasse van Ysselt and René van Geer have worked for many industrial clients over the past decades. Since 2009 they have been focusing 100% on their own brand: Secrid pocketwear, driven by their dream to be able to create products entirely according to their own values and insights. And without making concessions to customers or shareholders. Secrid consciously opts for production in the Netherlands, with a focus on people and the environment. For more information, please visit www.secrid.com.