
Annual report 2020: power of design in the picture
Today the Creative Industries Fund NL publishes its public annual report 2020 in digital form. The year 2020 had only just begun when the COVID-19 crisis broke out, resulting in uncertainties for many in the sector. We look back on an eventful year in which the Fund awarded a total of € 23 million in subsidies to makers, designers and cultural institutions. We place the power of design in the picture in various ways, including with five video portraits.
design in the picture
In five video portraits, we present the design practice of platform The Hmm, fashion designer Karim Adduchi, Merel Pit, design agency Site Practice and designers Iris de Kievith and Annemarie Piscaer. Among other things, they show how design can be socially connective, they work together with the industry to bring about necessary systemic changes in construction, or take a critical and inclusive look at internet culture.
SEE THE DIGITAL ANNUAL REPORT 2020 HERE
support
In addition to the video portraits, the annual report includes animated infographics that provide insight into the distribution and results achieved from the budget available for 2020, which was supplemented by € .4 million from the COVID-19 support packages. With 2015 applications processed and 849 grants awarded, last year's percentage of applications receiving grants came to 42%. Of these, 123 projects received an allocation from the extra COVID-19 funds made available by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. In 2020, the Fund awarded a total of € 23 million in grants to makers, designers and cultural institutions.