Henry van de Velde Awards (Flanders DC).

Details

• URL: https://www.henryvandevelde.be/nl/awards/27
• What it is: the leading design awards in Flanders (Henry van de Velde Awards – Flanders DC)
• Categories (Awards 27 – according to the page): Business Innovation, Consumer Innovation, Craft Driven Design by Bokrijk, Digital & Interactive Design, Graphic & Brand Design, Habitat, Service Design, Social & Systemic Design, Spatial Design
• Status (16/10/2026): registration for Awards 27 is closed — you can no longer submit. A next edition (Awards 28) has not been announced yet; check henryvandevelde.be.
• Timeline Awards 27 (source, consulted 16/10/2026):
  • Launch: 20 April 2026
  • Application deadline (passed): 31 May 2026 according to the timeline (the intro text on the same page says 24 May)
  • Selection round 1: 30 June–1 July 2026
  • Selection round 2: 3 September 2026
  • Winners of the project categories announced + start of voting for the Public Gold Award: 12 November 2026
  • End of online public vote: 18 December 2026
  • Award show: 26 January 2027 in Brussels, followed by a reception (according to the page, the exact date and venue are still to be confirmed)
• Cost: applying is free (according to the page)

Awards 26 (previous edition – for context)

The previous edition (Awards 26) held its award show on 27 January 2026 at Bozar (Brussels).

Publication

According to the page, there is a richly illustrated publication (160 pages, NL–EN) with an overview of winners and in-depth interviews with the four main winners. It can be ordered online for €10 (excluding shipping).

Talks

The page mentions that a series of talks will be organised in spring, in collaboration with partners, featuring the winners.

Jury (Awards 27)

Under “Ontdek de jury van 2027” the Awards 27 page lists a jury of 27 members (source, consulted 16/10/2026). They come from design, entrepreneurship, education, museums and the circular economy, including:

• Katrien Laporte — director, Design Museum Gent
• Nele Pieters — director, Domein Bokrijk
• Soumaya Zaougui — CEO and co-owner, Billie Bonkers
• Thibault Renson — founder and CEO, prado
• Kristel Van Ael — designer and partner, Namahn/Craftzing
• Ben Hagenaars — professor of Sustainable Design, LUCA School of Arts; co-founder, Omvorm
• Timothy Macken — impact investor, former CEO of Made
• Arnoud Raskin — social entrepreneur, founder of Mobile School and StreetwiZe
• Els Fonteyne — circular economy expert, Agoria
• Brigitte Mouligneau — Circular Economy transition manager, Vlaanderen Circulair

The full list is on the source page (in Dutch).