Open Call BASE at Salone del Mobile 2024

With the Open Call BASE at Salone del Mobile 2024, the Fund wants to give makers who are just starting out the possibility to present work for the first time during the international design fair in Milan. The presentation is part of a group exhibition at the BASE Milano cultural centre and focuses on the themes of spatial justice, unity and solidarity.

With this open call, the Fund offers a stepping stone to individual makers who have not presented work internationally before. In doing so, the Fund increases the international visibility of Dutch up-and-coming designers. In addition, the open call’s objective is the exchange of knowledge and experiences and to build long-lasting international relationships.

This open call is intended for makers, designers and architects who are just starting out, located in the Netherlands and have five years’ work experience at most within the disciplines of design, architecture and/or digital culture.

The open call is open to presentations of research results, objects and installations that links up with the We Will Design themes: spatial justice, unity and solidarity.

In addition to the provisions of Article 5 of the Open Call Grant Scheme, support cannot be applied for within this procedure:
- for a presentation during Salone del Mobile 2024 that has already been given a contribution through one of the Fund’s grant schemes;
- applicants who, during Salone del Mobile 2024, are already receiving support for implementing their development plan under the Talent Development Grant Scheme;
- by applicants who have been active in the field for over five years;
- by applicants who have previously presented, as an individual, at Salone del Mobile.

In order to prepare the application, it is important for you to acquire the right information based on the following documents:

Grant Application Guidelines
The Grant Application Guidelines provides guidance and tips on preparing a grant application and an explanation of the criteria. You can use it for drawing up your application as completely as possible.

Open Call BASE at Salone del Mobile 2024
Applications are assessed on the basis of the Open Call BASE at Salone del Mobile 2024. This states the objective, conditions, criteria and procedure.

Open Call Grant Scheme
Applications are assessed on the basis of the Open Call Grant Scheme. This scheme describes the general conditions, grounds for rejection, manner of publication, submission process, assessment and award procedures, and grant obligations.

Grant applications will be assessed based on the Open Call BASE at Salone del Mobile 2024 and the Open Call Grant Scheme.

assessment criteria
- artistic value
- motivation
- linking up with the theme

acceptance
When you have submitted your application, the Fund Desk will check if your application is complete, fits within the spectrum of the open call and complies with the Open Call Grant Scheme’s conditions and grounds for rejection.

assessment
Your application will be assessed on the basis of the Open Call BASE at Salone del Mobile 20244 and the Open Call Grant Scheme. The committee advises the Fund’s Board.

decision
The Board takes account of the committee’s advice in its decision on the rejection or provision of the grant. You will be notified about the result in a decision. You will receive this no later than ten weeks after submitting your application.

accountability
If you receive a grant from the Fund, then you will have to comply with the obligations. Two weeks before the conclusion of your project, you will be asked by email to submit your accountability form in the application environment.

Open Call BASE at Salone del Mobile 2024
Project canvas BASE at Salone del Mobile 2024
Open Call Grant Scheme
Grant Application Guidelines