SBYD.SPACE awards Artist / Designer in Residence scholarships each year.

2026
From 1 March 2026 to 31 May 2026, Folkwang University of the Arts, in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Mexico, is offering two Artist/Designer in Residence scholarships on the subjects of »Food« and »Textile« for Mexican artists or designers. Details of the programme and the application procedure can be found in the PDF here.



2025 #2
Supported by the Goethe-Instituts Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore and Museum Folkwang in Essen we are looking forward to hosting two Indian Designers / Artists at SBYD.SPACE from 15 September to 15 December 2025.
Li Actuallee has been selected for our this year’s residency for the subject of »Textile« and Vinay Khare has been selected for the subject of »Tech«.



2025 #1
Together with the Goethe-Institut Villa Kamogawa Kyoto and the Museum Folkwang, the first residencies for 2025 were awarded to Yuri Nakai and Masatoshi Noguchi in the subject areas »Repair« and »Food«. Their works developed as part of the residency were presented together with Museum Folkwang at the event »Gutes Klima Festival 2025« taking place at Zeche Carl in Essen.



2024
The residencies for 2024 were awarded to Robert Schnüll, Studio Lapatsch | Unger, and Lilli Malou Weinhold in the subject areas »Bio-based Materials« and »Technology and Sustainability«. The works created during the residency were presented at our »Spaces For Tomorrow« exhibition during Dutch Design Week 2024 in Eindhoven.