Leaving the Nest. IED Istituto Europeo di Design Graduation Show 2026

Artist list

Sofya Belyaeva, Qianwen Chen, Amelie De Maere, Sveva De Simone, Nicholas Di Marco, Shreya Gupta, Tora Holm, Sofia Karlou, Nina Lazzarini, Hermine Lycketorp, Florian Popescu, Ginevra Rondena, Florentina Schmut, Havanikaa Sharma, Sofia Spicer-Acosta, Justine Vanhumbeeck, Kristina Velkova, Yiyun Xiao, Xiaoyuan Yuan

Once upon a time, a curious magpie flew across mountains, oceans, forests, and cities.
Wherever it wandered, it discovered treasures: a glimmering thread, a forgotten bead, a fragment of shell, a piece of metal catching the sunlight.

Each object carried a story from the place it came from, and one by one, the magpie gathered them into its nest.
Over time, the nest became more than a collection of shining things. It became a meeting place of journeys, cultures, memories, and discoveries, a home built from many different worlds.

What brought us together is a shared fascination with jewelry: the desire to collect, transform, and give meaning to precious objects and materials.
Like the magpie, we build a nest out of our unique jewels by our individual stories, experiences, and backgrounds.

Throughout our time as designers and makers, we have gathered ideas and skills and shaped them into the pieces you see before you today.

Leaving the Nest is a collection of these treasures, woven together into one shared home, where every piece shines with its own story, yet belongs to something larger.


Vernissage: 8.07: 18.00 - 21.00
Opening times: 9-10.07: 11.00 - 19.00