The Best Day of My Life
11 June – 14 June 2026

For more than a decade, Looiersgracht 60 has provided a public context for Sandberg Institute student cohorts at decisive moments within their programmes. This June, we are delighted to welcome the institute back with The Best Day of My Life, the graduation exhibition of the Design Department. Curated and developed as a cohort-led presentation alongside first-year students, and under the guidance of Agustina Woodgate, this show brings together twelve practices shaped over two years of critical exchange and individual inquiry.

Rather than proposing a single, universally legible account of what fulfilment might be, The Best Day of My Life foregrounds the heterogeneity of experience and sensibilities as the necessary means through which shared imaginaries form. Meaning is anything but fixed, shaped not by consensus but by adjacency. Shared horizons hold divergent ways of thinking, making and articulating, as works find expression in a wide range of forms–illuminating the ways design, as both a mode of inquiry and an organizing principle, participates in shaping the condition of everyday life. Accompanying the presentation is a varied public programme of student-led interventions, including special performances, live streams, a workshop, a book launch, and a closing ceremony.

The Sandberg Institute's Design Department is a two-year Master's programme that approaches design as a public and political practice. Headed by Anja Groten, the curriculum is open and collaborative, co-developed by tutors and students. Students develop ongoing design practices rather than discrete projects, articulating their positions as critical designers in relation to the social, economic and ecological conditions their work addresses. A writing trajectory accompanies the making throughout.

Participating students:
Adele Stroh, Asya Sukhorukova, Beatrice Cauda, Chiara Benevolo, Christine Kerres, Doris Mari Demetriadou, Giselle Dahm, John Haag, Olga Elliot, Sadie van Breemen, Sebastian Vasquez Cipriani and Stan Wiersma.

Special opening hours*

Thursday 11 June, 17:00–23:00*
Friday 12 June, 11:00–20:00*
Saturday 13 June, 12:00–20:00
Sunday 14 June, 12:00–20:00

the best day of my life was the day I got my passport,
the best day of my life was when I finally learned how to sit right,
the best day of my life was when I found my cassettes,
the best day of my life was when I stayed on my pc,
the best day of my life was when I was still a child,
the best day of my life was when I made soup,
the best day of my life was when I was listening to music,
the best day of my life was when I had a baby,
the best day of my life was when I became a samplefinder,
the best day of my life was when I fell in love with a luser,
the best day of my life was when I became a sound bro,
the best day of my life was when I went sunbathing.

Admission is free, but seating is limited. To RSVP for the opening please email us at info@looiersgracht60.org.