Awards
Entrepreneurs’ Award in Social Innovation: Finalist (UK), 2024
What Design Can Do; Redesign Everything Challenge: Nominee (GLOBAL), 2024
Engineers Company; Innovation For All: Nominee (UK), 2024
Innovate UK Award: Winner (UK), 2023
Design Intelligence Award: Honourable Mention (GLOBAL), 2023
Isola Design Award: Winner (GLOBAL), 2022
ArtsThread Global Design Graduate Show: Shortlisted (GLOBAL), 2022
Exhibitions
The Solar Biennale (‘Solar Blanket’), Mudac, Lausanne (CH), March - September 2025
Dutch Design Foundation (‘Solar Blanket’), Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven (NL), October 2024
Design Intelligence Exhibition (‘Solar Blanket’), Science and Art Museum, Hangzhou (CN), December 2023 - January 2024
Green Grads (‘Solar Blanket’), Grand Designs, London (UK), May 2023
Circolare (‘Solar Blanket’), Milan Design Week, Milan (IT), April 2023
The Energy Show (‘Solar Blanket’), Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam (NL), September 2022 - March 2023
United Matters (‘Solar Blanket’), Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven (NL), October 2022
Green Grads (‘Solar Blanket’), Samsung Experience Centre, London (UK), September 2022
CSM Graduation Show (‘Solar Blanket’), Central Saint Martins, London (UK), June 2022
Future Health (‘The Hidden Qualities of Salt’), Health Hub Utrecht (NL), June 2022
Floriade Expo 2022 (‘The Hidden Qualities of Salt’), The Growing Pavilion, Almere (NL), August - October 2020
Generation 2020 (‘The Hidden Qualities of Salt’), Capital C, Amsterdam (NL), January 2020
Sustainability Month (‘From Bottle to Shoe’, ‘Research: Recycled Plastics’), Nieuwe Bibliotheek, Almere (NL), November - December 2019
Embassy of Health (‘The Hidden Qualities of Salt’), Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven (NL), October 2019
ArtEZ Finals (‘The Hidden Qualities of Salt’), ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, Arnhem (NL), July 2019
Common Ground ArtEZ (‘Not Another Trash Bag’), Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven (NL), October 2017
Innovate Arnhem (‘From Bottle to Shoe’), Rozet, Arnhem (NL), September - October 2017
Forms & Fictions (‘glasses’), Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen (NL), January - March 2017
Talks & Lectures
EASI Showcase, Drapers’ Hall, London (UK), February 2025
Entrepreneurs’ Award in Social Innovation, Tower Suites by Blue Orchid, London (UK), June 2024
Green Grads Innovators, Green Living Live, Grand Designs, London (UK), May 2023
Young Talents, The Solar Biennale, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven (NL), October 2022
Interview by Pauline van Dongen & Marjan van Aubel, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven (NL), October 2022
Design Process & Career Path, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem (NL), November 2021
Footwear & Design Process, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem (NL), February 2021
Arnhemse Nieuwe ’19, Best Graduates, Ontwerp Platform Arnhem, Arnhem (NL), October 2019
Publications
Metropolis Magazine (‘Solar Blanket’), May 2025
Engineering for Change (‘Solar Blanket’), February 2025
Dezeen: Six trends from Dutch Design Week 2024 (‘Solar Blanket’), October 2024
Dutch Design Daily (‘Solar Blanket’), March 2023
Haute Innovation (‘Solar Blanket’), March 2023
Archup ('Solar Blanket’), February 2023
DesignWanted (‘Solar Blanket’), February 2023
De Ingenieur (‘Solar Blanket’), February 2023
SeymourPowell: Trend Forecast 2023 (‘Solar Blanket’), January 2023
Design Network: Trend Report 2023+ (‘Solar Blanket’), January 2023
Dezeen: Dezeen's top 10 product designs of 2022 (‘Solar Blanket’), December 2022
Dezeen: Dezeen's top 10 designs from 2022 that rethought how we use energy (‘Solar Blanket’), December 2022
1E9 (‘Solar Blanket’), November 2022
WGSN (‘Solar Blanket’), October 2022
Dezeen / Katie Treggiden: The design industry needs to imagine a world where we use less energy (‘Solar Blanket’), September 2022
Dezeen: Ten products that demonstrate the potential of solar power (‘Solar Blanket’), September 2022
TrendHunter (‘Solar Blanket’), September 2022
WeVux (‘Solar Blanket’), July 2022
Zielona Interia (‘Solar Blanket’), July 2022
Global Design News (‘Solar Blanket’), July 2022
Dezeen: Mireille Steinhage creates "affordable and sustainable" Solar Blanket (‘Solar Blanket’), July 2022
Vogue Italia: Vogue Talents (‘The Hidden Qualities of Salt’), February 2020
NU.nl: Dutch Design Week (‘The Hidden Qualities of Salt’), October 2019
Dude Magazine: ‘Best Graduates’ (‘The Hidden Qualities of Salt’), October 2019
Arts Thread: ‘ArtEZ Product Design 2019’ (‘The Hidden Qualities of Salt’), July 2019