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In October 2009, Studio Wieki Somers won the Golden Eye (the award for best Dutch design) at the [[Dutch Design Awards]] with the ''Merry-go-round Coat Rack'', designed for the [[cloakroom]] of [[Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen]] in [[Rotterdam]]. By pulling ropes, coats are raised onto the [[carousel]]-like construction, making them appear to be floating in space.<ref>[http://www.dutchdesignawards.nl/nl/nieuws/actueel/Studio+Wieki+Somers+winnaar+Golden+Eye+2009.html?id=1174 "Studio Wieki Somers winnaar Golden Eye 2009", Dutch Design Awards]</ref> The coat rack was also nominated in 2009 at the [[Design Museum|London Design Museum]]'s [[Design Museum's Designer of the Year|Designs of the Year]] awards.<ref>[http://www.designsoftheyear.com/2008/12/18/weiki-somers-cloakroom-boijmans-museum-rotterdam/ Brit Insurance Designs of the Year]</ref>
While some work is outsourced, designing and prototyping in her workshop allows Somers to iterate and apply research for herself. Many of her works, early and now, incorporate the work of specialized artisans, such as her ''Bathboat''. ''Bellflower Lamp'', a woven carbon-and-glass fiber fabric woven using a process developed for the aerospace industry, in the shape of a flower.<ref name=":0" /> Other well-known designs by Somers include the ''High Tea Pot'', shaped like a pig's skull and accompanied by a fur cosy; the ''Bathboat'', a bathtub shaped like a rowing boat; and the ''Bellflower'', a two-metre-tall lamp woven out of a single piece of fabric using an experimental weaving technique. She has also turned her attentions to the world of textiles, designing the patterns of luxury carpets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nodusrug.it/en/designers/wieki-somers/|title=Wieki Somers' carpets for Nodus collections.|date=30 October 2022}}</ref> In 2007, Somers was commissioned by the [[Gemeentemuseum Den Haag]] in [[The Hague]] to design a [[tulip vase]], ''Faded Glory''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gemeentemuseum.nl/nl/collectie/faded-glory|title=10918x1y129838|date=15 November 2016}}</ref>
The Rotterdam-based design centre VIVID showed an exhibition of her work from November 2005 to January 2006.<ref name="vivid" /> Also taking place in Rotterdam, the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen featured "Out of the Ordinary" in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boijmans.nl/en/exhibitions/studio-wieki-somers-out-of-the-ordinary|title=Studio Wieki Somers - Out of the Ordinary}}</ref> It was later shown in Lausanne, Switzerland at mudac from October 2017 to February 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mudac.ch/en/exhibitions/carte-blanche-a-wieki-somers/|title = Out of the Ordinary. Carte blanche au Studio Wieki Somers - mudac – mudac}}</ref> And in January–March 2010, [[Galerie kreo]] in [[Paris]] presented ''Wieki Somers: Frozen in Time'', an exhibition of objects designed by Somers that were inspired by photographs of an ice-storm in the northeastern Netherlands on March 2, 1987.<ref>[http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/8668/wieki-somers-frozen-in-time.html "wieki somers: 'frozen in time", designboom]</ref> In 2013, Galerie kreo showed the "Mitate" collection by the designer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2013/06/11/mitate-lamps-by-studio-wieki-somers-at-galerie-kreo/|title=Mitate lamps by Studio Wieki Somers at Galerie Kreo|date=2013-06-11|work=Dezeen|access-date=2018-11-14|language=en-US}}</ref>
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