Programme

suzusan

Hands in Japan. A craft is officially recognized by the government as a “traditional craft” if it is still used in daily life.

How to Design a Just City

A new toolbox for just design

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Stories that connect us

Striptopia

Striptopia is an immersive 2 hour show that challenges stigma and celebrates the artistry of pole dancing, drag, stripping, and performance.

De kerroksia

One of a Light

The Mental Gym

Let’s train our mental fitness together!

City at Sea Level

Workshop Depicting Dark Waters

Learn about the Deep Sea Coral Ecosystem with glass artist Alice Baker and Dr. Rhian Waller while handling real skeletons and glass samples.

Unplug Finissage

A temporary escape withing the design week

Luister Objecten

What does this moment sound like?

Ruins of the search for belonging

Roots at Play - contemporary design and art

Lamps, furniture and art rooted in conscious ideas and materials—meet the makers of studio-crafted pieces.

Shanidar X

A sculptural meditation on the primal human impulse to create - by the Danish artist Johannes Holt Iversen

House of Discard: Space-Making under Uncertainty

Game-playing Sessions: Our Future Is Somewhere Here

Create possible future scenarios with this collective conversational game.

Tracing by Hair

Use human hair as a sensory and symbolic medium to trace the impact of human activity within urban environment(s) from a more-than-human perspective

New studio New work

New Work New Studio captures a moment in our practice — a collection of works that speak to collaboration, exploration, and renewal.

Design Innovation Sessions: Living Environment

Short and powerful sessions by CLICKNL. Explore where value-driven design and academic research meet, with urgent topics and inspiring speakers.

Woven Bricks, ode to masonry

Flow follows

i Food Design

“ENSEMBLE” Empowering the next generation of purpose-driven creative professionals to create thought leaders dedicated to bettering our food systems

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE 2025

The Schoenenkwartier will present at Dutch Design Week 2025 the Artists in Residence who resided and/or worked at the Schoenenkwartier during 2025.

POLARIS - Spelen met polarisatie

For a healthy democracy, you need some friction!

Humain - an inclusive coffee cup system.

A rethought coffee experience supporting ageing and ability.

Urban Utopia

Welcome to Aptum’s home base, where ideas are born, experiments unfold, and light designs come to life.

Some Memories Choose to Stay, Others Flee

An intimate archive of three generations—diaries, voices, and light—mapping what’s remembered, what’s silenced, and what slips away.