Programme

The Sill Bench - De Dorpelbank

DDW x Music Innovation at Effenaar

Discover the future of music experience.

V.I.B.E - Viral Ideology Broadcast Experiment

ReKnit Edit

Giving new life to discarded knitwear using interchangeable design elements.

Welke rol speelt de bibliotheek in de toekomst?

De kerroksia

One of a Light

Light Unfolded

Open studio, inspired by nature, they create poetic light fixtures with a focus on craftsmanship, wellbeing, and colour.

Redesigning Design Weeks at DDW 2025

How can we rethink the social and environmental impact of design weeks on their host cities?

HEALING ROOMS: reclaiming space for care and cure

An Exploration of Patient Rooms as Spaces for Patient Wellbeing

Synkros: Space for Reconnection & Living Design

A living, biophilic pavilion that invites reconnection through nature-inspired design and multisensory experience.

Interwoven: LUCA meets LUCA

A group exhibition featuring master projects from LUCA School of Arts Ghent (Textile Design) and LUCA School of Arts Genk (Productdesign).

Apathos

Craft your own algorithm and witness manipulation in action

Embassy of Livestock Animals - A Design Workshop

Reflect on inclusion by exploring how design can open space for the lives and perspectives of non-human entities.

Louvanes, glory to the guts

For Kazerne, young french designer Thibault Philip presents Louvanes, a light fixture made from woven and dyed intestines leftovers from industry

Materia Futura

Reconnect with wonder through a sensorial journey of biobased materials, where craft, XR, and imagination converge.

Fragments of Wonder

A new reflection: from local shards to design.

In Stillness

An open studio display by Maxim Duterre. A poetic collection inviting reflection and a moment of stillness through engineering, craft and technology.

Next, Now, Then

Looking back and thinking ahead

KeramiekCROSSOVER | Draaien met…

Which role have tradition, innovation and perception in our experience of clay?

Clay and Climate Grief: Holding What We Cannot Fix

The climate and ecological crisis can feel overwhelming. In this workshop we'll translate our feelings into something tangible: a personal clay altar.

An edible mission. More than Packaging_

Our goal is a future where nothing goes to waste, not even the packaging.

CAN, PETIT-FOUR & ZETSE

From milk funnel to dessert pot: everyday shapes get a second life as playful, durable interior objects.

Sit, Swing, Bounce – Seats That Move With You

Wooden chairs designed to make sitting fun, active and healthy!

Bondmaken!

Nature as ally

PlexusKana

PlexusKana is a multidisciplinary exhibition where cultures and creative practices come together.