Programme

Oryza: Healing Ground

Roots at Play - contemporary design and art

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

ClipHut Shelving System

Tool‑free modular shelving made of dyed wood; award‑winning, German‑made, repairable and endlessly expandable—clip‑in assembly evolves with you.

Digital Wellness Center

Reclaim your digital wellness.

4TU Design United Dialogues 1: Living Environment

Let’s not be paralyzed by ecological crises and threats to democracy, but ACT with optimism.

Resonance of the Self

A visceral sonic experience unfolding in a darkened, dreamlike space

Urban Utopia

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

Iranian Mirroring: Your Ally in Circular Interiors

Activating Iranian mirror craftsmanship’s contemporary potential, it's introduced as an accessible, scalable, upcycled, and collaboration-driven craft

Designing Democracy

In need of new dialogues

Gesprek Woonopgave: Beter Benutten Bestaande Bouw

The future is already built. We explore how we can tackle the housing crisis in an integrated way and what promising initiatives already exist.

DEWA & DEWI

DEsign from Waste of Agriculture and Industry 2025: Creating a sustainable future from what we already have.

Design Debate 2025

Re_Work, Envisions by TextielMuseum

Celebrating the use and reuse of table linen

Onverdeelde Aandacht

An interactive installation

Grid Shelf

A shelving unit transforming industrial fiberglass mesh into an object of utility and beauty

Class of 25

The annual group exhibition featuring both Dutch and International design schools + the Avenue Of Fresh Perspectives.

(Re)materialised

Deconstructing Materials, Reconstructing Narratives

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.

Welke rol speelt de bibliotheek in de toekomst?

FIGHT, FLIGHT or FREEZE? Meetup Ukraine.

Stories about Freedom and Responsibilities. With Karel Burger Dirven, Esselien van Eerten, Julia Soldatiuk en Fulco Treffers

Workroom in progress 2025

Sculptural Dialogues - Tessa Why and Kyungmi Lee, at ceramic workshop Nulzes present their second exhibitions for 2025

In-dividual 2025

The Way Weather Shapes In-dividual

CreativeNL Live

CreativeNL Live during Dutch Design Week 2025 – On A New Crossroad

Glass Fossils

Let the past glow in the present.

Re-charge #2 Live

Listening room