Programme

How to Design a Just City

A new toolbox for just design

Agri-fruit-bag

A biodegradable skin for planting fruit

Fabric Light

A tactile dialogue between material and atmosphere

(Re)materialised

Deconstructing Materials, Reconstructing Narratives

Workshop Wanted

During Dutch Design Week 2025, designer Teun Zwets sets out on a demonstrative search for a new workshop.

Boxed In — Rethinking the Jewellery Box

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.

Stories, Knitted into Being

Design your own scarf or blanket

Machine Law for Human Life

Prototyping legal logic into digital public services for life events and basic economic security. - Session October 24 - Equal Society

Form Meets Feeling in Porcelain

A porcelain collection exploring the circle as a symbol of harmony, touch, and continuity.

Folk

A material exploration into the Broomcorn plant.

The Slide Light by Georgious

Change the feel of your room with a simple slide.

Our Digital Future

Five projects from Master Digital Design graduates investigating digital futures.

Decolonoscopy

Abject Queerness Towards Postcapitalist Discourse

Fale & Regenerative Practices in Sierra Leone

Mycoremediation, Regenerative Futures and Bioregional Design in Sierra Leone

Soap Sink Soak

A washbasin made from palm oil soap.

Design Innovation Sessions: Thriving Planet

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

Heavy Light - Tender Brutalism

Design by absence: a sculptural chair blending brutalist mass with tender, sustainable surfaces.

UTSUWA

A collaborative project with Jo Sijen involves a container: an URN.

Back to the Flax #4

Every material has an origin

Redesigning Design Weeks at DDW 2025

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

Co-Creation & RISO Animation

‘How to enter from the exit’ reimagines cultural institutions through collaboration; Onomatopee also presents a RISO Animation & Coding Masterclass.

Herinnerings objecten (aan-denken)

How do you preserve a memory? Memorial objects offer the opportunity to cherish something precious in a personal item.

Moon Bound

A 1 cm³ book soon to land at the lunar South Pole.

DDW x Music Innovation at Effenaar

Discover the future of music experience.