Programme

Umbra Pavilion

Where solar energy becomes tangible

Sawdust Futures – Printing Wood

Merging Tradition, Craft, and Digital Design

Foundational Reflections

Three circular 3D-printed lamps by debuting Amsterdam label Beyond Bounds, co-created with French & US designers.

Brabant Ontmoet presenteert: Doendenkers!

Brabant is growing. In numbers, ambitions and opportunities. That is not gloom and doom at all when vision and courage meet.

Grid Shelf

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

Beleef de Bibliotheek van de Toekomst

Step into your next story

Herinnerings objecten (aan-denken)

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

Natural Layers Within

The collection enhances natural materials in contemporary interior objects and is inspired by the curious shapes of plane tree bark.

Charred Lights

Objects of Illumination elevating the presence of carbonised matter

Heavy Light - Tender Brutalism

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

Kinderkunstclub: Bouw mee aan de toekomst!

Create your own cardboard artwork at the Kazerne and Van Abbemuseum!

Woven Patchwork: Hybrid Making

How can one textile process inform the development of another? Exploring colour and pattern through spatial installation and vibrant design research.

Healing Inscape: Endless

SMÅLAND

SMÅLAND is an invitation to feel like a child again. A dialogue between form, color, and wonder.

The Garden Table: A story of consciously and sustainably grown food, narrated through textures and consistencies.

Introducing ASET.

Traditional craftsmanship and modern manufacturing, furniture and objects crafted in Quito, Ecuador.

Rietveld Alumni 2025

Dutch Design Week x Rietveld Alumni 2025

Chronoglossa — No Time, No Detail

A Visual Language for Rediscovering Beauty

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.

NAZESUUR

How many hands make a studio?

Guests at Autovitesse

Presenting the new generation of designers.

Art d'Eco - cultivating the digital wild

Ballad of Import-Export: Harvesting Gas and Grapes

Import–Export: A gas-pipe sculpture, inspired by Moldovan centralized pipeline network, and a grape harvesting tool, that performs fortune-telling.

Krijt-Je-Rijk

A World Record attempt where art, play, and imagination transform the city into a living canvas.

Textile and Material innovation

A selection of projects that showcase the future of textile and material innovation.