Programme

Joyful Rebellion

Joyful & activist product design

Textile and Material innovation

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

Stories, Knitted into Being

Design your own scarf or blanket

Op de 4e verdieping

‘Op de 4e verdieping’ (On the 4th floor) is a book + installation by Isabelle Boiten about temporarily living together in a student house in Utrecht.

Cubcho Workshop: Press Your Paper Blocks!

A sustainable mechanical press made of wood and stainless steel, Cubcho enables children to transform old paper into robust building blocks.

Percept

Walk with percept, sound-based augmented reality system designed to alter and heighten our experience of the world through realtime audio manipulation

Re:Layered - Reinventing Waste

bOre

Next, Now, Then

Looking back and thinking ahead

Unplug Vernissage

A temporary escape withing the design week

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.

Other Characters - An Alphabet of Shapes

Indian block print as dialogue between cultures.

Awakening Hammer-Ritual of Qi

A culturally-inspired wellness game prototype for rethinking sedentary breaks through play, breath, and movement.

In Stillness

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

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

Fale & Regenerative Practices in Sierra Leone

Mycoremediation, Regenerative Futures and Bioregional Design in Sierra Leone

Layers of Living: Renée Gailhoustet's Housing

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).

How to Design a Just City

A new toolbox for just design

Ambient Care

Continuous healthcare, always present

Grid Shelf

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

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.

Designed to catch the light

Stoksel Furniture Design, craft meets design

Urgency Calling

Industrial Design and Systemic Design students from HTW Berlin presenting their projects, Bachelor and Master thesis

Workshop On Touch