Programme

Dutch Dreams

Everyday stories, surreal visions and fashion collide in a portrait of Dutchness in this dreamlike journey through the polders.

Messy Futures

Messy Futures explores everyday life in 2050, where today’s mess becomes tomorrow’s possibility.

Obscured records — Littoral Material Typologies

Color Record Series: Fermented Time of North Sea & Blue bone

RE:TWIST– Recycled Material and Design from Taiwan

Collect the Natural and Recycle Materials from Taiwan, providing a new asking to the future

BioBrew

A modular, low-cost wastewater treatment system for small coffee farms.

Claiming Space

DEMO’s mobile exhibition in Eindhoven’s streets that opens dialogue on space, visibility, and the future of cultural places.

Let the Monster Speak

Burgeoning Symbiosis

A Delicate Balance of Tradition and Technology.

Desire Paths - Let's Picnic!

Let’s celebrate good design & good taste. In a beautiful setting of Phood Farm we will host a series of picnics designed for your & our pleasure.

STRUCTURED TO EXIST

FROM EVERYDAY OBJECTS TO DESIGN

Kiki & Joost - Ko TS 23, pink &Beamsketch light

A selection of works will be shown at the entrance of Klokgebouw ‘Creating our living environment’ & ‘Achieving our equal society’

Striptopia

Striptopia is an immersive 2 hour show that challenges stigma and celebrates the artistry of pole dancing, drag, stripping, and performance.

LinumTube – Framing Circularity

Convertible furniture made from renewable flax and infinitely recyclable steel tubes.

FIGHT, FLIGHT or FREEZE? Workshop Sketch Emotions

But I can draw - by Daryna Pasyuta (Kyiv, Oekraine), artist, architect and urban planner.

Trails Beyond Aisles: Curating Retail for The Many

Trails is a multi-sensory shopping experience that works for the many people and goes beyond the visual.

FIGHT, FLIGHT or FREEZE? Lessen uit Oekraïne

Workshop "What can I do myself?"

Un/School

Remaster your skills at DDW

Am II Alive and Re:Subjected

Emergence invites you into the world of synthetic cell research and shows you the outcome of an open-ended exploration into the future of materials.

FACTORY 5.0

Architectural installation that reimagines the act of production through the lens of ecological urgency and non-human collaboration.

Machine Law for Human Life

Prototyping legal logic into digital public services for life events and basic economic security. - Session October 22 - Digital Futures

Outsiders: Re-exploring Outdoor Spaces

Urgency Calling

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

Urban Utopia

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

Workshop Wanted

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

Game-playing Sessions: Our Future Is Somewhere Here

Create possible future scenarios with this collective conversational game.