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17-25 October 2026

DDW Talks: Craft & New Materials

Thinking through practice and matter

Hosted by Dutch Design Week

This project is now archived and was part of DDW19

The Craft & New Materials Talk brings you back to the essence of design, showing you examples of material research and new craft techniques: both on an experimental level as well as large scale applications for the industry.
The way we currently deal with materials and material ideas situates us in an in between. Craft can meet materials in this middle to find sustainable solutions for the future. Where craft is a way of thinking through practice, the development of materials
Crafts Council
Crafts Council
Ma-tt-er
Ma-tt-er
DSM
DSM
Disegno Magazine
Disegno Magazine
Matter

About Dutch Design Week

For the first time this year, Dutch Design Week has curated the DDW Talks programme with different partners. Based on the seven themes we investigate the many facets of design. Together with key figures from the field of design and beyond, we explore a diversity of design disciplines, discussing current affairs, reflecting on the past and casting our minds into the future.

Colofon

Content Partner Crafts Council
Content Partner Ma-TT-er
Business Partner DSM
Media Partner Designo
Event Partner Brabant Event Bureau

Partners

Sponsored by DDW Talks: Craft & New Materials
Sponsored by DDW Talks: Craft & New Materials
Sponsored by DDW Talks: Craft & New Materials
Sponsored by DDW Talks: Craft & New Materials
Sponsored by DDW Talks: Craft & New Materials