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17-25 October 2026

GEO—DESIGN: Junk.

All That Is Solid Melts into Trash

Hosted by Design Academy Eindhoven and Van Abbemuseum

This project is now archived and was part of DDW19

Event type

Exhibition

From satellite graveyards to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, GEO—DESIGN: Junk. explores global systems of discarded things and the new realities and potentialities of waste. This city-wide exhibition, produced in collaboration with the Van Abbemuseum, showcases 18 projects by DAE alumni.
Please note: During DDW GEO-DESIGN: Junk in the Van Abbemuseum can only be visited with a DDW all-access ticket. With strikingly different approaches to design and research, the exhibition traverses landfills and dumps, uncovers the ghosts of dead digi

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Design Academy Eindhoven and Van Abbemuseum
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About Design Academy Eindhoven and Van Abbemuseum

Design Academy Eindhoven (DAE) is one of the world’s leading design schools. The academy trains designers that proceed to make their mark on the future and has done so for over 70 years. It is recognised for its forward-thinking and renowned professors and alumni, who have made great advances in the design field.